Human Rights Defenders Data Information Knowledge Solidarity
HRDs must counter State's offensive of intimidating ordinary people, from expressing their opinion on social media or on various issues . Lawyers as well as Journalists, and youtubers bring these cases up in the public eye in order to youth to feel more secure speaking out.. This series we will document case law as well as reports through links to documents, reports from various websites and Blogs and Posts of HRDs. This is also an attempt to publicise all the dirty tricks State have been using. This is a contributory effort..
Work of Hanu Babu: https://youtube.com/embed/O-jktW26EYg?start=716&end=786
A teachers who has worked for making the University, a safe better inclusive space. Who has tirelessly worked for marginalised students,
Has given court cases, worked with lawyers , against discriminatory practices. for examplein DU there was the practice of having two different kinds of forms one for the general category and one for the SC/ST category. and there was this practice that ST/ST student could not apply to DU from outside Delhi. They had to come to Delhi show their certificate and get the borchure.. but other students could do it from anywhere. Babu, worked with the SC/ST welfare non teaching organisation and worked on a legal case, which they won and now the system has changed. Doing all this agitation, he even took a law degree. Here is a committed person.
Also see: https://free-them-all.net/2019/11/29/who-is-hany-babu/
Hany Babu: An epitome of intellectual activism https://maktoobmedia.com/2020/08/13/hany-babu-an-epitome-of-intellectual-activism/ Hany Babu, an anti-caste activist and an Associate Professor at the Department of English, at the University of Delhi, is a vocal advocate of Dalit rights and the Reservation Policy. Wheel-chair bound and 90% disabled
The diversion of seats from the reserved category to general, using cut-off and a cumbersome admission procedure as a tool was exposed by Hany with the data acquired through RTI petitions to colleges.
17th May 2021 Jenny Rowena speaks at the solidarity meet for Hany Babu, organised by Fraternity Movement DU https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-jktW26EYg “We should fight for his medical treatment & his release. A man like him should be allowed to be part of the society and do his work. Only then there is any hope for this society.”
4 June 2021: https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/other-states/hany-babu-will-continue-to-be-treated-at-breach-candy-till-june-15/article34722138.ece The Bombay High Court on Thursday said Prof. Hany Babu, accused in the Bhima Koregaon case, will continue to receive treatment at the Breach Candy Hospital till June 15.
http://thewirehindi.com/171223/india-political-prisoners-courts-police-governments/
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Free Speech
Ban on films, documentaries by Government e.g documentary on PM by BBC. Debate on censorship, opinion, statements by media people, leaders, screening of film on Modi at universities etc.
Corporate Behaviour and Free Speech
In a defamation case against Paranjoy Thakurta, a court has order, issued on September 6, directed the removal of defamatory content from their respective articles and social media posts within five days. In the suit filed by Adani Enterprises Ltd, seen by HT, the allegedly defamatory material includes transcripts of YouTube videos, screenshots of X posts by journalists, and images of their X profiles.https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/India/mib-issues-takedown-notices-to-13-digital-news-publishers-over-adani-defamation-case/ar-AA1MIjBR
Based on this, The ministry of information and broadcasting (MIB) on Tuesday issued takedown notices to 13 digital news publishers on YouTube and Instagram for disseminating defamatory content related to Adani Enterprises Ltd.The ministry’s order names journalists, media houses, and creators — including Newslaundry, Ravish Kumar, Dhruv Rathee, The Wire, HW News Network, and Aakash Banerjee’s The Deshbhakt — who have received a list of 138 YouTube video URLs and 83 Instagram links to be taken down.