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Data Information Knowledge and Solidarity of HRD

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..

1990 - Justice P. N. Bhagwati's speech on Freedom of Expression

1990 - Justice P. N. Bhagwati's speech on Freedom of Expression | Part 1 | अभिव्यक्ति की स्वतंत्रता   Audio lecture https://youtu.be/W4aQeprXN9s?t=684

Part II - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpcBuqKQ5dc 

Dr. Rajendra Prasad Memorial Lectures - 1990 - Justice P. N. Bhagwati's speech on Freedom of Expression
Prafullachandra Natwarlal Bhagwati was the 17th Chief Justice of India, serving from 12 July 1985 until his retirement on 20 December 1986. He introduced the concepts of public interest litigation and absolute liability in India, and for this reason is held, along with Justice V. R. Krishna Iyer, to be a pioneer of judicial activism in the country.

 

New IT Rules - Arfa Khanum

New IT Rules: How Is The Modi Govt. Working To Censor Digital Media? | Arfa Khanum https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zs3e6UnCDOg 

नए आईटी नियमों के तहत गूगल ने अपनी पहली मासिक पारदर्शिता रिपोर्ट दी है, जिसमें कहा है कि उसे स्थानीय क़ानूनों या व्यक्तिगत अधिकारों के कथित उल्लंघन को लेकर शिकायतें मिलीं, जिसके परिणामस्वरूप 59,350 सामग्रियां प्लेटफॉर्म से हटाई गईं. इस मुद्दे पर द वायर की सीनियर एडिटर आरफ़ा ख़ानम शेरवानी ने चर्चा की हार्ड न्यूज़ के सम्पादक संजय कपूर, सत्य हिंदी के संपादक आशुतोष और वरिष्ठ पत्रकार अनुराधा भसीन से

 

A Spectre Is Haunting This Government - The Spectre Of Digital News  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BBKPasAMVtw 

Wire documentary on Mosque demolition

FIR In UP Against News Site Over Documentary On Mosque Demolition https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRq4IgxRWeU Days after a case was filed against online news platform - 'The Wire' - and several others over tweets linked to the assault of a Muslim man in Uttar Pradesh's Ghaziabad, the state police have filed another case against the news website - this time in Barabanki. In the FIR (first information report) filed over a documentary on the demolition of a mosque in Barabanki, which the authorities describe as an "unauthorised structure", the news website has been accused of "promoting enmity" and holding an "intent to cause riot".

How A Mosque In Barabanki Was Demolished | Ground Report | Seraj Ali  https://indianexpress.com/article/india/fir-against-the-wire-3-journalists-for-video-on-barabanki-mosque-demolition-7374688/lite/
Jun 22, 2021 FIR against The Wire, 2 journalists for video on Barabanki mosque demolition By: Express News Service : June 25, 2021 
Last month, Barabanki district administration had demolished a mosque located in the Ramsnehi Ghat Tehsil premises. Siddharth Varadarajan, the Founding Editor of The Wire, said: “This is the fourth FIR filed by the UP Police in the past 14 months against The Wire and/or its journalists and each of these cases is baseless. The Adityanath government does not believe in media freedom and is criminalising the work of journalists who are reporting what is happening in the state.”

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  2. Media Firms Move Madras HC
  3. Cartoonist get a twitter notice on Complaint from Government
  4. FIR Against Twitter And Journalists
  5. Free Speech - Hate Speech - Election Speech
  6. Free Speech creating Public Order Crisis?
  7. Academic Freedom
  8. 'Deprived of Rights, Non-Application of Mind': J&K HC Tears Into PSA Proceedings Against Fahad Shah
  9. Bombay High Court Refuses To Quash FIR Against Kashmiri Professor Booked For WhatsApp Status on J & K 370
  10. Allahabad HC restrains Al Jazeera from telecasting documentary on Hindutva in India

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  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.

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