The year 2020 has been a bad one for journalists in India. The Covid-19 pandemic has caused illness and death, and the lockdown resulted in salary cuts and loss of livelihood due to mass retrenchments effected by media houses. The killing and attacks on journalists have continued unabated. While self-censorship within the media remained an… Read More Behind Bars: Arrests and Detentions of Journalists in India 2010-2020
The story behind the arrest of Gujarat stand-up comedian Munawar Faruqui in Indore on New Year’s Day is a clear display of proto-fascist muscle-power by the local Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) legislator and the city’s former mayor Malini Singh Gaur’s son, Eklavya Singh Gaur. They interrupted a show at Café Monroe and the police arrested Faruqui and… Read More Munawar Faruqui: Real Villain is Divisive Heartland Politics, Not Stand-up Comics. By PARSA VENKATESHWAR RAO JR
An independent Chinese journalist who reported from Wuhan at the height of the initial coronavirus outbreak has been jailed for four years by a Shanghai court, her lawyer said Monday. Zhang Zhan, 37, was found guilty of “picking quarrels and provoking trouble,” according to one of her defense lawyers Zhang Keke, who attended her hearing. The… Read More Chinese journalist who documented Wuhan coronavirus outbreak jailed for 4 years
This database includes all the violent, premature or unexplained deaths of journalists in Russia as recorded by the country’s own media monitors since 1993. It also includes journalists and media staff who have disappeared over the same period. A report entitled Partial Justice: An investigation into the deaths of journalists in Russia, 1993-2009 has been published by the… Read More JOURNALISTS IN RUSSIA, 1993 TO 2009: Deaths and Disappearances
Iran has executed a former opposition figure over his involvement in anti-government protests in 2017, state TV announced on Saturday. Ruhollah Zam had been granted political asylum in France and reportedly lived in Paris, running a website called Amadnews and a channel on the Telegram messaging app, before being “lured” back to Iran. State television… Read More Iran executes opposition activist over 2017 anti-government protests
As a good sickular libtard I have taken in a huge amount of Netflix and other OTT platforms since March. That’s where the planet has not screeched to a halt, in which life does not skulk around behind masks and a six foot distance, in which the breath that keeps us alive does not kill… Read More Mitali Saran – Netflix and chilling effect
NB: Patricia Mukhim has a record of exposing and condemning communal and intolerant behaviour even when it emanates from her co-religionists and fellow tribal residents of Shillong. She has campaigned against militancy and fought for communal harmony throughout her career. Instead of appreciating her journalistic integrity, her courage and her humanity, she has been punished… Read More The Shillong Times editor Patricia Mukhim resigns from Editors Guild of India
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