Tag: attack on press
When fascism comes to visit you
Reading Time: 6 minutes Is India, under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, still a democracy or has crossed the Rubicon and has become a full-fledged fascist state? If the developments over the last six years […]
BJP’s attack on journalists continues unabated as India skids press freedom index
Reading Time: 3 minutes Any attack on journalists is a threat to the functioning of a democracy. But in Modi’s India, attacking and imprisoning journalists is a norm.
Arrest warrant for Paranjoy Guha Thakurta’s articles on Adani shows India’s shabby press freedom
Reading Time: 3 minutes The row over Paranjoy Guha Thakurta’s articles on Adani Group continues as a Gujarat court issued an arrest warrant against him recently.
Arnab Goswami’s arrest: Nothing to grief or cheer for
Reading Time: 6 minutes Arnab Goswami’s arrest on charges of abetment to suicide isn’t an attack on “press freedom” and it’s not something to be happy of either.
Rajeev Sharma – the spy or the victim of press clampdown?
Reading Time: 4 minutes The arrest of journalist Rajeev Sharma, accused of spying for China, raises unpleasant questions for the Delhi Police and the government.
Citizen journalist Soumo Mondal arrested by Kolkata Police for investigating PDS irregularities
Reading Time: 2 minutes For questioning and investigating allegations of PDS irregularities, Soumo Mondal, a contributor of People’s Review is arrested by the Kolkata Police.
FIR spree in Kashmir a dastardly effort to bully valley scribes
Reading Time: 3 minutes The random filing of police cases against the scribes of Kashmir is a frantic attempt by the Modi regime to bully and suppress whatever is left uncensored.
The Murder of Daphne Caruana Galizia and Threat to Free Press
Reading Time: 5 minutes Firebrand Maltese investigative journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia was murdered on 16 October in a car bomb blast in Bidnija. Her rented Peugeot 108 was ripped apart due to the high-intensity […]
Defamation Case by Jay Shah on The Wire is an Attack of the BJP on Free Press
Reading Time: 7 minutes Jay Amitbhai Shah, the son of BJP President Amit Shah, has sued the independent media outlet, The Wire in a defamation case for publishing a detailed investigative report on how […]
Gauri Lankesh is Murdered but not Silenced
Reading Time: 4 minutes Firebrand anti-establishment journalist and social activist Gauri Lankesh was shot dead on the evening of 5 September outside her home in Bengaluru. Seven bullets were fired targeting her, of which […]
Hindutva Fascism Intensifying Oppression Under Modi Regime
Reading Time: 5 minutes Renowned TV journalist and NDTV Prime Time host Ravish Kumar came under severe attack from the Hindutva fascist groups, for his remarks against the parent body of the Indian fascist […]
Shiv Sena’s new fascist diktat – asks Tehelka to shut up
Reading Time: 4 minutes (This article was first published on 29th August 2015 in the previous version of People’s Review. Due to an incident of hacking the old website was pulled down and we […]
Murder of Journalist – Criminalised Politics of Uttar Pradesh
Reading Time: 3 minutes (This article was first published in June 2015 in the previous version of People’s Review. Due to an incident of hacking the old website was pulled down and we could […]