#pressfreedom — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #pressfreedom, aggregated by home.social.
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Freedom of the press only exists when the press says things some member of the ruling class wants said. Otherwise it evaporates like a morning fog.
https://www.presstv.co.uk/Detail/2026/09/05/775701/US-Judge-refuses-to-stop-Pentagon-from-firing-Stars-and-Stripes-journalists -
A man with an active Swiss arrest warrant for money laundering now runs "the biggest oil deal in history" alongside the U.S. Pentagon and State Department.
Senior Trump officials personally intervened with Swiss prosecutors to clear his path. He controls 17 Venezuelan oil fields, 65 billion barrels in reserves. Congress wants answers on who profits.
We got there first. Read the investigation:
👉 https://www.patreon.com/Free_Press_Forever
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A man with an active Swiss arrest warrant for money laundering now runs "the biggest oil deal in history" alongside the U.S. Pentagon and State Department.
Senior Trump officials personally intervened with Swiss prosecutors to clear his path. He controls 17 Venezuelan oil fields, 65 billion barrels in reserves. Congress wants answers on who profits.
We got there first. Read the investigation:
👉 https://www.patreon.com/Free_Press_Forever
#AureFreePress #Journalism #IndependentJournalism #PressFreedom #Venezuela -
A man with an active Swiss arrest warrant for money laundering now runs "the biggest oil deal in history" alongside the U.S. Pentagon and State Department.
Senior Trump officials personally intervened with Swiss prosecutors to clear his path. He controls 17 Venezuelan oil fields, 65 billion barrels in reserves. Congress wants answers on who profits.
We got there first. Read the investigation:
👉 https://www.patreon.com/Free_Press_Forever
#AureFreePress #Journalism #IndependentJournalism #PressFreedom #Venezuela -
A man with an active Swiss arrest warrant for money laundering now runs "the biggest oil deal in history" alongside the U.S. Pentagon and State Department.
Senior Trump officials personally intervened with Swiss prosecutors to clear his path. He controls 17 Venezuelan oil fields, 65 billion barrels in reserves. Congress wants answers on who profits.
We got there first. Read the investigation:
👉 https://www.patreon.com/Free_Press_Forever
#AureFreePress #Journalism #IndependentJournalism #PressFreedom #Venezuela -
Five FOIA requests have been filed.
Three with the State Department. One with Treasury/OFAC. One with the FBI.
We’re looking for the missing bureaucratic handoff: who first put Autistici/Inventati into the U.S. sanctions pipeline, when, and on whose referral?
The investigation is now also a public records docket. As agencies acknowledge, process, deny or release records, we’ll publish the paper trail and update the investigation.
Updates here:
sabot.media/investigations/autistici-inventati/Read. Share. Preserve. Organize.
#AutisticiInventati #FOIA #PressFreedom #DigitalRights #Surveillance #Sanctions #IndependentMedia #SabotMedia
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Five FOIA requests have been filed.
Three with the State Department. One with Treasury/OFAC. One with the FBI.
We’re looking for the missing bureaucratic handoff: who first put Autistici/Inventati into the U.S. sanctions pipeline, when, and on whose referral?
The investigation is now also a public records docket. As agencies acknowledge, process, deny or release records, we’ll publish the paper trail and update the investigation.
Updates here:
sabot.media/investigations/autistici-inventati/Read. Share. Preserve. Organize.
#AutisticiInventati #FOIA #PressFreedom #DigitalRights #Surveillance #Sanctions #IndependentMedia #SabotMedia
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Five FOIA requests have been filed.
Three with the State Department. One with Treasury/OFAC. One with the FBI.
We’re looking for the missing bureaucratic handoff: who first put Autistici/Inventati into the U.S. sanctions pipeline, when, and on whose referral?
The investigation is now also a public records docket. As agencies acknowledge, process, deny or release records, we’ll publish the paper trail and update the investigation.
Updates here:
sabot.media/investigations/autistici-inventati/Read. Share. Preserve. Organize.
#AutisticiInventati #FOIA #PressFreedom #DigitalRights #Surveillance #Sanctions #IndependentMedia #SabotMedia
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Five FOIA requests have been filed.
Three with the State Department. One with Treasury/OFAC. One with the FBI.
We’re looking for the missing bureaucratic handoff: who first put Autistici/Inventati into the U.S. sanctions pipeline, when, and on whose referral?
The investigation is now also a public records docket. As agencies acknowledge, process, deny or release records, we’ll publish the paper trail and update the investigation.
Updates here:
sabot.media/investigations/autistici-inventati/Read. Share. Preserve. Organize.
#AutisticiInventati #FOIA #PressFreedom #DigitalRights #Surveillance #Sanctions #IndependentMedia #SabotMedia
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Five FOIA requests have been filed.
Three with the State Department. One with Treasury/OFAC. One with the FBI.
We’re looking for the missing bureaucratic handoff: who first put Autistici/Inventati into the U.S. sanctions pipeline, when, and on whose referral?
The investigation is now also a public records docket. As agencies acknowledge, process, deny or release records, we’ll publish the paper trail and update the investigation.
Updates here:
sabot.media/investigations/autistici-inventati/Read. Share. Preserve. Organize.
#AutisticiInventati #FOIA #PressFreedom #DigitalRights #Surveillance #Sanctions #IndependentMedia #SabotMedia
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NEW REPORT LIVE
We’ve spent the last week digging, cross-checking, archiving posts and reconstructing the sequence that led to the August 26 designation of Autistici/Inventati
The resulting investigation follows a campaign against “Antifa” as it moved through outside advocates, political influencers, the White House, Congress and U.S. counterterrorism policy before an Italian privacy collective was sanctioned.
This is not a theory-of-everything graphic or a pile of screenshots. It is an attempt to document who said what, when they said it, where those arguments moved next, and what the government ultimately did.
FROM KIRK TO A/I
https://sabot.media/post/kirk-to-aiDEDICATED INVESTIGATION PAGE
https://sabot.media/investigations/autistici-inventatiBackground, documents and the continuing campaign:
https://sabot.media/campaigns/autistici-inventati#AutisticiInventati #Antifa #Surveillance #Counterterrorism #PressFreedom
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https://www.europesays.com/dk/159590/ Turkish journalist detained over social media posts, YouTube broadcasts #AKParty #AKP #Ankara #AnkaraChiefPublicProsecutor’sOffice #Article217/A #BizimTV #democracy #DisinformationLaw #Erdogan #ErkAcarer #FreedomOfExpression #HalkTV #HumanRights #journalism #Journalists #Journalists’UnionOfTurkey #Justice #law #oppression #OyaLaleArslan #PressFreedom #ReportersWithoutBorders #RSF #RuleOfLaw #SocialMedia #Stockholm #Sweden #TerroristPropaganda #Turkey #TurkishMedia
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https://www.europesays.com/people/213610/ CPJ calls for release of Turkish journalist jailed over ‘Erdoğan passed away’ post #AkParty #AKP #Article217/A #AydınDenge #censorship #CommitteeToProtectJournalists #CPJ #Democracy #DisinformationLaw #Erdogan #FreedomOfExpression #HumanRights #HumanRightsInTurkey #İremDelice #journalism #JournalistArrests #justice #MediaFreedom #oppression #PressFreedom #RecepTayyipErdoğan #RuleOfLaw #Turkey #TurkishJournalists
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The Guardian view on press freedom: to defend democracy, stand up for journalists | Editorial
By EditorialThe lack of justice for Daphne Caruana Galizia in Malta casts a shadow on reporters everywhere
#Pressfreedom #Journalistsafety #Humanrights #Malta #DaphneCaruanaGalizia #ReformUK #TheGuardian #Editorial
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The Guardian view on press freedom: to defend democracy, stand up for journalists | Editorial
By EditorialThe lack of justice for Daphne Caruana Galizia in Malta casts a shadow on reporters everywhere
#Pressfreedom #Journalistsafety #Humanrights #Malta #DaphneCaruanaGalizia #ReformUK #TheGuardian #Editorial
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The Guardian view on press freedom: to defend democracy, stand up for journalists | Editorial
By EditorialThe lack of justice for Daphne Caruana Galizia in Malta casts a shadow on reporters everywhere
#Pressfreedom #Journalistsafety #Humanrights #Malta #DaphneCaruanaGalizia #ReformUK #TheGuardian #Editorial
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https://www.europesays.com/videos/87536/ Outrage mounts in Malta after acquittal over journalist’s murder • FRANCE 24 English #CarBomb #DaphneCaruanaGalizia #fenech #FRANCE24 #FRANCE24English #FRANCE24 #FRANCE24English #FreedomOfThePress #infos #InvestigativeJournalism #journalist #Justice #killing #Malta #news #outrage #press #PressFreedom #Scandal #verdict
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He couldn't legally leave the UK three months ago. Now he's Trump's oil partner.
Alejandro Betancourt still carries a Swiss arrest warrant over money laundering allegations — yet controls 17 Venezuelan oil fields and 65 billion barrels in reserves under a deal Trump calls historic.
We investigated how he got there, and whether the Trump family profits.
Read it:
👉 https://www.patreon.com/Free_Press_Forever#AureFreePress #Journalism #IndependentJournalism #PressFreedom #Venezuela
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He couldn't legally leave the UK three months ago. Now he's Trump's oil partner.
Alejandro Betancourt still carries a Swiss arrest warrant over money laundering allegations — yet controls 17 Venezuelan oil fields and 65 billion barrels in reserves under a deal Trump calls historic.
We investigated how he got there, and whether the Trump family profits.
Read it:
👉 https://www.patreon.com/Free_Press_Forever#AureFreePress #Journalism #IndependentJournalism #PressFreedom #Venezuela
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He couldn't legally leave the UK three months ago. Now he's Trump's oil partner.
Alejandro Betancourt still carries a Swiss arrest warrant over money laundering allegations — yet controls 17 Venezuelan oil fields and 65 billion barrels in reserves under a deal Trump calls historic.
We investigated how he got there, and whether the Trump family profits.
Read it:
👉 https://www.patreon.com/Free_Press_Forever#AureFreePress #Journalism #IndependentJournalism #PressFreedom #Venezuela
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He couldn't legally leave the UK three months ago. Now he's Trump's oil partner.
Alejandro Betancourt still carries a Swiss arrest warrant over money laundering allegations — yet controls 17 Venezuelan oil fields and 65 billion barrels in reserves under a deal Trump calls historic.
We investigated how he got there, and whether the Trump family profits.
Read it:
👉 https://www.patreon.com/Free_Press_Forever#AureFreePress #Journalism #IndependentJournalism #PressFreedom #Venezuela
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https://www.europesays.com/videos/87291/ Kenyan editor found safe after abduction by armed men • FRANCE 24 English #abduction #Africa #AttacksAgainstJournalists #democracy #EDITOR #FRANCE24 #FRANCE24English #FRANCE24 #FRANCE24English #FreedomOfThePress #infos #journalist #kenya #kidnapping #medias #nairobi #news #press #PressFreedom
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How Link Suppression Hurts Local Journalism
By Cliff Potts, CSO, and Editor-in-Chief of WPS News
Baybay City, Leyte, Philippines — September 2, 2026
Local journalism depends on one simple action: linking readers to full reporting. On X, that action increasingly comes with penalties. When links are buried or throttled, journalism loses reach, revenue, and trust — especially in countries like the Philippines.
This essay explains how link suppression damages local news and why that harm matters beyond the media industry.
Journalism Cannot Live Inside One Platform
Reporters do not publish entire investigations in social media posts. They link to articles, documents, and sources hosted elsewhere. This is how credibility is built and verified.
When a platform discourages links, it breaks that chain. Readers see headlines without context. Facts are separated from evidence. Journalism is reduced to fragments.
That weakens public understanding.
Smaller Outlets Are Hit First
Large media companies have multiple distribution channels. Local outlets do not. Many Philippine newsrooms rely on social media to reach readers who cannot afford subscriptions or who live far from major cities.
When links are suppressed, these outlets lose traffic overnight. Advertising revenue drops. Donations slow. Some stories never reach the audience they were written for.
This is not a level playing field.
Link Suppression Rewards Noise Over Reporting
Content that stays inside the platform — short posts, arguments, and outrage — travels more easily than careful reporting that points outward.
The result is a system that rewards speed over accuracy and emotion over evidence. Journalists who follow professional standards are punished. Accounts that spread opinion or misinformation are amplified.
This is not an accident. It is an outcome of platform design.
The Public Pays the Price
When local journalism weakens, communities lose information. Corruption is harder to expose. Local issues receive less attention. Rumors fill the gap left by reporting.
In the Philippines, where regional news plays a critical role in accountability, this loss is serious. Democracy depends on access to reliable information, not just loud commentary.
Platforms that damage journalism damage public trust.
Why This Is a Business Failure
Strong platforms benefit from strong journalism. News builds credibility and attracts advertisers who value informed audiences.
By suppressing links, platforms undermine the very ecosystem that makes them valuable. Short-term engagement replaces long-term trust.
That trade-off may boost metrics today, but it weakens the market tomorrow.
Looking Ahead
The next essay will examine how attention is extracted from users without being fairly shared or returned as value.
When journalism is punished for pointing outward, the platform stops serving the public.
It serves only itself.For more social commentary, please see Occupy 2.5 at https://Occupy25.com
This essay will be archived in the WPS News Archives at Amazon.
References (APA)
McChesney, R. W. (2015). Rich media, poor democracy. The New Press.
Reuters. (2023). News organizations see traffic drops from X. https://www.reuters.com
UNESCO. (2022). Journalism, platforms, and the public interest. https://www.unesco.org
#digitalPublishing #linkSuppression #localJournalism #mediaSustainability #newsMedia #Philippines #platformEconomics #pressFreedom #socialMediaPlatforms #Twitter #XPlatform -
Bridget Phillipson condemns Richard Tice’s ‘chilling attempt to silence free press’
By Rowena Mason Whitehall editorLabour chair says Reform deputy leader is trying to harass journalists over reporting on his financial affairs
#RichardTice #ReformUK #Partyfunding #BridgetPhillipson #Labour #Politics #NCANationalCrimeAgency #UKnews #Pressfreedom #Media #Newspapersmagazines #Newspapers #TheGuardian #RowenaMasonWhitehalleditor
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RAPPLER | Philippine & World News | Investigative Journalism | Data | Civic Engagement | Public Interest [Unofficial] @[email protected] ·Court orders arrest of journalist, 4 others for unjust vexation over opinion article
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Officials are ‘Refusing’ to Release Bodycam Footage That May Show Cop Stealing Photographer’s Bag https://petapixel.com/2026/06/26/officials-are-refusing-to-release-bodycam-footage-that-may-show-cop-stealing-photographers-bag/ #photojournalist #pressfreedom #delaneyhall #bodycamera #iceprotest #bodycam #News #Law
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Montenegro Spy Agency Criticised for Criminal Complaint Against Reporters
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"Here's that unified message for the president: Donald, Piss Off. But before you piss off: would you release the Epstein Files?"
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/iPHk7Dofwxw #CBS #Paramount #press #PressFreedom #media #StephenColbert #TheLateShow #AdamSchiff #Epstein #EpsteinFiles
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Das Motto des Internationalen Tages der Pressefreiheit am 3. Mai lautet heuer: „Eine Zukunft in Frieden gestalten: Pressefreiheit für Menschenrechte, Entwicklung und Sicherheit fördern.“
Während bei der World Press Freedom Day Global Conference am 04. und 05. Mai in Lusaka, Sambia, über diese Themen gesprochen wird, spinne, stricke und häkle ich im Atelier Mitzi für die Pressefreiheit: Mit meiner Handspindel stelle ich aus alten Zeitungen Papiergarn her. Daraus entstehen gehäkelte Körbe und gestrickte Stücke.
Ein herzliches Danke meiner wundervollen Tochter @hasi für die tollen Fotos!
https://www.unesco.at/kommunikation/pressefreiheit/artikel/article/welttag-der-pressefreiheit-2026
#Pressefreiheit #WorldPressFreedomDay #PressFreedom #peace
#HumanRights #FreedomOfSpeech #JournalismMatters
#Upcycling #SustainableArt
#Artivism #KunstUndPolitik
#CriticalArt
#SpeakThroughArt
#AltpapierUpcyceln #chrochet #spinning #knitting #paperyarn #zeitungsgarnspinnen #AtelierMitzi #wels #upcycelninwels -
🌏 For World Press Freedom Day, we're highlighting resources for teaching about the freedom of the press in a changing media landscape. Explore journalism ethics, press freedom, and media responsibility with our Media Literacy and Journalism Lesson Collection. Featuring award-winning films from around the world including And So It Begins, Gabby Giffords Won't Back Down, Navalny, The Post, and more. For grades 6-12. and adult/higher ed.
In a time when journalists around the world are under attack, these are powerful lessons to put current events into context for your students and make press freedom easy to teach about .
Check out these amazing films & free lesson plans! 👇
#WorldPressFreedomDay #PressFreedom #Journalism #MediaLiteracy #Education #Homeschooling #Movies #GlobalEducation
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BBC editor's #libel case against Owen Jones falls at the first hurdle. Here's why
Good coverage of the state of an important #pressFreedom case
#hasbara #AIPAC #censorship #statePropaganda #journalism #zionismIsWhiteSupremacy #islamaphobia #imperialism #stateMedia #antiWar #owenJones #owenBennettJones #palestineActionhttps://jonathancook.substack.com/p/bbc-editors-libel-case-against-owen
> Raffi Berg may be fighting for damages, but it's really the #BBC in the dock – for being utterly wedded to an editor whose objectivity on Israel is so clearly in doubt
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RAPPLER | Philippine & World News | Investigative Journalism | Data | Civic Engagement | Public Interest [Unofficial] @[email protected] ·
After proposal to block Signal, DICT floats Telegram ban
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.rappler.com/technology/dict-studies-telegram-ban-february-24-2026/
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Now on Verdant Square Radio:
https://mastodon.social/@VerdantSquareRadio/115996227573590963
#Secretpolice #Lawenforcement #Ice #News #Commentary #Left #Trump #Civiliberties #Journalism #MeidasTouch #TrumpGestapo #Resist #Vsn #Radio #Diversespectrumoftheleft #SupportIndependentMedia #Firstamendment #Pressfreedom #Trumpterror #Statesanctionedterror #Dhs #Trumplies #Icelies
#VerdantSquareRadio #vsn #DiverseSpectrumOfTheLeft #SupportIndependentMedia
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#Pressfreedom groups condemned the arrests of #journalists #DonLemon and #GeorgiaFort, who were detained while covering an #antiICEprotest in #Minnesota. The arrests are seen as an attack on the First Amendment and a chilling attempt to silence the press. The groups called for the immediate release of the journalists and the dropping of all charges. https://www.theguardian.com/law/2026/jan/30/press-freedom-journalist-arrests-ice-don-lemon?eicker.news #tech #media #news
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A U.S. court has temporarily restricted access to materials seized from a journalist during a federal investigation, pending judicial review.
Beyond press freedom implications, the case also underscores how digital evidence handling, access controls, and legal oversight intersect when sensitive information is involved.
From a security and governance standpoint, what best practices should guide investigations that touch journalistic sources?
Share your thoughts and follow @technadu for measured reporting at the intersection of cybersecurity, law, and policy.
#InfoSec #CyberGovernance #DigitalForensics #PressFreedom #CyberLaw #TechNadu
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#LARB Radio Hour welcomes #JuliaLoktev to talk about her new #documentary #MyUndesirableFriends
'Filmed in 2021, just before #Russia’s invasion of #Ukraine, the five-hour epic follows independent journalists at #TVRain as they navigate escalating government repression and the “foreign agent” laws designed to silence dissent.'
https://lareviewofbooks.org/av/julia-loktev-my-undesirable-friends/
#media #RussianMedia #censorship #stateRepression #pressFreedom #cinema #film #cinéastes -
3. Mai: Tag 11 der Aktionstage Politische Bildung 2025 #atpb25
https://www.humanrights.at/aktionstage/tag/mai3/Die Generalversammlung der Vereinten Nationen erklärte 1993 den 3. Mai zum „World Press Freedom Day“. Weiters gibt es #FakeNews Workshops in Oberösterreich und im Parlament gibt es eine kostenlose Führung zu 80 Jahre Zweite Republik.
#PolitischeBildung #Schule #Bildung #Politik #Demokratie #PressFreedom #Pressefreiheit #Medien #Media #DCEY2025 #Erinnern2025
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Press freedom is fine. Press independence, particularly for local media, is better. I'm supporting a business intern at two weekly newspapers in Iowa to help make that happen.
#PressFreedom #PressIndependence #LocalMedia #Iowa #Internship
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#Israel #IOF / #IDF is still targeting & trying to murder #Palestinian #journalists 🤬
https://m.youtube.com/shorts/XFwjJKlFULo?si=uj6lxbXG1WHOIMB5
#ArmsEmbargoOnIsrael #IsraelIsATerroristState #FreePalestine #StopGenocide #StopEthnicCleansing #GenocideFundedByGlobalNorth #USfundsGenocide #ZionismIsRacism #ENDEthnostates #RacistIsrael #USAFundedMassacres #PressFreedom
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Unlawful Activities: How the Indian prison system denies basic freedoms, rights and dignity to political prisoners
Even the UAPA prisoners under the full glare and scrutiny of the media were subject to a cavalcade of cruelties, large and small. This ranged from the denial of medical treatment, to the mental and physical cruelties of high-security prison cells, and even to being disallowed from speaking to relatives in their native language. Bhavya Dore and Sukhada Tatke write.
#UAPA #PoliticalPrisoners #undertrials #dissent #PressFreedom #activism #BK16 #TalojaCentralJail #disability #HumanRights #healthcare #BhimaKoregaonCase #maharashtra #india
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India Deserves a Better Media
Mainstream news channels have been in thrall to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. A ragtag army of small independent media is helping to save democracy. Mukul Kesavan writes.
#media #NarendraModi #ProGovernmentMedia #TimesNow #IndiaToday #RepublicTV #PressFreedom #GauriLankesh #GujaratRiots #BJP #communalism #hindutva #misinformation #modi #india
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10 Issues For Which The Government Did Not Provide Data In Parliament
Government frequently cites data unavailability in Parliament as the main reason for not providing data.
#UnionGovt #transparency #RTI #parliament #CovidMismanagenent #CovidDeathToll #MigrantWorkers #WomensRights #FarmersProtests #activism #PressFreedom #ManualScavenging #CasteViolence #DetentionCentres #ForeignerTribunals #InterfaithMarriages #lynching #hindutva #AntiMuslimViolence #india
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Interview: “In my 34-year career as journalist, I have never felt as anxious as I do today,” says Samar Halarnkar
In an interview with Maktoob’s Gafira Qadir, Samar Halarnkar, founder of the independent media house Article-14, talks about the tough situation journalists are in, facing threats and new laws that limit their freedom. He also talks about how hard it is to report on the government in a critical way.
#PressFreedom #media #journalism #censorship #DraconianLaws #BJP #UnionGovt #UAPA #PMLA #kashmir #manipur #UttarPradesh #islamophobia #hindutva #authoritarianism #india
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Time to repeal UAPA in a country boasting to be a democracy
'A country boasting to be a democracy cannot have a vague and draconian law like UAPA, which is only used to frame activists, political opponents and critiques of the state,' writes Banjyotsna Lahiri.
#UAPA #DraconianLaws #dissent #PressFreedom #PoliticalPrisoners #UmarKhalid #StanSwamy #HumanRights #democracy #india
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Kashmiri Journalist Aasif Sultan Granted Bail After Years Behind Bars
Sultan was languishing in jail since August 2018 when he was arrested by the police for allegedly harbouring terrorists at his Srinagar residence.
#kashmir #AasifSultan #PressFreedom #UAPA #NIA #rights #DraconianLaws #india
https://thewire.in/rights/kashmiri-journalist-aasif-sultan-granted-bail-after-years-behind-bars
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Prabir Purkayastha's Arrest By Delhi Police & Remand Illegal: Supreme Court Orders NewsClick Editor's Release In UAPA Case
The Court noted that a copy of the remand application was not provided to the appellant or his counsel before passing the remand order on October 4, 2023. Therefore, the Court held that the arrest and the remand are vitiated.
#NewsClickCase #PrabirPurkayastha #SupremeCourt #DelhiPolice #UAPA #NYT #DraconianLaws #dissent #PressFreedom #india
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The Prosecutor General's Office instructed the State Bureau of Investigation to investigate the case of surveillance of journalists from Bihus.info. The Prosecutor General emphasized the obligation to protect journalists from any form of pressure and persecution. The "Platform for the Protection of Journalists' Rights" operates in the Office of the Prosecutor General for this purpose. #PressFreedom #JournalistProtection
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French journalist served notice over OCI card denies charge of ‘malicious’ reportage
The MHA sent a notice to the journalist asking why her OCI card should not be withdrawn.
#PressFreedom #media #OCI #MHA #censorship #hindutva #minorities #TribalRights #india
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#SLAPPs In Europe: How The #EU Can Protect Watchdogs From #AbusiveLawsuits
In their new policy paper, #Liberties and other rights and #pressfreedom groups explain why abusive lawsuits (SLAPPs) against watchdogs and journalists threaten #democracies in Europe and what governments and the EU should do tackle it.
by Linda Ravo
January 13, 2022"The European Commission is set to shortly unveil its proposal for EU-wide measures against SLAPPs. In a new policy paper published today, Liberties and other rights and press freedom groups which form the Coalition Against SLAPPs in Europe (#CASE), explain what SLAPPs are, how big of a threat they are to watchdogs in Europe, and propose what governments and the EU should do tackle the problem.
Censorship by litigation
"Citizens are supposed to be in charge of their democracies. #Watchdogs like #journalists, #rights #defenders and #activist groups are key to enable citizens to get informed, shape their opinions, and keep an eye on people in power to make sure they do what is best for all of us.
"As we explain here, SLAPPs (an acronym which stands for 'strategic lawsuit against public participation'), are a form of abuse of law and justice that #corrupt politicians and powerful #businesses across Europe increasingly make use of to #harass, #bankrupt and intimidate #journalists, activists and other watchdogs into silence. Helped by expensive and unscrupulous law firms, they sue them on grounds of meritless and abusive claims with the purpose of shutting down acts of public participation, including public interest journalism, #PeacefulProtest or #boycotts, #advocacy, #whistleblowing, or simply speaking out against abuse of power."
https://www.liberties.eu/en/stories/slapp-case-submission/43948
#DigitalFreeSpeech #DirectAction #Fascism #CriminalizingDissent #WaterProtectors #ForestDefenders #EnvironmentalActivists #ClimateActivists #ClimateJustice #SilencingDissent #CorporateColonialism #EcoActivists #Censorship #HumanRightsViolations #Article20 #RightToProtest #SlowMarch #BigOilAndGas
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Supreme Court advocate Sanjay Hegde sounds ‘police state’ alarm over NewsClick FIR
Senior Supreme Court advocate and civil rights promoter Sanjay Hegde has expressed alarm at the mention of a lawyer as a “key person” in the FIR registered against the NewsClick news site under the anti-terror law UAPA. “The day that a lawyer can be deterred from taking a brief that he would have normally taken, that is the beginning of a police state,” Hegde told The Telegraph.
#NewsClick #NewsClickFIR #SanjayHegde #DelhiPoliceRaids #DelhiPolice #PoliceState #PressFreedom #dissent #india