NewsClick HR head moves court to turn approver
This comes days after the freezing of the portal’s bank accounts.
#NewsClick #NewsClickCase #DelhiPolice #DelhiPoliceRaids #AmitChakraborty #PrabirPurkayastha #PressFreedom #NYT #ED #BJP #UAPA #DraconianLaws #media #india
https://www.newslaundry.com/2023/12/25/newsclick-hr-head-moves-court-to-turn-approver
Statement on Sudden Freezing of NewsClick Accounts by IT Dept; Dec Salaries Held up
NewsClick has always complied with the laws of the land, including all tax regulations. Legal appeals against this unjust and cruel measure will be initiated at the earliest.
#NewsClick #DelhiPoliceRaids #PressFreedom #media #india
https://www.newsclick.in/statement-sudden-freezing-newsclick-accounts-it-dept-dec-salaries-held
The 3rd of October 2023: the day that changed the lives of more than 80 citizens of India, including mine
On 3 October 2023, the home of veteran Indian journalist Paranjoy Guha Thakurta was raided by the Delhi police force. Similar raids occurred that morning on the homes of over 80 people, most of them associated with NewsClick, an independent news platform that publishes stories that question the policies of the Modi government and the Adani Group. Here, Paranjoy gives a personal account of his experience in what has become one of India’s most notorious attacks on freedom of the press.
#AdaniGroup #BJP #PressFreedom #DelhiPoliceRaids #NewsClick #UAPA #DraconianLaws #GautamAdani #adani #media #ParanjoyGuhaThakurta #india
Supreme Court Circulates Interim Guidelines for Seizure of Devices
Of late, the unauthorised and arbitrary seizure of devices by police from journalists, academics and lawyers have led to outrage about the rising impunity and absence of rules around it. The apex court’s guidelines should go some distance to set up guardrails.
#NewsClick #DeviceSeizure #SupremeCourt #media #PressFreedom #DelhiPoliceRaids #india
https://thewire.in/rights/supreme-court-circulates-interim-guidelines-for-seizure-of-devices
‘Incomplete reports’, ‘financial toll’: The burden of digital device seizures on journalists, outlets
The Supreme Court has now told the Centre to frame guidelines governing such seizures.
#SupremeCourt #NewsClick #NewsClickCase #DelhiPoliceRaids #DelhiPolice #privacy #DigitalDevices #PoliceHarassment #PressFreedom #dissent #india
SC Orders Circulation of Guidelines on Seizure of Digital Devices
According to the draft guidelines, prepared by five academicians, electronic devices can be seized only after a judicial warrant.
#SupremeCourt #NewsClickCase #NewsClick #DelhiPoliceRaids #media #PressFreedom #privacy #PoliceHarassment #ITAct2000 #india
https://www.newsclick.in/sc-orders-circulation-guidelines-seizure-digital-devices
NewsClick: Govt Impunity Caused Seizure of as Many as 250 Devices, Paralysing Work of 90 Journalists
The ‘NewsClick’ case has forced attention on egregious government behaviour. Struggling to prove charges of financial irregularities for two years, the Delhi police latched onto a controversial ‘NYT’ news report to slap terror charges on two journalists.
#NewsClick #NewsClickRaids #DelhiPoliceRaids #PressFreedom #media #UAPA #NYT #DraconianLaws #BJP #DelhiPolice #ED #india
Supreme Court adjourns NewsClick case to October 19; indicates it may issue notice to the police
Supreme court hearing case after Delhi HC refused to interfere with arrest and police remand of the NewsClick founder and HR head in a UAPA case.
#NewsClickCase #NewsClick #DelhiPoliceRaids #DelhiHC #DelhiPolice #UAPA #PressFreedom #DraconianLaws #media #BJP #india
NewsClick FIR: Group accused of ‘sabotaging’ 2019 electoral process merely issued a letter?
The 2019 letter by People’s Alliance for Democracy and Secularism urged opposition parties to unite against Modi.
#NewsClick #NewsClickFIR #DelhiPoliceRaids #DelhiPolice #PADS #UAPA #NarendraModi #OppositionParties #dissent #PrabirPurkayastha #AmitChakravarty #DraconianLaws #BJP #india
NewsClick row: Prabir Purkayastha, Amit Chakravarty sent to 10-day judicial custody
The Special Cell of Delhi Police had arrested NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha and Amit Chakravarty on October 3 after day-long raids.
#NewsClick #DelhiPoliceRaids #PrabirPurkayastha #AmitChakravarty #DelhiPolice #dissent #PressFreedom #UAPA #DraconianLaws #BJP #india
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
Delhi HC Reserves Judgment on Pleas Challenging Remand Orders of NewsClick Editor, HR Head
Lawyers appearing for Prabir Purkayastha and Amit Chakraborty argued that the two had not been informed about the grounds for arrest on time.
#NewsClick #NewsClickFIR #DelhiHC #DelhiPoliceRaids #DelhiPolice #PrabirPurkayastha #AmitChakraborty #india
'Extent of Falsehoods Astounding': Farmers Launch Nationwide Protest Against Allegations in NewsClick FIR
"SKM categorically rejects all allegations made in the FIR against the Farmers’ Movement, the same being false and motivated," the group said in a statement.
#NewsClickFIR #FarmersProtest #NewsClick #DelhiPoliceRaids #DelhiPolice #SKM #SamyuktKisanMorcha #india
Witnessing the NewsClick raids, up close and personal
It was my friend today, could it not be me tomorrow? That is all I have been thinking since that morning, writes Taru Bhatia.
#NewsClick #DelhiPoliceRaids #PressFreedom #DelhiPolice #UAPA #FarmersProtests #DelhiRiots #DraconianLaws #india
https://scroll.in/article/1057255/witnessing-the-newsclick-raids-up-close-and-personal
Delhi police probe against NewsClick extends to Kerala
A team from the Special Cell of the Delhi police called on Anusha Paul, a former NewsClick journalist, at her house in Pathanamthitta on Friday.
#kerala #NewsClick #DelhiPoliceRaids #DelhiPolice #UAPA #dissent #PressFreedom #DraconianLaws #BJP #terrorism #india
NewsClick Case: ‘Never Received Funds From a Foreign Govt’, Says Neville Roy Singham’s Company
Worldwide Media Holdings said that reputable lawyers and law firms were consulted to ensure that the investment "strictly followed all aspects of Indian law, specifically including those limiting foreign ownership in media companies".
#NewsClick #DelhiPoliceRaids #DelhiPolice #UAPA #WorldwideMediaHoldings #NevilleRoySingham #dissent #PressFreedom #DraconianLaws #BJP #terrorism #india
https://thewire.in/media/newsclick-case-no-foreign-funding-neville-roy-singham-company-statement
NewsClick FIR casts farmer protests as terror and fails to back sweeping charges with evidence
The FIR has invoked India’s anti-terror law against the news organisation. A close examination shows gaping holes in the narrative.
#NewsClick #NewsClickFIR #DelhiPoliceRaids #DelhiPolice #UAPA #FarmersProtests #dissent #PressFreedom #DraconianLaws #BJP #terrorism #india
230+ Journalists, Political Leaders, Artists, And Academics Sign Statement in Support of Newsclick
Days after the mass raids on journalists in India, personalities from over 30 countries reject the attack on press freedom and call for the immediate release of those detained.
#NewsClick #DelhiPoliceRaids #DelhiPolice #PressFreedom #dissent #UAPA #InternationalMedia #ED #BJP #india
India is weaponising FATF recommendations against civil society
The terrorism financing watchdog should beware of India’s misuse of its recommendations to stifle dissent, writes Aakar Patel.
#NewsClick #DelhiPoliceRaids #DelhiPolice #PressFreedom #dissent #FATF #UAPA #PMLA #FCRA #DraconianLaws #BK16 #ED #BJP #india
NewsClick Case: Pressing Questions on Delhi Police's Powers To Search and Seize
Across the democratic world, journalistic material has a much higher degree of protection, writes Prasanna S.
#NewsClick #DelhiPoliceRaids #DeviceSeizure #DelhiPolice #privacy #DigitalPrivacy #PressFreedom #rights #dissent #authoritarianism #BJP #india
