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..
Saket Gokhale detained by Gujarat Police in Jaipur for tweet about Morbi bridge collapse https://scroll.in/latest/1039115/trinamool-congress-spokesperson-saket-gokhale-arrested-by-gujarat-police-from-jaipur-says-party-mp The TMC leader spread false information by sharing a fake news clipping that claimed Modi’s visit to Morbi after the tragedy cost Rs 30 crore, the police said.
https://twitter.com/SaketGokhale/status/1598149744307511296 The tweet contained two tweets by a Dax Patel which gave picture of a newspaper clippings in Gujarati.
PIB Fact Check has declared this post as fake: https://twitter.com/PIBFactCheck/status/1598316897304719364/photo/1
Comment: If the first source is identifiable, why would the Gujarat police pick-up a visiting spokesman of another political party on a visit to Jaipur.
Govt Has Created Climate of Fear, Intellectuals Hesitate to Express Dissent: Partha Chatterjee https://thewire.in/politics/professor-partha-chatterjee-interview-modi-govt-intellectuals-hindu-rashtra-secularism
Historian Partha Chatterjee discusses the Hindu rashtra, future of Indian secularism and India's emerging political culture, among other issues. ..a major constituency for the New India vision is corporate business and the urban upper middle class which feels uncomfortable with the divisive and often violent politics of minority hatred but is hugely enthusiastic about Modi as a legitimate leader who promises political stability and pro-business policies. In terms of the overall ideological project of the BJP, Hindu Rashtra and New India complement each other.
"Message For the State Today-Agencies Cannot Be Deployed to Silence Citizens" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-wn41OKj6M
Jul 20, 2022 Sumedhapal @Sumedhapa "The big takeaway is for the state it cannot use its agencies to silence and incarcerate its citizens." lawyer @vrindagrover speaks to @thewire_in this evening
Twitter: Aarya Thakre @thakre_aarya
But the 23-day delay should be avoided as in this case when it's so evident the state is trying to harass and foist false cases against the petitioner and the petitioner having to undergo a horrid jail time without being at fault
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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.