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..
At least 5,000 trees were cut on June 26 and 27 in the villages of Mudagaon and Saraitola in Tamnar tehsil in Chhattisgarh’s Raigarh district as part of a massive tree felling operation to set up a coal mine in the Gare Palma Sector II coal block, activists on the ground told The Wire. https://www.thewire.in/environment/massive-tree-felling-adani-coal-mine-raigarh-chhattisgarh
14 villages will be affected directly by the project and around 2,584 hectares of land are to be acquired for it.
Of this, nearly 215 hectares is forest land that will be razed clean of trees and any other vegetation.
Local police illegally detained seven people for a day on June 26, sources on the ground told The Wire. They added that at least 2,000 police and security personnel were deployed on June 26 to oversee the tree felling;
The deforestation is ongoing even as residents have consistently held protests, and filed petitions against the project with linked cases being heard in both the Chhattisgarh high court and the National Green Tribunal (NGT), India’s apex green court.
27/06/2025
Adani Faces Major Setback: Banned from American Market Amid Bribery Scandal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hvoqyaGQTT4 | Sheetal P Singh The Public India
On November 20, 2024, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) unsealed an indictment against the Adani Group, charging its chairman Gautam Adani, his nephew Sagar Adani and other senior executives with orchestrating a “massive bribery scheme” to win energy contracts in India. This event changed the dynamics of the Adani Group’s newly initiated lobbying efforts in the US. From a modest commercial lobbying exercise, it turned into a targeted lobbying effort with two of most renowned legal and lobbying firms brought on board for what appears to have been a crisis management campaign.
Special | Facing US Indictment, Adani Group Has Launched a Massive Lobbying Campaign - The Wire
| Year | Total Spending | Key Firms Hired | Key Agencies Lobbied | Stated Purpose / Context |
| 2023 | $40,000 | Adani Solar USA (in-house) | Dept of Commerce, Dept of State, National Security Council, Export-Import Bank | Promoting its solar business and general trade issues. |
| 2024 | $70,000 | Akin, Gump | Dept of Commerce, Dept of State, National Security Council, White House | Officially for ‘supply chain issues,’ but hired the day after the DOJ indictment. |
| 2025 (first half) | $150,000 | Kirkland & Ellis, Quinn, Emanuel | Dept of State | Explicitly for ‘related criminal and civil matters’ in response to the indictment. |
20/08/2025
- Advantage Adani: Power industry lobbies, coal ministry unlocks dense forests for mining
- Adani: Truth behind the allegations. Reasons for settlement.
- How Adani’s alleged corruption could hurt India’s economy & middle class
- Is Adani getting deals from Modi's foreign tours?
- Continuing Jolts to Adani Projects
- हिंडनबर्ग रिपोर्ट की ‘धमाकेदार रिपोर्ट’ की पोल खुल गई, खुलासा & Response
- Why Are Kenya Airport Workers Are On Strike Over Adani Deal?
- Swiss authorities freeze U.S. dollar 311 million of alleged Adani proxy
- Adil Shah के घर पहुंचे Rahul Gandhi, Pahalgam से जुड़े Adani के तार?
- what is the implication of no action on Adani, Madhab=vi Buch or SEBI
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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.