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A journalists' union in Kerala has condemned the Uttar Pradesh Police for inserting stories written by a journalist from the southern state in a chargesheet against him for allegedly "trying to further the terror agenda" of the banned outfit SIMI.
The journalist has been jailed since his arrest on October 5, 2020, when he was on his way to report on the Hathras crime.
Some Oxygen For Siddique Kappan, Please? An extraordinary story unfolds, mostly away from public eyes: a journalist is condemned to seemingly endless prison for merely trying to report news. Even a Supreme Court order goes abegging. Mrudula Bhavani 12 May 2021, Last Updated at 10:35 am outlookindia.com 2021-05-12T10:35:20+05:30 Also read If democracy is the name of our body politic, freedom is its oxygen. Its most precious resource, without which only the dirge remains to be sung. At a time when the case of Pinjra Tod activist Natasha Narwal and her now-deceased scientist-...
Over 300 media persons get vaccine in twin cities Updated: Updated: Share Article A media person receiving vaccine at a special vaccination programme in Hubballi on Tuesday. Over 300 journalists, photographers, camera persons and a few staff of the Department of Information and Publicity received vaccine at a special vaccination programme conducted in Hubballi and Dharwad on Tuesday. The special programme was conducted following declaration of media persons as frontline warriors by the State government and an order to give them vaccine on priority basis and a subsequent direction from De...
Our constitution hangs in balance on the life of Kappan Siddique May 11, 2021, 1:28 PM IST Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India. Author of `Choosing Hammurabi: Debates on Judicial Appointments’ (LexisNexis), `Appointing our Judges: Forging Independence and Accountability’ (LexisNexis) and `The Maoist Movement in India: Perspectives and Counter Perspectives’ (Routledge). LESS... MORE Siddique Kappan, was on his way to investigate the gang rape of a minor dalit girl in Hathras which had sparked a nationwide outrage. He was arrested by the Uttar Pradesh police on Oct...