BBC के बाद NEW YORK TIMES का मोदी पर धमाका, Anurag Thankur Vs NYT Controversy on Kashmir Reporting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DusME3-O8s0
Modi’s Final Assault on India’s Press Freedom Has Begun https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/08/opinion/india-kashmir-modi-media-censorship.html March 8, 2023 By Anuradha Bhasin Since he took power in 2014, Mr. Modi has systematically debased India’s democratic ideals, bending courts and other government machinery to his will.
The media stands as one of the last remaining institutions capable of preventing India’s descent into authoritarianism. But if Mr. Modi succeeds in introducing the Kashmir model of information control to the rest of the country, it won’t be just press freedom that is at risk, but Indian democracy itself.
References in this article: ‘Vendetta’: Kashmir newspaper’s office sealed by India officials https://www.aljazeera.com/amp/news/2020/10/20/vendetta-kashmir-newspapers-office-sealed-by-india-officials ‘
Snoop List Has 40 Indian Journalists, Forensic Tests Confirm Presence of Pegasus Spyware on Some https://thewire.in/media/pegasus-project-spyware-indian-journalists
India has highest number of journalists murdered for their work: CPJ report https://www.deccanchronicle.com/nation/current-affairs/101221/india-has-highest-number-of-journalists-murdered-for-their-work-cpj-r.html
Under Modi, India’s Press Is Not So Free Anymore https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/02/world/asia/modi-india-press-media.html India’s government has pressured advertisers
How the Centre’s planned IT rule changes will empower it to censor unfavourable news https://scroll.in/article/1042179/how-the-centres-planned-it-rule-changes-will-empower-it-to-censor-unfavourable-news draft rules that would require intermediaries such as Twitter and Facebook to remove any post that is tagged as “fake news” by the Union government’s information dissemination wing, the Press Information Bureau. The proposed changes “seem to give the government a carte blanche to determine what is fake or not with determination to its own work”, the Editors Guild of India said
The Jammu and Kashmir government has given itself unbridled powers to take action against journalists and media houses over “fake reports,” https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/05/world/asia/india-pakistan-kashmir-jammu.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/26/world/asia/kashmir-internet-shutdown-india.html
Panopticon of fear and rumours: Inside Kashmir’s media centre during lockdown https://www.newslaundry.com/2020/02/05/a-panopticon-of-fear-and-rumours-inside-kashmirs-media-centre-during-lockdown The only place to go online during the valley’s communications blackout, the government’s media centre was where journalists and their journalism were cut down to size.
ByRayan Naqash05 Feb, 2020
https://lawbeat.in/amp/top-stories/top-court-issues-notice-plea-filed-against-orders-restricting-internet-speed-2g-jammu-kashmir The plea filed by Private Schools Association J&K,says "given the grave impact that internet slowdowns have on the future of students and other ordinary citizens in the region, terrorism cannot become a ground to indefinitely restrict the internet especially without a formal state of emergency being declared, and without considering the suitability and necessity of existing internet restrictions when compared to less restrictive alternatives."
Jammu and Kashmir Media Policy 2020: A Veil Covering Freedoms https://ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/jammu-and-kashmir-media-policy-2020-a-veil-covering-freedoms/ The policy states that – “DIPR shall examine the content of the print, electronic and other forms of media for fake news, plagiarism and unethical or anti-national activities. Any individual or group indulging in fake news, unethical or anti-national activities or in plagiarism shall be deempanelled besides being proceeded against under law.”
‘Remnant of Colonial-Era Censorship': J&K Parties Decry New Media Policy https://thewire.in/media/jks-new-media-policy-threatens-legal-action-against-fake-news-stopping-of-govt-ads The Jammu and Kashmir government has given itself unbridled powers to take action against journalists and media houses over “fake reports,”
Crackdown on Journalists Is the New Normal in Kashmir https://thewire.in/media/summoned-raided-censored-crackdown-on-journalists-is-the-new-normal-in-kashmir
In two years, more than 40 journalists in Kashmir have either been called for a background check, summoned or raided; they are being forced to present themselves to explain their stories, social media conduct and other societal behaviour.
https://freepresskashmir.news/2023/02/04/kashmiri-journalist-fahad-shah-completes-one-year-in-jail/ three journalists from Kashmir Fahad Shah, Asif Sultan and Sajad Gul are among five journalists of India who are currently facing detention under various sections of the law, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said on December 8, 2022.Journalists, Siddique Kappan of Kerala and Manan Dar of Kashmir, who were also mentioned in CPJ report, were released on bail recently
https://cpj.org/2022/01/two-journalists-detained-in-jammu-and-kashmir-chhattisgarh/
https://institute.aljazeera.net/en/ajr/article/1974
https://globalfreedomofexpression.columbia.edu/cases/bhasin-v-union-of-india/
https://countercurrents.org/2020/10/kashmir-times-office-sealed-in-srinagar/
https://www.meity.gov.in/writereaddata/files/Revised-IT-Rules-2021-proposed-amended.pdf
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/14/world/asia/india-bbc-tax-raid.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/24/world/asia/india-democracy.html
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/goa/modi-is-abusing-govt-machinery/articleshow/56881176.cms
