Mrudula Bhavani

Oct 28, 2024 | countercurrents.org | R Rajagopal |Binoy Kampmark |Phil Pasquini |Mrudula Bhavani

We, the undersigned journalist organizations condemn the registration of a second FIR by the Gujarat police against senior journalist Mahesh Langa in a span of less than a month. Langa is presently in judicial custody. He was arrested earlier this month by the Ahmedabad crime branch on an alleged case of GST fraud, even though he was not mentioned by name in the primary FIR.

Oct 15, 2024 | countercurrents.org | Ram Puniyani |Mrudula Bhavani |Bharat Dogra |Chris Hedges

This 1st Oct a Barially Court gave life imprisonment to a Muslim man in case of a complaint of sexual assault. In the judgment the justice commented that it is a case of love Jihad, which the police have failed to present that way. The girl was a Hindu. During the court proceedings the girl did withdraw the complaint on the ground that she had to lodge the complaint under the pressure of Hindutva group. The Lordship will have none of it; probably the social propaganda was ruling his verdict.

Sep 2, 2024 | countercurrents.org | R Rajagopal |Mrudula Bhavani |Vijay Prashad |Bharat Dogra

The Delhi Union of Journalists (DUJ) condemns the life threatening attack on Uttarakhand based journalist Yogesh Dimri, whose small digital channel Aanwala News has been in the forefront of exposes about the drug and liquor mafia operating in the state. Dhimri is also known for his bold reportage of the Ankita Bhandari rape and murder case. The attack left him badly injured and he is in hospital. A video of the attack has become viral.

Apr 11, 2024 | countercurrents.org | Mrudula Bhavani |Nour Jaghama |Vijay Prashad |Naveen Prasad Alex

The Center has put a lock on National Dastak, a Hindi news channel that has gained national attention. On April 3, 2024, the notice of central government directive asking to block Dastak’s YouTube channel was sent by e-mail to Dastak channel by Youtube. Similarly, YouTube sent notices to Article 19 and Boltha Hindustan. The notices for the other two channels come within days of the government temporarily banning the Bolta Hindustan channel, which has three lakh subscribers.

Mar 7, 2024 | maktoobmedia.com | Mrudula Bhavani

The torture to death case of JS Sidharthan, a second year student inside the Kerala Veterinary and Animal Sciences University’s men’s hostel has become a center point of news in Kerala. The twenty one year-old student was subjected to days long mob torture, detention and starvation before his death. Sidharthan was found hanging in the toilet on 18 February.