Journalists decry escalating state attacks on press freedom in India
The ultra-right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) governments in various provinces in India have used sedition charges against journalists for their critical reporting on policies and actions.
The People’s Forum condemns right-wing attempts to silence dissent and solidarity with Palestine
A statement released by the movement incubator said that accusations by conservative Senator Chuck Grassley are an effort to “crush dissent, target activists, and silence peace and anti-war movements”
Protests erupt in India following website ban over Modi-Trump cartoon
The cartoon depicts Donald Trump sitting next to the Indian PM in chains during his recent visit to the US, in reference to hundreds of Indian deportees arriving home in the similar manner.
Both Harris and Trump “want the US hegemony over the world to continue,” says Prabir Purkayastha
Both the leading candidates Trump and Harris have almost identical agendas of promoting US imperialist interests but equally fail to take note of significant shifts in global politics.
A year after the attack on NewsClick, journalists in India call for a united fight against assaults on independent media
Many former NewsClick employees are struggling to find an alternative job even after months of unemployment due to the vilification and fear mongering campaign launched by the ultra-right government in India.
The specter of “knowledge as commons”
Prabir Purkayastha’s recently published memoir “Keeping Up the Good Fight” draws important parallels between the repression during the “Emergency” and that of today under the BJP government of Narendra Modi
La asfixia de la democracia en la India
Los ataques contra el medio de comunicación progresista indio NewsClick coincidieron con la suspensión de 141 miembros de la oposición del parlamento indio, lo que constituye un grave ataque a la democracia india.
The suffocation of democracy in India
Attacks on the progressive Indian news outlet NewsClick coincided with the suspension of 141 opposition members of Indian parliament, both constituting serious attacks on Indian democracy
McCarthyism is leading us to war
As the US is scrambling to maintain its hegemony, anti-war voices critical of US militarization policy in the war in Ukraine or around China are red-baited and silenced
430+ journalists, political leaders, artists, and academics sign statement in support of Newsclick
Days after the mass raids on journalists in India, personalities from over 30 countries reject the attack on press freedom and call for the immediate release of those detained
International uproar following mass raids and arrest of Indian journalists
There has been an outpouring of solidarity following the raid and arrest of journalists in India, who have been targeted as a result of baseless accusations published in the New York Times
50 detenidos y más de 100 domicilios allanados en medio de una amplia represión contra la libertad de prensa en India
En la mañana del 3 de octubre, las autoridades indias llevaron a cabo redadas y detenciones masivas amparándose en la draconiana ley UAPA.






