Press Freedom should be protected in India. @moliticsindia has been served with a legal notice for posting the attached video on their twitter Handle. They covered the recent hate speech made by hindu gurus in dharm sansad, Delhi, Jantar mantar. Since past few months, such Dharm sansad were organised in different parts of India, inciting Hindus to attack Muslim, Hate being served from such religious leaders against the minorities of this Nation. This is Authoritarian democracy. The liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerated the growth of Hate politics to a point where it becomes stronger than the democratic state itself. since more then 2 years continuous dharam sansad are being organised in which the Preachers are promoting hate and audience is giving applause to the genocide call against the minorities specially Muslims and majority of the majority doesn’t want to speak about it because they want to want enjoy the privilege of being apolitical.
Since past few years the Press Freedom has a constant decline. The latest Press Freedom Index prepared by the Paris-based non-profit organisation Reporters Without Borders (RSF) places India at 150 out of 180 countries.
In India Independent Media/ Journalist were covering the ground realities, brutality and hidden Authoritarianism. Several Independent Journalist are facing Police Brutality, Fake charges and framed under Draconian laws, jailed and harassed to show the ground realities, recently @SiddiqueKappan has walked out of jail, after two years of harassment. And many other journalist continue to suffer. @BBC Documentary was also banned in India by using all the governmental powers and absolute authority, People were restricted to watch the documentary “India; The Modi Question” based on the role of Narendra Modi and Gujarat Riots. Journalist like @zoo_bear were treated as criminals and harassed for being Vocal for the oppressed Community.
@meerfaisal01 were also harassed by the Police and attacked by the Mob for Covering dharm sansad in Delhi.
102 social Media were booked under UAPA For highlight the violence occurred in Tripura 2021.
@RanaAyyub a prominent Indian Journalist and author of The #Gujaratfiles faces online threats, harassment and
India’s Enforcement Directorate, filed charges against Ayyub under the anti-money laundering law in October. This decline in Press Freedom and direct and indirect attacks on Journalist has crossed the Alarming stage.
Speak stand and Support. This is the matter of the dignity of the oppressed Communities and the Idea of India.