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NewsClick Raids: Can journalists be compelled to share passwords and hand over electronic devices? | Explained

In the wake of the Newsclick raids and arrests, we take a look at the laws pertaining to the search and seizure of journalists’ electronic devices

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Foreign aid and press freedom: A history of suspicions and silver linings

The NewsClick searches have left public opinion cleaved between the excessive nature of the police action and suspicion surrounding allegations of Chinese funding. The Indian media, too, seems to be a divided house, with one section trying to portray journalists linked to the portal as “Chinese Jaichands”.

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NewsClick non-case: On the strange case of a terrorism FIR without a terrorist act

The Delhi Police FIR against Prabir Purkayastha, the founder of NewsClick, and others is a vague amalgam of sweeping accusations that do not actually disclose any offence, leave alone one of terrorism.

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Samyukt Kisan Morcha condemns charges against farmer protests in NewsClick FIR

The FIR said that the 13-month-long farmers’ movement was to “abet damage and destruction of property, cause huge loss to the Indian economy and create internal law and order problems, through illegal foreign funding”.

The Hindu

NewsClick arrests: journalists and activists hold protest against attack on press freedom

Citizens, journalists protest against raids, arrests of Newsclick journalists; condemn attack on press freedom. Sashi Kumar calls it an 'undeclared Emergency'; Vaishna Roy questions labelling of journalism as an act of terrorism; T.M. Krishna warns of instilling fear among citizens.

The Hindu

NewsClick and patterns of repression: The tiredness of being a journalist

For a particular kind of journalist, life is supposed to play out in sanctimonious technicolour, just like The Newsroom. Speaking truth to power, telling the stories that matter, separating fact from fiction, holding people accountable. Did you annoy a government or local bigwig in the process? No problem! That’s par…

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Reporters Without Orders Ep 291: NewsClick case, raids on journalists

This week, host Sumedha Mittal is joined by Newslaundry’s Basant Kumar and Pratyush Deep.

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Delhi Police’s claims bogus, untenable: NewsClick

NewsClick rejects Delhi Police's FIR alleging foreign funds from China to disrupt India's sovereignty. It claims no funding or instructions from China, and has full faith in the judicial system. Police arrested NewsClick founder and HR head, and are likely to question 10 people named in the FIR.

The Hindu

TV Newsance 229: ED raids on NewsClick, Rubika’s desperate bids for our attention

This week started off with the Enforcement Directorate’s crackdown on journalists, satirists, writers, and contributors associated with NewsClick – both current and former. At a time that calls for solidarity among media personnel to condemn this police action, we saw most of our primetime anchors cheering the move.

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Delhi police probe against NewsClick extends to Kerala

Delhi police expand investigation into NewsClick to Kerala; team visits former journalist Anusha Paul's house. Police asked her about NewsClick's funding, reporting assignments, and if she knew CPI(M) State Sec. K.M. Tiwari. Took her laptop, mobile phone, asked her to report to Delhi office. CM Pinarayi Vijayan calls raid a…

The Hindu

Morning Digest | FIR links NewsClick case to legal aid for Chinese companies; Canada moves diplomats out of India to Singapore, Malaysia, and more

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A warning shot for committing the ‘crime’ of journalism

After securing the co-option, cooperation, and capitulation of vast chunks of big media, an image-obsessed government is turning the screws on the bit players such as NewsClick

The Hindu

How Indian authorities ‘weaponised’ a New York Times report to target the press

NewsClick, a defiantly critical news site, has been in the Indian government’s sights over the past few years. But there was little to show after extensive financial probes – until the New York Times published a report which enabled Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s administration to use the press to attack…

France 24

NewsClick founder challenges arrest, Delhi High Court seeks police response

Hearing a petition by NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha and the outfit’s HR head Amit Chakraborty against their arrest in a UAPA case, the Delhi High Court sought the Delhi police’s response on Friday, according to a LiveLaw report. The court will hear the matter again on Monday.

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NewsClick FIR says ‘Gautam Bhatia’ is ‘key person’ who legally defended Vivo, Xiaomi

The Delhi police’s FIR against news portal NewsClick claims that “big Chinese telecom companies like Xiaomi, Vivo” purportedly “incorporated thousands of shell companies in India” – and that one “Gautam Bhatia” is a “key person” in the matter.

France 24

War crimes in Ukraine: The traumatic work of investigators

IN THE PRESS – Friday, October 6: We take a look into a report by French newspaper Libération on Ukrainian war crime investigators. Also, Indian press freedom is under scrutiny once more as the founder of website NewsClick is arrested. In other news: the French press feels the nerves ahead…

The Hindu

Newsclick row | Delhi HC agrees to hear plea against arrest of Purkayastha, Chakravarty

Delhi HC agrees to hear plea against arrest of NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha & HR head Amit Chakravarty under UAPA. Senior lawyer Kapil Sibal urges bench to list matter for urgent hearing. Court directs police to provide duo with copy of FIR citing SC & HC orders.

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Morning Digest | Army officer injured in ‘grenade accident’ at a post in J&K’s Rajouri; supply copy of FIR to NewsClick founder, court tells Delhi Police, and more

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Arrest of journalists an attack on press freedom: associations in Andhra Pradesh

Vijayawada journalists protest arrests of NewsClick founder/editor-in-chief Prabir Purkayastha and HR head Amit Chakraborty. Journalists' associations condemn attack on media freedom and high-handedness of Central agencies.

The Hindu

‘Large-scale action against journalists worse than what happened during Emergency’

Journalist Thomas Jacob awarded N. Rajesh Memorial Media Award. Rajagopal stresses need for journalists to know laws governing defamation, libel. Police raid on NewsClick, arrest, searches on 46 journalists. Rajagopal says media coverage of events did not do justice to gravity of crisis.

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Civil society groups protest against raids on journalists in Delhi

Several prominent citizens and civil society organisations protested against the raids on journalists associated with the online news portal NewsClick and the arrest of its editor-in-chief Prabir Purkayastha by the Delhi police, at Freedom Park in the city on Thursday.

The Hindu

Supply copy of FIR to NewsClick founder, court tells Delhi Police

A Delhi court has allowed news portal NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha and its HR head Amit Chakraborty to get a copy of the FIR in the UAPA case filed against them by the Delhi Police.

The Hindu

Action against NewsClick a chilling attempt to silence brave voices, says joint statement by civil society members

Prominent civil society members express shock over raids on NewsClick, arrest of two; call it a "chilling attempt to silence brave voices". Signatories urge stakeholders to speak up against harassment of NewsClick and its contributors. They worry about "manufactured pieces of evidence" being planted in confiscated devices.

Newslaundry

Delhi court tells cops to hand over FIR copy to NewsClick founder

Hearing NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha’s petition, the Patiala House Court today told the Delhi police to provide him a copy of the FIR under which he was arrested on Tuesday. The police had earlier opposed Purkayastha’s demand for a copy of the FIR.

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‘Only the latest action against journalists in India’: What global press said on NewsClick raids

In the wake of this week’s unprecedented police action against journalists linked to NewsClick, several international news organisations have turned their attention to the searches, seizures and arrests.

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