Tuesday, 17 May, 2022
TopicPrashant Kanojia

Topic: Prashant Kanojia

1,000 scholars, activists back UP journalist Prashant Kanojia, say arrest ‘driven by vendetta’

Revathi Krishnan -
The signatories include scholars from IIT, JNU, IIM and premier international institutions like the universities of Oxford and Columbia.

UP Police arrests journalist Prashant Kanojia in Delhi over ‘objectionable’ tweet on Hindu Army

Taran Deol -
The FIR alleges Kanojia had tweeted a morphed Facebook post of Hindu Army leader Sushil Tiwari, with the intent of defamation. His wife has denied that Kanojia posted such a tweet.

Two Supreme Court benches, two different takes on freedom of speech and expression

Apoorva Mandhani -
SC bench that heard bail pleas of journalist Prashant Kanojia & BJP worker Priyanka Sharma asked the latter to issue apology as a pre-condition for bail before waiving it.

Times Now got Yogi coverage right, but botched its breaking news on IAF’s AN-32 wreckage

Shailaja Bajpai -
Republic’s ‘Editor Live’ gave us a detailed weather report and description of the terrain where the IAF aircraft had fallen.

A tight slap on ‘Taliban-style’ Yogi govt, says UP opposition as Prashant Kanojia gets bail

Aditi Vatsa -
BJP says ruling is ‘the decision of the Supreme Court’, but bureaucrats & police officers justify actions and pass blame for arrest from one official to another.

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Monami Gogoi -
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Supreme Court grants bail to journalist Kanojia, says right to liberty non-negotiable

PTI -
The Supreme Court bench said granting bail does not mean that it approves of the journalist's tweets or posts on social media.

Do laws not matter as politicians like Yogi & Mamata go after ‘offensive’ online posts?

ThePrint Team -
Five people have been arrested in two days for posting or sharing content on social media that angered Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath.

Now, Yogi govt arrests farmer & village head for social media posts on ‘CM wedding video’

Aditi Vatsa -
Sharing the video of a woman proposing marriage to Yogi Adityanath had led to the arrest of journalists Prashant Kanojia, Anuj Shukla and Ishika Singh.
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