Relief for Greenpeace Activist, Snub for Government
Tonight on Left, Right & Centre:
Relief for Greenpeace activist, snub for government
In a landmark ruling today, the Delhi High Court told the government to remove Greenpeace activist Priya Pillai's name from a no-fly list saying that dissent cannot be muzzled in a democracy and insisting that citizens can have different opinions of development policies and crucially that the right to dissent cannot be called anti-national.
Channel under fire over 'mangalsutra' row: No space for dissent?
A Tamil news channel was attacked with locally made crude bombs for wanting to telecast a debate on the relevance of the 'mangalsutra' - the latest in a series of violent attacks that have targeted the media, writers and artists. We ask: who will stand up for the media's right to free speech?
Relief for Greenpeace activist, snub for government
In a landmark ruling today, the Delhi High Court told the government to remove Greenpeace activist Priya Pillai's name from a no-fly list saying that dissent cannot be muzzled in a democracy and insisting that citizens can have different opinions of development policies and crucially that the right to dissent cannot be called anti-national.
Channel under fire over 'mangalsutra' row: No space for dissent?
A Tamil news channel was attacked with locally made crude bombs for wanting to telecast a debate on the relevance of the 'mangalsutra' - the latest in a series of violent attacks that have targeted the media, writers and artists. We ask: who will stand up for the media's right to free speech?
