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Latest #WorldPressFreedomIndex ranked India at 161 amongst 180 countries & placed it behind the likes of Libya, Zimbabwe, #Pakistan and #Afghanistan
A thread exposing reality behind these indices 👇
@thehawkeyex @Starboy2079 @ItsShubhangi @MrSinha_ @AsYouNotWish @bhootnath
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A thread exposing reality behind these indices 👇
@thehawkeyex @Starboy2079 @ItsShubhangi @MrSinha_ @AsYouNotWish @bhootnath
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Let's look at different rankings -
-#GlobalHungerIndex: Pakistan, Bangladesh, Srilanka are almost bankrupt & yet they're ahead of India
-#WorldHappinessIndex: India ranks lower than Iraq and Pakistan
-#GlobalPeaceIndex: India ranks lower than Palestine and Bangladesh
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-#GlobalHungerIndex: Pakistan, Bangladesh, Srilanka are almost bankrupt & yet they're ahead of India
-#WorldHappinessIndex: India ranks lower than Iraq and Pakistan
-#GlobalPeaceIndex: India ranks lower than Palestine and Bangladesh
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-#WorldPressFreedomIndex: India is 9 places below #Afghanistan, where there is NO freedom at all.
This doesn’t even pass an elementary smell test.
Are they trying to say that the Govt of India is worse than #Taliban?
It says a lot about the credibility of such indexes!
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This doesn’t even pass an elementary smell test.
Are they trying to say that the Govt of India is worse than #Taliban?
It says a lot about the credibility of such indexes!
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#WorldPressFreedomIndex, governed by Reporters Without Border (RSF) ranked India 150/180.
Starts with the basics, who funds them?
Usual suspects- Soros, Ford, Omdiyar etc.
No, it doesn't stop here.
Read on.. because its very imp.
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Starts with the basics, who funds them?
Usual suspects- Soros, Ford, Omdiyar etc.
No, it doesn't stop here.
Read on.. because its very imp.
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First of all, no-one care about these foreign paid-out indexing, but then many within our country use these reports to malign every aspect of country. That's why its important to burst their agenda with facts and logic.
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RSF is a bunch of USA and Eupore-funded bunch of journo/editors/media etc who are "watchdog" of freedom of press.
However, RSF has always been under heavy criticism for its biased & agenda-driven methodology. e.g.
here it is Hungary accused RSF for "interfering".
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However, RSF has always been under heavy criticism for its biased & agenda-driven methodology. e.g.
here it is Hungary accused RSF for "interfering".
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We measure the openness of societies by the way journalists are treated. As the world approaches @UNESCO #WorldPressFreedomDay Kenya’s elections are already testing media freedoms + our right to be informed. Some actions:
standardmedia.co.ke/opinion/articl… also
irunguhoughton.org/post/break-the…
We measure the openness of societies by the way journalists are treated. As the world approaches @UNESCO #WorldPressFreedomDay Kenya’s elections are already testing media freedoms + our right to be informed. Some actions:
standardmedia.co.ke/opinion/articl… also
irunguhoughton.org/post/break-the…
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At their very best, journalists are inconvenient truth-tellers and protectors of our public conscience. These standards are stress-tested hardest in moments of elections, coups, and conflict across the world.
#WorldPressFreedomDay
irunguhoughton.org/post/break-the…
At their very best, journalists are inconvenient truth-tellers and protectors of our public conscience. These standards are stress-tested hardest in moments of elections, coups, and conflict across the world.
#WorldPressFreedomDay
irunguhoughton.org/post/break-the…
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Kenya is not among the most dangerous countries but we continue to dip in the #WorldPressFreedomIndex fueled by autocratic laws, a narrow media ownership, active discouraging of journos from joining @KUJ_Kenya and the violence #WorldPressFreedomDay
irunguhoughton.org/post/break-the…
Kenya is not among the most dangerous countries but we continue to dip in the #WorldPressFreedomIndex fueled by autocratic laws, a narrow media ownership, active discouraging of journos from joining @KUJ_Kenya and the violence #WorldPressFreedomDay
irunguhoughton.org/post/break-the…
Shoutout to journalists, reporters, and media professionals!
We are thrilled to announce the #DigitalPatrakarDefenseClinic, a weekly pro bono legal clinic for journalists in India in partnership with @mediatrack_in.
Direct 1:1 consultations with expert lawyers. Pro bono. 1/n
We are thrilled to announce the #DigitalPatrakarDefenseClinic, a weekly pro bono legal clinic for journalists in India in partnership with @mediatrack_in.
Direct 1:1 consultations with expert lawyers. Pro bono. 1/n
India has slipped 20 ranks in the #WorldPressFreedomIndex. Journalists are exposed to police violence, political ambushes, criminal reprisals & sedition charges.
If you are facing any legal threat to your reporting, welcome to the #DigitalPatrakarDefenceClinic! 2/n
If you are facing any legal threat to your reporting, welcome to the #DigitalPatrakarDefenceClinic! 2/n
Journalists facing legal threats/actions in India can attend the #DigitalPatrakarDefenseClinic and speak to our partner lawyers - experts on issues of freedom of press, criminal law and free speech.
Here's our schedule for the month of #September 👇🏽
RT or tag a journalist! 3/n
Here's our schedule for the month of #September 👇🏽
RT or tag a journalist! 3/n
There are 400 plus TV news channels in India and several riddled with conflict of interests.
Here is a detailed report (by Pen International) of how #FreedomOfThePress has taken a hit.
India: Pursuing truth in the face of intolerance
ruralindiaonline.org/library/resour…
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Here is a detailed report (by Pen International) of how #FreedomOfThePress has taken a hit.
India: Pursuing truth in the face of intolerance
ruralindiaonline.org/library/resour…
[Follow thread]
This September 2018 report focuses on the atrocities in India against independent and critical journalists, writers, and academics since 2014. India is languishing at #142 in the #WorldPressFreedomIndex 2020.
The report has essays by journalists Raksha Kumar and Nilanjana Roy, advocate Gautam Bhatia, and cultural critic Apoorvanand – discuss legal threats, pressures on editors, threats of violence, challenges to academic freedom, and the chilling effect all of this has had on writing.
