India, Uttar Pradesh

  • 10 Jun 2019
    Tappal: Internet services suspended

    Country India  State Uttar Pradesh  Violation Type Internet Shutdown  Target General Public

    The internet services were suspended following the murder of a two-and-a-half-year-old girl.

  • 8 Jun 2019
    India: Four journalists arrested over tweet

    Country India  State Uttar Pradesh  Violation Type Arrest/Detainment  Target Journalist

    On June 8, freelance journalist Prashant Kanojia shared a video on Twitter of a woman claiming that she proposed marriage to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. Prashant was arrested for ‘defaming’ the chief minister. Since then, the Uttar Pradesh police arrested three more journalists, Anuj Shukla and Ishita Singh of Nation Live, a Noida-based news channel and Peer Mohammad, a freelance journalist from Gorakhpur district for airing the footage of the woman speaking to newsmen and for posting it on social media. On June 11, Prashant was released on bail following orders from the Supreme Court. In the ruling it stated that freedom of expression and other rights guaranteed by the Indian Constitution “are sacrosanct and non- negotiable”.

  • 13 Feb 2019
    Uttar Pradesh: Internet services suspended

    Country India  State Uttar Pradesh  Violation Type Internet Shutdown  Target General Public

    The internet services were suspended following the clash between the students and a TV channel crew.