"I have no idea, what should I do to prove myself a peace loving and a law abiding citizen".  IFTIKHAR GILANI of DNA describes his detention and release on February 9.

Were they killed for their work? Were they involved in other, personal interests, which spilled over into their professional lives? Did their professional and personal enemies conspire to kill them?  GEETA SESHU on the poor quality of investigations which have followed these deaths.

In May this year, the Union government was forced to issue a press release that it would not be heavy-handed in censoring intermediaries nor would it acquire regulatory jurisdiction over content.  But these seem like famous last words, says GEETA SESHU.

Times Global Broadcasting Company Limited, owner of the English news and current affairs channel 'Times Now' has asked thehoot.org to pay damages amounting to Rs 100 crore for for "defamation, loss of reputation and goodwill." 

The Delhi University academic council's decision to drop A.K. Ramanujan's essay, 'Three Hundred Ramayanas', from the prescribed readings for BA students,  is a shameful act of academic compromise, bemoans APOORVANAND

The power to send people back from the airport is slowly becoming a weapon, used to discipline and silence people who draw any kind of attention to uncomfortable truths about India,  says a statement of protest, signed by over 90 academics, journalists, writers and others.

An RTI application to demand that the Press Council of India make public its report on paid news yielded an encouraging result,  but will the regulatory body learn its lesson? A FREE SPEECH HUB report.

'The right to free exchange of ideas between scholars, journalists, artists, and human rights defenders be respected and protected,  says a protest statement signed by scholars, journalists and writers

The Jan Lokpal Bill gives the Lokpal the authority to tap phones and intercept emails. Aruna Roy and Nikhil Dey it say it amounts to excessive powers.  The implications of this for the right to privacy needs much more debate, says GEETA SESHU

If privileges of our elected representatives are not codified, they can be misused,  undermining fundamental rights to life, liberty and expression, says RAKESH SHUKLA