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‘Never got funds from foreign govt’: Singham’s business partner to Delhi police in NewsClick case

About two months after the Delhi Police Special Cell summoned five persons to join the investigation in the UAPA case against NewsClick chief Prabir Purkayastha, US-based Neville Roy Singham’s business partner Jason Pfetcher has replied, Indian Express reported. He reportedly said that People’s Support Foundation never received funds from any…

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‘Sweeping powers to govt’ under new laws concern Indian journos: Reuters Digital News Report

Indian journalists and digital media groups are concerned about the “sweeping regulatory powers given to the government” under new laws introduced by the Modi government, said the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism in its annual Digital News Report released today.

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NewsClick case: After EU, RSF and Guernica 37 now urge US for sanctions against Delhi police officers

Nearly two months after requesting the European Union to sanction four high-ranking officers of the Delhi police for “exactions” in the NewsClick case, advocacy groups Reporters Without Borders and Guernica 37 Chambers have called on the US government to do the same.

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At Delhi event, NewsClick founder on ‘transformation after arrest’, meetings in jail

At about 5 pm today, while the temperature in Delhi touched 37 degrees Celsius, the open space on the ground floor of Delhi’s Press Club of India thronged with people. They’d all turned up to attend “Freedom of Expression in Today’s India” in solidarity with NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha.

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Case ‘seems fictional’, ‘perils of alternate justice system’: Editorials laud Prabir Purkayastha’s release

NewsClick editor Prabir Purkayastha walked out of Tihar Jail on Wednesday night, hours after the Supreme Court said his arrest was illegal and ordered his immediate release.

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Malign motive: On the arrest and remand of NewsClick founder

It is salutary that the Supreme Court has treated the level of adherence to procedure — the need to furnish the grounds of arrest in this case — as sacrosanct

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Police must furnish grounds of arrest in writing & not just convey them orally, rules Supreme Court in Prabir Purkayastha case

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NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha released from Tihar after getting bail

NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha released from Tihar Jail after Supreme Court declares his arrest invalid under UAPA.

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Delhi court grants bail to NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha after ‘invalid’ arrest; conditions imposed

NewsClick founder released; Delhi court on Wednesday granted bail to NewsClick founder and editor Prabir Purkayastha in an Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) case.

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Why was NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha’s arrest invalidated by the top Court? | Explained

NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha arrest: Insulating accused persons against arbitrary police action, the Supreme Court said that the intimation of written grounds of arrest is ‘sacrosanct’ and applicable in all UAPA cases

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‘Govt must exercise caution in regressive war against media’: DIGIPUB on SC relief for Purkayastha

In the wake of the Supreme Court’s order terming the arrest and remand of NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha as “illegal”, DIGIPUB – an association of several news outlets – has urged the government to “exercise caution and restraint in its deliberate and regressive war against media houses it doesn’t agree…

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India top court bails NewsClick editor arrested in Chinese funding case

Prabir Purkayastha was arrested last year after NYT report said outlet was backed by network pushing Chinese propaganda.

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Supreme Court finds NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha’s arrest invalid, says he is entitled to be released from custody

NewsClick Case: Supreme Court orders release of NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha, citing invalid arrest and remand under UAPA charges.

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SC orders release of NewsClick editor Prabir Purkayastha, says arrest illegal

The Supreme Court has ordered the release of NewsClick founder and editor Prabir Purkayastha in the UAPA case after holding that his arrest and remand were illegal, LiveLaw reported.

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‘Reporters given money to distribute among rioters’: In NewsClick chargesheet gems

Reporters usually have strict deadlines from their editors when they go to protest sites. But if the Delhi Police chargesheet in the UAPA case against NewsClick is to be believed, the outfit’s reporters were allegedly sent to participate in protests, distribute money among protesters, and incite violence against the state.

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‘Calls for humane understanding’: HC orders release of NewsClick case approver Amit Chakraborty

The Delhi High Court has ordered the release of NewsClick HR head Amit Chakraborty, who sought bail after turning approver in the UAPA case against the portal, LiveLaw reported.

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Chinese government was ultimate paymaster of NewsClick: Delhi Police charge sheet

Delhi Police charge NewsClick founder and HR head for alleged Chinese state links, funding anti-India activities.

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‘Concocted, baseless, we will be vindicated’: NewsClick statement on police chargesheet

Over the past 20-odd hours, there have been a flurry of news reports on the Delhi police’s chargesheet against NewsClick. Running into 8,000 pages, the chargesheet levels a wild range of accusations against NewsClick and its founder Prabir Purkayastha including funding terrorism, inciting protests, and having Maoist links.

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NewsClick founder plea against UAPA case: SC asks why remand order before remand application

Hearing NewsClick founder Prabir Purkayastha’s petition against his arrest in a UAPA case, the Supreme Court noted that the remand order was issued before his lawyer was served a remand application, LiveLaw reported.

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FCRA violations | CBI to question Newsclick HR Head Amit Chakraborty in Tihar Jail on April 24

CBI to question NewsClick HR head Amit Chakraborty in Tihar Jail for FCRA violations probe.

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Delhi Police file charge sheet against NewsClick in UAPA case

The Delhi Police on March 30 filed its first chargesheet against news portal NewsClick and its founder Prabir Purkayastha, in a case lodged under the provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, following allegations that they received funds through Chinese firms to spread pro-China propaganda.

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NewsClick case: Delhi Police files over 8,000-page charge sheet, names Prabir Purkayastha as accused

Delhi Police files 8,000-page charge sheet in UAPA case against NewsClick founder for Chinese propaganda.

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SC directs AIIMS medical team to examine NewsClick founder

NewsClick Founder Under Medical Scrutiny. SC orders AIIMS panel to examine jailed journalist Prabir Purkayastha’s health status, amid UAPA charges, sparking debate

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Court pulls up police for ‘slow’ investigation in UAPA case against NewsClick

Delhi court criticizes police for slow investigation in NewsClick funding case, grants 20 days for chargesheet filing.

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NewsClick withdraws petition against tax notices in SC, likely to move tax tribunal

NewsClick has withdrawn its petition challenging two income tax assessment notices against it in the Supreme Court in order to move the Income Tax Appellate Tribunal for relief, Bar and Bench reported.

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