Defending Digital Space: Journalists' Manual For Search and Seizure Scenarios
By Hera Rizwan On the morning of October 3, the Delhi police conducted numerous home searches throughout the capital city, confiscating the mobile phones and laptops of journalists, activists, and satirists, associated with the news outlet NewsClick. Among those raided were NewsClick editor-in-chief Prabir Purkayastha, journalists Abhisar Sharma, Bhasha Singh, Urmilesh and others. Reportedly, the police action came in response to a case against NewsClick and Purkayastha days after the New York Times alleged that the news portal received funding from American tech mogul Neville Roy Singham for ...