Civil Society Members Including Former Judges Condemn FIR Against Wire And Siddharth Varadarajan By UP Police [Read Statement]

Over 3500 academicians, jurists, artists and writers have expressed their shock at the action of the UP Police under CM Yogi Adityanath in filing criminal charges against The Wire and Siddharth Varadarajan, one of its founding Editors. The statement issued condemns the "attack on media freedom, especially during COVID-19 crisis" as it endangers not just the aspect of free speech,...