In a statement, she hinted at a disagreement with the board, expressing that she made the decision to move on because the scope for her efforts “has narrowed”.
There are still spaces where one can air strong opinions and fight repression, he says.
The present times should not be compared to the Emergency as there were still spaces where one could air strong opinions and fight repression, N. Ram, Director, The Hindu Publishing Group, said on Saturday.
He was speaking in a webinar organised by
Live Law on “Criminalising Journalism and Cinema”.
Mr. Ram said uneven implementation of law, and the higher judiciary, on more than one occasion, have failed to protect press freedom. “The recent arrests and filing of criminal cases against several journalists and also other creative persons, has exposed and widened the fault lines in our Constitution. We used to think we have pretty good protection, but actually we don t. There are many escape clauses in law which is aggravated by executive overreach and failure of the judiciary to adequately protect.”