Under Section 66A of the IT Act, critical comments on cyberspace are inviting penal action, even arrest. MADABHUSHI SRIDHAR says this gives police draconian powers that violate freedom of speech. PIX: Change.org

Since January, media has been under attack a number of times, with police failing to protect its rights. GEETA SESHU says all this forms a grim backdrop to World Press Freedom Day on May 3. Pix- One of the Karavali Ale stories.

Mangalore journalist Naveen Soorinje, arrested while covering a moral police attack, spent 17 weeks in jail. He tells GEETA SESHU media often approves of vigilantism, giving it a religious colour. Pix: Naveen Soorinje

Legislators have the privilege of immunity against legal action for anything said in the Assembly. PRABHAKAR KULKARNI says this doesn't mean media cannot comment on violence on the premises.

A journalist and his family have acid thrown on them because of his reports on gutka smuggling. He was threatened twice before the actual attack. GEETA SESHU asks what we are doing about ensuring the safety of journalists

So why did this issue not generate more discussion in the print media? Could it be linked to the fact that IIPM is a generous advertiser, asks KALPANA SHARMA. Pix: An IIPM ad

Siddiqui is, of course, not the first journalist to be implicated in terrorism-related cases, though he is certainly among those whose predicament has not attracted due attention from media colleagues or civil society, says AMMU JOSEPH. Pix- Muthi-ur-Rehman Siddiqui

A week after the death of Nemichand Jain, the questions pile up casting a shadow over journalism in this conflict zone, says GEETA SESHU. Pix: Nemichand Jain (courtesy: Kamal Shukla)

A take-down notice was sent to website Bodhicommons at the behest of the Mathrubhumi management. GEETA SESHU says the police cyber cell's job is not to curb dissent.