[governance] Freedom of speech issue FB and Shaheen Dadha

[Chaitanya Dhareshwar]

FYI Suresh, "Following the widespread outrage, *Chief Minister* Prithviraj
Chavan *ordered an enquiry* into the arrest" - a major change from the
status quo. Do also read the news coverage you'll note this is different
from the earlier - what used to happen before is a general blind eye from
the authorities.

My point is that the government is becoming more online-media aware than
ever before which is a huge step forward for India.

-C

On Sat, Nov 24, 2012 at 1:31 PM, Suresh Ramasubramanian
<suresh at hserus.net>wrote:

> Not particularly new and mostly driven by political parties trawling
> through fb for criticism of their leaders and randomly lodging police
> complaints... This is across the board and not particular to any one Indian
> political party
>
> --srs (htc one x)
>
>
>
> ----- Reply message -----
> From: "Chaitanya Dhareshwar" <chaitanyabd at gmail.com>
> To: <governance at lists.igcaucus.org>
> Subject: [governance] Freedom of speech issue FB and Shaheen Dadha
> Date: Sat, Nov 24, 2012 1:04 PM
>
>
> India is progressing, a bit at a time. Freedom of speech is being
> recognized on web media as a positive and appreciated by the community at
> large.
>
> If this of interest do feel free to sign the petition on change.org (link
> below).
>
> Best regards,
> Chaitanya
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Mukut Ray <mail at change.org>
> Date: Sat, Nov 24, 2012 at 11:52 AM
> Subject: UPDATE: FBarrest
> To: chaitanyabd at gmail.com
>
>
> Dear Chaitanya,
>
> *Our pressure is working!*
> Following the widespread outrage, *Chief Minister* Prithviraj Chavan
> *ordered
> an enquiry* into the arrest of Shaheen & Renu for posting a comment on
>
> Facebook. The inquiry report has now been submitted to the DGP of
> Maharashtra, who has "forwarded it to the home department for necessary
> actions."
>
> *More than 19,000 people have signed the petition in just 4 days and this
>
> has added to the pressure on the
> authorities.*<
> http://www.change.org/petitions/drop-charges-against-shaheen-and-renu-for-comments-about-mumbai-shutdown-fbarrest?utm_source=action_alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=13920&alert_id=waWBhkkziA_gyfcmInHMp
> >
>
> A group of concerned citizens are *trying to meet the Chief Minister before
> Monday* to submit the petition with your
> signatures<
> http://www.change.org/petitions/drop-charges-against-shaheen-and-renu-for-comments-about-mumbai-shutdown-fbarrest?utm_source=action_alert&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=13920&alert_id=waWBhkkziA_gyfcmInHMp
> >and
>
> urge him to drop the charges filed against Shaheen and Renu.
>
> *Can we get 50,000 signatures on the petition* to ensure the pressure is on
>
> the Chief Minister to drop the charges?
>
> *Forward this mail to your friends* and get more people to sign the
> petition.<
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> >
>
>
> Thanks for taking action,
>
> Mukut Ray
>
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>
> News Source: Thackeray Facebook row: Cops who arrested Shaheen and her
> friend to face inquiry<
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