The Edward Snowden revelations that has brought to light Washington's snooping and monitoring activities of US citizens and the US government's stance on whistleblowers have lessons for India as well as New Delhi is in the process of rolling out a new cyber security architecture. Where does liberty end and where does the State take over? Barun Mitra, director of Liberty Institute, joined IBNLive readers for an interaction on the issue.
Q. Hello Sir - As long as a normal citizen's life is protected, it should be fine. We are living in a world were each day a surprise awaits. Why can we prepare and manipulate negative actions. Asked by: Paresh
A. The question is would citizens rights be protected, if there is not adequate checks to government,s capacity monitor the citizens....
more
04:42 PM, Jun 14, 2013
CJ Mangla Ram was attacked after he exposed discrepancies in Govt schemes like MNREGA. ...
02:45 PM, May 06, 2013
CJ Suresh Kumar Sharma's first person account on victimisation after exposing dubious of a gas agency in Amritsar. ...
02:39 PM, May 06, 2013
CJ Dhanajay Dubey talks about his brother Satyendra who was murdered for raising his voice against corruption. ...
02:32 PM, May 06, 2013
This week on the Citizen Journalist show we focus on the whistleblowers who have spoken out against corruption amidst threat and intimidation. ...
02:22 PM, May 06, 2013
Citizen Journalist Dhananjay Dubey shows pictures of his courageous brother Satyendra Dubey - who was brutally murdered in November 2003 for fighting corruption. Whistleblower Stayendra ...
05:02 PM, Apr 22, 2013
A New York City woman who went missing and was later found dead in Istanbul had suffered a fatal blow to the head, police said Sunday. Forensic experts have not concluded their autopsy report on the victim, Sarai Sierra, but it is "clear" the head injury caused her death, said Istanbul police chief Huseyin Capkin. ...
12:10 PM, Feb 04, 2013
Russia is preparing to put lawyer Sergei Magnitsky on trial, even though he died in 2009, an unusual twist in a case that has become a byword for Russian corruption and severely strained US relations with Moscow. ...
10:37 AM, Jan 29, 2013
Satyendra Dubey's brother Dhananjay spoke at a people's forum in Delhi, and pushed for the fast passage of the Lokpal and Whistleblower Bills in Parliament. ...
11:50 PM, Nov 27, 2012
In an exclusive interview with Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, he gives us an idea of how life has been at the Ecuadorian embassy in London. Assange has been there since June, 2012 to avoid extradition to Sweden. When asked what is it like living in an embassy, Assange said, "It is like living in a space station, there is no natural light. My career and stuff - you can't go ...
08:33 AM, Oct 26, 2012
London: An Indian origin doctor in London went the Gandhian way to take on authorities at the Addenbrooke Hospital in Cambridge. He has claimed that they sacked him for blowing the whistle on healthcare malpractices in the UK. He carried out an unusual Gandhian outside the Department of Health in London, across from Downing Street. Dr Narinder Kapur was sacked from Addenbrooke Hospital in Cambridge for blowing the whistle on...
10:13 AM, Oct 04, 2012
Chief Engineer Water Resources Vijay Pandhare, who blew the lid off the Maharashtra irrigation scam, has said that the nexus between contractors and politicians exists in all states. In an interview to CNN-IBN, he said that while most were aware of the corruption levels within the state governments, most chose to overlook it out of fear. Below is an edited transcript of the interview. CNN-IBN: In response to the letter...
07:30 AM, Sep 28, 2012
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange appealed to the US to stop persecuting him and his website for releasing classified US files. Assange has been holed up in Ecaudor since mid-June to avoid extradition to Sweden. Assange made a personal appeal to US President Barack Obama. "It is time for President Obama to do the right thing and join the forces of change - not in fine words, but in fine deeds." ...
09:47 AM, Sep 27, 2012
Mumbai: Whistleblower in the Maharashtra irrigation scam Vijay Pandhare has claimed unnecessary expenses worth Rs 20,000 crore in state irrigation projects. Pandhare wrote to Maharashtra Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan and Governor K Sankaranarayanan in May, 2012 exposing the scam. Vijay Pandhare had claimed at least Rs 35000 crore were siphoned off in 10 years in various projects. Pandhare is a chief engineer in Maharashtra Engineering Research Institute. ...
01:24 PM, Sep 26, 2012
Thiruvananthapuram: The government is planning a whistleblower system, by introducing rewards to informers on adulterated food and ingredients, said Health Minister V S Sivakumar here on Saturday, inaugurating a seminar on Food Safety and Standards Act,2006. It has become clear that right from salt to meat, fish and vegetables, adulteration has become common. It is not the retail traders who are indulging in malpractices but wholesalers and those who are...
01:55 PM, Sep 24, 2012
Bikaner: In a shocking case of cruelty against a child, some goons in Nokha in Bikaner attacked a four-year-old girl to get even with her whistleblower uncle. The kid was thrown against a wall suffering damage to her nervous system. The uncle of the child had tried to expose irregularities in the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MNREGA). The doctors have told the parents of the child that...
07:12 PM, Aug 28, 2012
New Delhi: A bill for setting up a regular mechanism to encourage persons to disclose information on corruption or willful misuse of power by public servants, including ministers, was moved in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday. The Whistle-blowers' Protection Bill, 2011, already approved by the Lok Sabha, was moved by Minister of State in PMO V Narayansamy with a small amendment under which matters impacting national security, sovereignty and integrity...
05:23 PM, Aug 14, 2012
New Delhi: After its passage in Lok Sabha sometime back, the much-talked about whistleblowers' protection bill is expected to be brought in Rajya Sabha on Tuesday but with certain amendments to keep national security matters away from controversy. An indication to this effect was given by Parliamentary Affairs Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal on Monday. The move follows reports that the government and BJP have agreed to keep matters related to...
05:01 AM, Aug 14, 2012
New Delhi: A possible setback may be on the cards for anti-corruption whistleblowers in the country. The government is likely to dilute the Whistleblowers' Bill by moving amendments that will empower government officials to not disclose documents of a sensitive nature. Sources say that the government is planning to move a Cabinet note to make changes in the Bill which is currently held up in the Rajya Sabha. The Cabinet...
08:01 AM, Aug 10, 2012
Mumbai: A former US employee has filed a lawsuit against Infosys Ltd, India's No 2 software services provider, saying he was harassed for pointing out possible misuse of US business visas, according to a copy of the lawsuit seen by Reuters. The case is similar to one scheduled to go to trial later this month. Employment visas are a politically charged topic in the United States, especially those related to...
02:12 AM, Aug 10, 2012
