MediaVigil, Journal of Global Communications and Justice

PUBLIC STATEMENT Joint Citizens Protest demands scrapping of biometric UID/Aadhaar number database project Speakers spoke against UIDAI’s proposal of 360 degree view of Citizens The planned Joint Citizens Protest against world biggest Central Identities Data Repository (CIDR) of 12 –digit biometric Unique Identification (UID)/Aadhaar numbers happened at the Parliament Street from 3 pm onwards on 12th of January, 2018.   More such protests are planned across the districts and cities in the country.   Several speakers at the protest site demanded immediate stoppage of the biometric UID/Aadhaar number database project.   There were concerns expressed at the decline in the number of citizens of the country due to citizen’ deaths as a consequence of UID/Aadhaar menace. There was talk about how disclosures about breach of UID/Aadhaar database by The Tribune reveal something similar to what Edward Snowden did albeit in an Indian context. It has compromised nati...

To Hon'ble Chairman, Press Council of India (PCI), Soochna Bhavan, Lodhi Road, New Delhi-110003 Hon'ble Members PCI New Delhi Subject- Stop enrolment shivir of illegitimate and illegal biometric UID/Aadhaar number for media persons in public interest Sir, This is to seek your urgent intervention to stop the proposed enrolment shivir for biometric Unique Identification (UID)/Aadhaar number for media persons, we wish to seek immediate intervention to stop enrolment of UID/Aadhaar number in public interest. This initiative is unethical and violates the code of ethics for journalists. On behalf of Citizens Forum for Civil Liberties (CFCL), we wish to inform you about our shock and disbelief at the plan of Delhi Journalists Association (DJA) and Indraprastha Press Club of India with support from the Indian Medical Association (IMA) to organise a shivir for media people to enrol for biometric Unique Identification (UID)/Aadhaar number which is illegitimate and illegal. We ...