02/11/2012
PRESS RELEASE
Contact: Ritesh Singh (Ph: 909 376 1704) Email : ([email protected])
Director - RTI Anonymous
Sub: Unique Style of Protest by RTI-Anonymous on the gross violation of Free Speech
Ravi Srinivasan, a 45-year-old small-time businessman, was arrested on complaint of Karti Chidambaram, son of Finance Minister (Former Home Minister) P. Chidambaram. The tweet, that was shared with 16 of his followers, for which he was arrested appears below.
Ravi Srinivasan
got reports that karthick chidambaram has amassed more wealth than vadra
RTI Anonymous team have come up with a novel Campaign against the Arrest of Ravi Srinivasan to register their protest in an unique way against this act on http://getup4change.org/rti/support-free-speech/.
Hours after the campaign was started hundreds of NRI’s around along with many Indian citizens have registered their protest by retweeting back en masse directly to Mr. Karthik Chidambaram (Twitter Id: ) to conveys their unhappiness towards curbing the basic freedom of speech.
RTI Anonymous has urged Indians all over the world to retweet in thousands and send a strong message against Mr. Karthik Chidambaram’s intimidating tactics. Also they express their complete solidarity with Mr. Ravi Srinivasan in this matter.
More Details of the protest can be found at --
http://getup4change.org/rti/support-free-speech/
Press Release
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dSTf0CxYkgbsbPzhIcrLMdlAQ94nNh-t1CoAkydCytc/edit
Does a Tweet on reports of corruption, sent out to 16 followers, deserve arrest? In Protest against this gross violation of Free Speech, Send a Tweet to Karti Chidambaram by clicking the Button below. (You will get a chance to edit the Tweet that you finally send) Tweet Details Ravi Srinivasan, a 4...