We strongly deplore the raids by the Enforcement Directorate on the independent online news portal, NEWSCLICK. This is in continuation of the attacks on journalists and media persons, including Mrinal Pande, Rajdeep Sardesai, Zafar Agha, Siddharth Varadarajan, Mandeep Punia, Vinod Jose, Aman Nath, Paresh Nath and others, who have been vocal in their support of the farmers’ agitation. 

In solidarity,

A N DAMODARAN, janasamskriti 
A.G.K. Menon, architect/urban planner
Aban Raza, artist
Abhilasha Kumari, former director, KIIT University, professor, communication ISID,
Achin Vanaik, retd. professor, Delhi University
Aditi Chowdhury, citizen
Aditya Mukherjee, professor retd., JNU
Ajay K. Mehra, Atal Bihari Vajpayee Senior Fellow, NMML
Ahmar Raza,
Ajith Pillai, independent journalist
Albeena Shakeel, former president, JNUSU
Amitabha Basu,retired scientist, CSIR – NPL
Amitabha Pande,  IAS retd, former secretary, Government of India.
Amitava Das, artist
Amitava Sanyal, journalist
Anil Bhatti, professor emeritus, JNU
Anil Chandra, activist
Anil Rai, retd. professor, NIUA
Anisha Shekhar Mukherjee, conservation architect and writer
Anita Rampal, educationist
Antara Dev Sen, journalist
Anuradha Kapur, theatre worker
Apoorvanand, writer, teacher
Archana Prasad, JNU
Aruna Roy & Nikhil Dey, MKSS
Avinash Kumar, assistant professor, JNU
Ayesha Kidwai, JNU
Baankaahi
Badri Raina, author, columnist
Basanta, editor, Tulika Books
Bishnupriya Dutt, JNU
Deepak Sanan, retd. civil servant
Dhanu Swadi, concerned citizen
Dinesh Abrol, retd scientist, CSIR
Dr Anis Ansari IAS (r), president, All India Professionals ‘ Congress, UP
Dr. S.Krishnaswamy, retired senior professor, ex Madurai Kamaraj University
Estell Desai, activist
Gautam Mody, general secretary, New Trade Union Initiative
Geeta Kapur, independent art critic and curator
Gigi Scaria, artist
Harsh Mandar, activist, writer
Indira Chandrasekhar, publisher
Indranil Chowdhury, assistant professor, Delhi University
Irfan Habib, professor emeritus, AMU
Jagmohan Singh, general secretary, Association for Democratic Rights (Punjab)
Jahar Kanungo, filmmaker, writer
Joe Athialy, New Delhi
K. L. Sharma, former professor, JNU
Kalyani Menon Sen, independent researcher
Karuna D.W., assistant professor, Azim Premji University
Kausar Wizarat, former assistant professor, NIEPA
Kumar Shahani, independent film maker
Latika Gupta
Lima Kanungo, retd teacher, DU
Lt Col Anuj Srivastava, retd.
M.G. Devasahayam, chairman, People-First
M.K. Raina, actor, theatre director
Madan Gopal Singh, writer, singer
Madhu Prasad, retd. teacher, Delhi University
Madhusree Dutta, filmmaker, curator
Maitrayee Chaudhuri, professor, JNU
Mandira Sen, Director, Stree, Samya
Manini Chatterjee, journalist and author
Maya Krishna Rao, theatre artist
Meera Sanghamitra, National Alliance of People's Movements (NAPM) 
MG Devasahayam
Mohan Rao, retd. professor, JNU
Moushumi Basu, JNU
Mridula Mukherjee, retd. professor, JNU
N.D.Jayaprakash, social worker
N.K. Sharma, theatre director
Nancy Adajania, cultural theorist and curator, Bombay 
Nasir Tyabji,former director, professor, Jamia Millia Islamia
Narayani Gupta, retd. professor, JMI
Navsharan Singh
Nilanjan Mukhopadhyay, independent journalist
Nuzhat Kazmi, professor, Department of Art History & Art Appreciation,Jamia Millia Islamia
P. Sainath, journalist
P.K. Shukla, former secretary, ICHR
Padma Velaskar, retd. professor, TISS (Mumbai)
Pamela Philipose, independent journalist
Parthiv Shah, designer, photographer
Prabhat Patnaik, professor emeritus, JNU
Pradip Kumar Datta, retired professor
Puneet Nicholas Yadav, journalist
Pushpamala N, artist
R. Ramakumar
Rajendra Sharma, writer, activist
Rajinder Arora, writer, designer, publisher
Raka Chakravarty, architect
Ram Rahman, designer, photographer
Ramesh Dixit, retd. professor, Lucknow University
Ras Bihari Das, retd., IRTS
Rashmi Doraiswamy, professor, Jamia Millia Islamia
Renu Gupta, entrepreneur
Rimli Bhattacharya, writer, teacher & translator, University of Delhi
Ritambhara Shastri, journalist
Ritu Menon, publisher     
Rupinder Kaur, social activist
S.N.Sahu, retd. IAS officer
Saeed Mirza, writer, filmmaker
Saif Mahmood, advocate, Supreme Court of India
Sajid Raza Khan, retd civil engineer, DDA
Sarita Sabiruddin 
Shabnam Hashmi, Anhad 
Sharmila Samant, artist 
Sherna Dastur, designer
Shireen Moosvi, retd professor, AMU
Smita Gupta, independent economist
Sohail Hashmi, writer, filmmaker
Sucheta Mahajan, professor, JNU
Sudhir Chandra, retd, professor
Tejal Kanitkar, associate professor, National Institute of Advanced Studies
Thomas Franco, People First
Utsa Patnaik, professor emerita, JNU
Valay Singh, writer, journalist 
Vivan Sundaram, artist
Zoya Hasan, retd. professor, JNU