by SAMSN Admin | Mar 9, 2020 | Harassment, India, Labour rights, Media Rights Violations, Release, Threat
Police barred two journalists from reporting on a government operation in Pulwama district, in Indian-administered Kashmir, and confiscated their equipment on March 4. The International Federation of Journalists and its affiliate the Indian Journalists Union (IJU)...
by SAMSN Admin | Feb 27, 2020 | Attack, India, Media Rights Violations, Release
Akash Napa, a journalist with JK 24×7 was shot and at least four other journalists were injured during communal unrest in Delhi on February 25 over the country’s controversial Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its...
by SAMSN Admin | Feb 27, 2020 | Attack, India, Media Rights Violations, Release
The National Union of Journalists (India) and Delhi Journalists Association strongly condemn the incidents of several attacks on media persons covering communal violence rocking in North-East Delhi since sunday. According to the information, a journalist working with...
by SAMSN Admin | Feb 27, 2020 | Attack, India, Media Rights Violations, Release
The Indian Journalists Union (IJU) expresses grave concern over the deliberate targeting and assault of number of media persons covering the widespread violence in the nation’s capital, Delhi since last Sunday. In the mob violence in North East Delhi not only have...
by SAMSN Admin | Feb 21, 2020 | Accidental Death, India
Two people, including a Captain TV journalist were killed in a car accident at Kallankattupudur in Tamil Nadu on February 18. The IFJ is saddened on the death and urges all journalists to remain safe when reporting. B Chandrasekar, 36, who worked as a reporter for...
by SAMSN Admin | Feb 18, 2020 | Arrest / Detainment, Harassment, India, Media Rights Violations
Kamran Yousuf, a multimedia journalist who works with Newsclick, was detained by Pulwana police late in the evening of February 16 and interrogated for several hours. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Indian Journalists Union...
