by SAMSN Admin | Sep 5, 2019 | Attack, Impunity, India, Media Rights Violations, News, Release
Senior police assaulted several journalists as they covered violent clashes in Barrackpore, a city in West Bengal, on Sunday, September 1. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the National Union of Journalists (NUJ) in condemning the...
by SAMSN Admin | Sep 5, 2019 | Attack, India, Media Rights Violations, News, Release
The Indian Journalists Union strongly condemns the Uttar Pradesh government for filing an FIR against a journalist in Mirzapur district for reporting the truth and demands that it be withdrawn forthwith. Pawan Jaiswal, with Hindi publication Jansandesh, had shot a...
by SAMSN Admin | Sep 5, 2019 | Attack, India, Media Rights Violations, News, Release
New Delhi September 3, 2017 :- The National Union of Journalists (India) strongly condemned the incident took place in Barrackpore, West Bengal. According to the information, West Bengal Police Deputy Commissioner was caught on camera openly assaulting journalists who...
by SAMSN Admin | Aug 26, 2019 | Access to Information, Censorship, Freedom of Expression, India, News, Politics, Release
The Indian Journalists Union and its three nominated Members to the Press Council of India representing media organisations are shocked and gravely troubled at the PCI Chairman Justice (Retd) C K Prasad’s blatant violation of the Council rules, plus his actions have...
by SAMSN Admin | Aug 22, 2019 | Freedom of Expression, Harassment, Human Rights, India, News, Politics, Release
The Indian Journalists Union (IJU) and its affiliate Journalists Union of Assam (JUA) has expressed serious concern over propaganda under the “NRC” Authority logo to malign and brand a group of renowned journalists from across the country as anti-national for their...
by SAMSN Admin | Aug 21, 2019 | Access to Information, Freedom of Expression, India, Internet Freedom, News, Politics, Release, Sri Lanka
The Free Media Movement strongly condemns the steps taken pertaining to media censorship in Jammu and Kashmir parallel to the Indian government’s unilateral decision on 4th August regarding the ownership of the disputed Jammu and Kashmir state. In the first week...