by SAMSN Admin | Jul 29, 2019 | Access to Information, India, Media Rights Violations, News, Politics, Release
The Indian government has implemented new restrictions for journalists, including asking journalists to seek appointments to enter the country’s finance ministry. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Indian Journalists Union (IJU)...
by SAMSN Admin | Jul 29, 2019 | Access to Information, Arrest / Detainment, Censorship, Freedom of Expression, Human Rights, India, Media Rights Violations, News, Release
A Kashmiri editor was arrested in a late night raid on his home in Srinagar on June 24. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate Indian Journalists Union (IJU) strongly criticise the circumstances of the raid and the misuse of law as yet...
by SAMSN Admin | Jul 29, 2019 | Human Rights, Impunity, India, Killing, News, Release
India’s increasing spate of attacks and murders of media workers has prompted a direct call to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for urgent action into India’s poor record on journalist safety. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliates,...
by SAMSN Admin | Jun 12, 2019 | Arrest / Detainment, Freedom of Expression, Human Rights, India, News
Since Saturday, June 8, four journalists have been arrested in Uttar Pradesh for sharing a video deemed to be ‘defaming’ the chief minister on Twitter. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Indian Journalists Union (IJU) have...
by SAMSN Admin | Jun 12, 2019 | Arrest / Detainment, Human Rights, India, News
The Indian Journalists Union (IJU) welcomed the order of the Supreme Court granting immediate bail to Prashant Kanojia, a freelance journalist based in Delhi, who was arrested by the Uttar Pradesh police on 8 June for posting on twitter a video of a woman claiming...
by SAMSN Admin | May 8, 2019 | Access to Information, Attack, Censorship, Freedom of Expression, India, Media Rights Violations, Release
The National Union of Journalists (India) strongly condemned the incidents took place in different districts of West Bengal during Lok Sabha polling where journalists – reporters, photographers and cameramen – doing their professional duties were brutally beaten...
