by SAMSN Admin | Mar 12, 2019 | Access to Information, Freedom of Expression, India, Release, Right to Information, Threat
The Indian Journalists Union (IJU) strongly condemned the threat of the Attorney General K K Venugopal to invoke the archaic and draconian Official Secrets Act, a relic of British colonial rule, against The Hindu for publishing an expose` on Rafale deal based on...
by SAMSN Admin | Mar 12, 2019 | Economic pressure, India, Media Rights Violations, Release
The Indian Journalists Union (IJU) expressed deep concern over the judgment of the Meghalaya High Court holding the Editor and Publisher of Shillong Times to be contemnors of the court for publishing a report on the judgement of the court over its row with the state...
by SAMSN Admin | Feb 7, 2019 | Attack, India, Media Rights Violations, Release
New Delhi/Hyderabad, February6: The Indian Journalists Union (IJU) has condemned the thrashing of a local journalist in Raipur by the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) functionaries last week and demanded that the government of Chhattisgarh should take against them. It also...
by SAMSN Admin | Feb 7, 2019 | Attack, India, Media Rights Violations, Release
Suman Pandey and Vinod Dongre were attacked as they covered a meeting of officials from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Raipur, Chhattisgarh on February 2. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Indian Journalists Union...
by SAMSN Admin | Dec 24, 2018 | Arrest / Detainment, India, Media Rights Violations, Release
Journalist Kishorechandra Wangkhem was jailed for a year under the National Security Act (NSA) on December 13 for his Facebook video criticising the state and federal governments Imphal, Manipur state of India. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins...
