by SAMSN Admin | Dec 4, 2018 | Arrest / Detainment, India, Media Rights Violations, Release
Television journalist Kishorchandra Wangkhem was arrested twice and detained for a total of 10 days for a Facebook video criticizing the ruling party, in Imphal, Manipur, India. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Indian...
by SAMSN Admin | Dec 4, 2018 | Arrest / Detainment, India, Media Rights Violations, Release
The Indian Journalists Union (IJU) has strongly condemned the Manipur government for grossly misusing the draconian National Security Act (NSA) to silence criticism. Making a note of the detention of a ‘journalist’ Kishorechandra Wangkhem, under the Act in Imphal on...
by SAMSN Admin | Nov 28, 2018 | India, Labour rights, Release
The Delhi High Court passed an order on November 27 halting the retrenchment of 297 employees of the Press Trust of India (PTI). The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the National Union of Journalists (India) and the Indian Journalists...
by SAMSN Admin | Nov 28, 2018 | India, Labour rights, Release
The Indian Journalists Union, the largest and most representative organisation of journalists in the country, congratulates Federation of PTI Employees Union for their timely and persistent fight against the retrenchment of 297 employees and is upbeat that the Delhi...
by SAMSN Admin | Nov 28, 2018 | India, Labour rights, Release
The National Union of Journalists (India) congratulate the PTI employees and their Union for getting a stay against the illegal retrenchment of about a 300 employees all over the country. Its a great victory of trade unions and the newspaper employees. NUJ(I) units...
by SAMSN Admin | Oct 31, 2018 | India, Killing, Media Rights Violations, Release
In less than 24 hours, two journalists have been killed in attacks in Chhattisgargh and Jharkhand, India. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate, the National Union of Journalists, India (NUJI) and the Indian Journalists Union (IJU) have...
