by SAMSN Admin | Sep 4, 2018 | Arrest / Detainment, India, Media Rights Violations, Release
Indian police arrested and detained the assistant editor of the Kashmir Narrator over alleged militancy crimes and held him for six days without charge. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Indian Journalist Union (IJU) in...
by SAMSN Admin | Aug 23, 2018 | Economic pressure, India, Media Rights Violations, Online Harassment, Release
Critical media houses and independent journalists in India are facing growing pressure and harassment from ruling authorities and their supporters at the detriment of democratic principles. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Indian...
by SAMSN Admin | Aug 15, 2018 | Arrest / Detainment, India, Media Rights Violations, Release
Television journalist Kishorchandra Wangkhem was arrested and charged with inciting public mischief through a series of Facebook posts, in Imphal, Manipur, India on August 9, 2018. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the National Union...
by SAMSN Admin | Jul 31, 2018 | Attack, India, Media Rights Violations, Release
Journalists Sandeep Kumar and Neeraj Bali of News18 TV were attacked in Jalalabad in Punjab, India on July 30 while reporting on the illegal sand mining. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) condemns the attack on the journalists in Punjab, India and...
by SAMSN Admin | Jul 27, 2018 | India, Labour rights, Release
Journalist KK Saji and driver Bibin Babu, working for the local television Mathrubhumi News, died on assignment after their boat capsized on July 23 in Kerala, India. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) expresses serious concerns over the unsafe...
by SAMSN Admin | Jul 17, 2018 | Harassment, India, Media Rights Violations, Release
India’s federal National Investigative Agency (NIA) summoned Kashmir Observer daily’s Srinagar-based journalist Aqib Javed Hakim to New Delhi and questioned him on July 14 and 15 over an interview, relating to a sedition case registered against a woman separatist...
