by SAMSN Admin | Dec 17, 2020 | Alert, India, Killing, Media Rights Violations
S V Pradeep, a Thiruvananthapuram based broadcast journalist, was killed in a hit-and–run road accident in suspicious circumstances on December 14. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) calls for a thorough investigation into his death. According to police...
by SAMSN Admin | Dec 14, 2020 | Attack, India, Media Rights Violations, Release
Police manhandled three Kashmiri journalists as they covered election polling in South Kashmir on December 10. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its Indian affiliates the Indian Journalists Union (IJU) and the National Union of Journalists India...
by SAMSN Admin | Nov 12, 2020 | Attack, India, Media Rights Violations, Release
Vinay Tiwari, a journalist working for local Hindi news website Bundelkhand Times, was seriously injured in an attack allegedly by the family of Dhaurra village head and a number of other assailants in Lalitpur district of Uttar Pradesh. The International Federation...
by SAMSN Admin | Nov 10, 2020 | India, Killing, Media Rights Violations, Release
G. Moses, a reporter for Tamilian TV, has been hacked to death in the western suburb of Kundrathru, Tamil Nadu, allegedly for his coverage of illegal land grabbing in the area. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) condemns the journalist’s brutal attack...
by SAMSN Admin | Nov 4, 2020 | Censorship, Freedom of Expression, India, Media Regulations, Media Rights Violations, Release
The National Union of Journalists (India) strongly condemns the illegal arrest of noted journalist and Editor-in-Chief of Republic Media Network Arnab Goswami. The forcible entry of the Mumbai police into the residence of Mr Goswami without serving him any prior...
by SAMSN Admin | Nov 2, 2020 | Feature, Impunity, India, Release
India, the world’s largest democracy, has a grim record of 55 journalists killed between 2010 and 2020. Of the long list of murders and targeted killings, just one and only one case has been resolved. The remainder lie largely cold, waiting for authorities either...
