by SAMSN Admin | Jul 20, 2020 | India, Politics, Release
Owner of the Dainik Afkara newspaper in Bhopal, Pyare Miyan, has been arrested following accusations of sexually assaulting minors and running a sex racket. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Indian Journalists Union (IJU) condemn...
by SAMSN Admin | Jul 17, 2020 | Arrest / Detainment, India, Release
DY365 correspondent Rajib Sharma was detained by Dhubri police on July 16 in Assam after a Dhuburi Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) lodged a first information report (FIR) against the journalist. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the...
by SAMSN Admin | Jul 16, 2020 | India
Welcoming the arrest of owner of Afkar daily Pyare Miyan, accused of raping four minor girls and running a sex racket in Madhya Pradesh, the Indian Journalists Union demanded strictest action be taken against him as other than his heinous crimes he had sullied the...
by SAMSN Admin | Jul 16, 2020 | Arrest / Detainment, India, Release
Indian Journalists Union ( IJU) strongly condemn the arrest of DY365 TV channel correspondent from Dhubri, Assam, Rajib Sharma at midnight by Dhubri police resulting in the shocking death of the journalist’s father. IJU President and former member of Press Council of...
by SAMSN Admin | Jul 14, 2020 | Censorship, India, Internet Freedom, Release
Despite calls from media and human rights organizations to lift the internet ban, the Jammu and Kashmir administration has extended 4G internet restriction until July 29. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its Indian affiliate the Indian Journalists...
by SAMSN Admin | Jul 13, 2020 | Access to Information, Freedom of Expression, India, Internet Freedom, Media Regulations, Media Rights Violations, Release
The Indian Journalists Union is deeply dismayed over J&K administration extending the restrictions on internet speed (4G) till 29th July and the Union Home Ministry’s non-compliance of Supreme Court orders to constitute a ‘Special Committee’ to review these...
