by SAMSN Admin | Jul 9, 2020 | Freedom of Expression, India, Media Regulations, Media Rights Violations, Release
Meghalaya village council in northeast India filed a police complaint against veteran journalist and Shillong Times editor Patricia Mukhim over her Facebook post. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Indian Journalists Union (IJU)...
by SAMSN Admin | Jul 9, 2020 | Censorship, India, Media Regulations, Media Rights Violations, Release
Indian Journalists Union ( IJU) has expressed serious concern at a police complaint by Lawsohtun village council against The Shilllong Times editor Patricia Mukhim on Monday for a social media post. The village council filed the complaint against Mukhim, alleging...
by SAMSN Admin | Jul 7, 2020 | Gender, Harassment, India, Media Rights Violations, Release, Threat
Rana Ayyub’s social media profiles have been flooded with rape and death threats after she wrote posts about a Kashmiri victim killed by the Indian police. The IFJ has welcomed Mumbai police’s decision to start an investigation immediately and have called...
by SAMSN Admin | Jul 1, 2020 | India
On the June 29, journalist Hofe Dada was confronted and assaulted while filming a piece on pollutions levels at a factory in Aruachal Pradesh. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate, Indian Journalists Union (IJU), denounce the attempts to...
by SAMSN Admin | Jun 28, 2020 | India, Release
The Indian Journalists Union expresses profound concern over government’s latest attempt to rein in the media, this time the biggest news agency PTI through the so-called ‘autonomous’ public service broadcaster Prasar Bharati. It is learnt that the Prasar Bharti has...
by SAMSN Admin | Jun 19, 2020 | India, Media Rights Violations, Politics, Release
Police lodged a First Information Report (FIR) against Supriya Sharma, the executive editor of news portal Scroll.in for her report on the lockdown in India’s prime minister Narendra Modi’s constituency. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its...
