India: Jammu and Kashmir Police assault journalists covering Muharram procession
Jammu and Kashmir police chased a group of journalists and attacked them with batons while they were covering the Muharram procession in Srinagar on August 17. The International Federation of Journalists (IF) and its Indian affiliates, the Indian Journalists Union...
India: IJU concerned over surveillance of journalists
The Indian Journalists Union expresses grave concern over the surveillance of at least 40 journalists, among 300 others, including Opposition leaders, ministers, constitutional authorities, activists, through hacking of their phones by Israeli Pegasus spyware. The...
India: Criminal investigation against three journalists and The Wire
Uttar Pradesh police initiated a criminal investigation against independent news- website The Wire and three journalists Rana Ayyub, Saba Naqvi, and Mohammed Zubair on June 15 for sharing a video. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its Indian...
India: Television journalist dies under mysterious circumstances
Sulabh Srivastava, a journalist affiliated with the private television channel ABP News, died a day after he filed complaints to Uttar Pradesh Police seeking protection. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its Indian affiliates, Indian Journalists...
India: IJU hails SC view on sedition & media
The Indian Journalists Union welcomes the Supreme Court stay on coercive action by the Andhra Pradesh police against two Telugu news channels, TV 5 and ABN Andhrajyoti and more importantly its observation that the sedition law “requires interpretation, particularly in...
India: Declare Journalists as ‘Frontline Workers’, Enact Safety Law: IJU
On World Press Freedom Day today, the Indian Journalists Union drew the Union government’s urgent attention to the grim fact that over hundred journalists have lost their lives this past year, 45 alone in the second wave of the pandemic across the country. In a...
India: IJU Condemns FIR Against Haryana Journalist
The Indian Journalists Union condemns the Hisar police, Haryana for lodging an FIR against a journalist Rajesh Kundu under charges of “cyber terrorism” and “promoting communal disharmony” for his alleged posts over social media platforms. The action is an impingement...
SAMSN Blog : A Vindication for India’s #MeToo Moment
The acquittal of senior journalist Priya Ramani of criminal charges of defamation brought by former editor and politician MJ Akbar is a landmark in the struggle against sexual harassment at the workplace in India. Laxmi Murthy unpacks the verdict. On February 17,...
India: Gender Pay Gap Unacceptable: IJU
Marking International Women’s Day, the Indian Journalists Union (IJU) urged its affiliates and journalists across the country to ensure that pay audits are conducted in their newsrooms and that anomalies in gender pay gap are removed. The IJU also joins the...
India: IJU Concerns over UP’s misuse of sedition law on scribes
The Indian Journalists Union expresses grave concern over the rising instances of undue haste being shown by Uttar Pradesh government and its Police in targeting journalists and booking them under sedition laws. In past 48 hours, there were two such instances. One,...
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India: Jammu and Kashmir Police assault journalists covering Muharram procession
Jammu and Kashmir police chased a group of journalists and attacked them with batons while they were covering the Muharram procession in Srinagar on August 17. The International Federation of Journalists (IF) and its Indian affiliates, the Indian Journalists Union...
India: IJU concerned over surveillance of journalists
The Indian Journalists Union expresses grave concern over the surveillance of at least 40 journalists, among 300 others, including Opposition leaders, ministers, constitutional authorities, activists, through hacking of their phones by Israeli Pegasus spyware. The...
India: Criminal investigation against three journalists and The Wire
Uttar Pradesh police initiated a criminal investigation against independent news- website The Wire and three journalists Rana Ayyub, Saba Naqvi, and Mohammed Zubair on June 15 for sharing a video. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its Indian...
India: Television journalist dies under mysterious circumstances
Sulabh Srivastava, a journalist affiliated with the private television channel ABP News, died a day after he filed complaints to Uttar Pradesh Police seeking protection. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its Indian affiliates, Indian Journalists...
India: IJU hails SC view on sedition & media
The Indian Journalists Union welcomes the Supreme Court stay on coercive action by the Andhra Pradesh police against two Telugu news channels, TV 5 and ABN Andhrajyoti and more importantly its observation that the sedition law “requires interpretation, particularly in...
India: Declare Journalists as ‘Frontline Workers’, Enact Safety Law: IJU
On World Press Freedom Day today, the Indian Journalists Union drew the Union government’s urgent attention to the grim fact that over hundred journalists have lost their lives this past year, 45 alone in the second wave of the pandemic across the country. In a...
India: IJU Condemns FIR Against Haryana Journalist
The Indian Journalists Union condemns the Hisar police, Haryana for lodging an FIR against a journalist Rajesh Kundu under charges of “cyber terrorism” and “promoting communal disharmony” for his alleged posts over social media platforms. The action is an impingement...