India: Justice eludes Tongam Rina
Eight years on since unidentified gunmen fired upon journalist Tongam Rina in Arunchal Pradesh, the country’s media community is speaking out on the abject failures by police and the justice system in India. The International Federation of Journalist (IFJ) and its...
India: Two men arrested for brutal attack on Tamil Nadu journalist
Two men have been arrested for a brutal assault on journalist M Karthi who sustained serious head injuries an attack in Sivakasi on March 3. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Indian Journalists Union (IJU) condemn the attack and...
India : IJU Urges women journalists to strengthen Unions
The Indian Journalists Union urged women journalists to join and strengthen the unions. At the same time, it called upon the Union Labour Ministry to ratify the ILO Convention 190 to end violence and harassment in the world of work, as these have devastating...
India : Main Culprit must be arrested in TN Attack
The Indian Journalists Union condemns the brutal attack on Kumadam reporter M Karthi by AIADMK supporters in Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu. Though two persons have been arrested yesterday, the IJU demands the police investigate thoroughly and expose the main persons at...
India: IJU Condemns Arunachal Authorities For Deliberate Inaction
The Indian Journalists Union joins its affiliate the Arunachal Pradesh Union of Working Journalists in condemning the shocking apathy by State authorities in getting justice for senior journalist Tongam Rina and The Arunachal Times in cases filed by them eight years...
India: News channels receive gag order for covering Delhi riots
Malayalam-language news channels Asianet News and MediaOne received bans for alleged “bias” content covering the Delhi protests amidst the climbing death toll. The International Federation of Journalists and its affiliate the Indian Journalists Union (IJU) condemn the...
India: Police block journalists covering NIA operation in Pulwama
Police barred two journalists from reporting on a government operation in Pulwama district, in Indian-administered Kashmir, and confiscated their equipment on March 4. The International Federation of Journalists and its affiliate the Indian Journalists Union (IJU)...
India: Journalists shot, punched and kicked in Delhi communal violence
Akash Napa, a journalist with JK 24×7 was shot and at least four other journalists were injured during communal unrest in Delhi on February 25 over the country’s controversial Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA). The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its...
India: NUJ and DJA Condemn attack on media persons
The National Union of Journalists (India) and Delhi Journalists Association strongly condemn the incidents of several attacks on media persons covering communal violence rocking in North-East Delhi since sunday. According to the information, a journalist working with...
India : IJU Expresses Grave Concern over targeting of media persons in Delhi Violence
The Indian Journalists Union (IJU) expresses grave concern over the deliberate targeting and assault of number of media persons covering the widespread violence in the nation’s capital, Delhi since last Sunday. In the mob violence in North East Delhi not only have...
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India: NUJ(I) writes to Prime Minister against harassment of media persons during COVID- 19 pandemic reporting
One would believe that in a democracy like India, where the freedom of expression is fortified within its Constitution, the freedom of the press to report without fear would be protected. However, facts prove otherwise. When a Nation ensure freedom of the press and...
India: The Telegraph lays off 35 employees after Covid-19 pressures
Kolkata-based English daily The Telegraph announced the shutdown of its Guwahati edition, asking staff to resign by May 31, citing the economic pressures of Covid-19. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its Indian affiliate, the National Union of...
India: Kashmiri police summons digital magazine’s founding editor
A day after publishing an article on a Srinagar gunfight, Fahah Shah, founding editor of The Kashmir Walla was summoned to Srinagar cyber police station. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) expresses concern over police arbitrarily summoning journalists...
NUJ(I) Condemn FIR against journalist in UP
New Delhi May 20, 2020: The National Union of Journalists (India) expresses grave concern over rising cases of State governments intimidating, harassing and detaining journalists by misusing the sedition law as well as Disaster Management Act in Uttar Pradesh. NUJ(I)...
India: Journalist charged for reporting mismanagement of quarantine centre
The Uttar Pradesh (UP) government has filed a First Information Report (FIR) against Today 24 news journalist Ravindra Saxena for his report highlighting the mismanagement of a quarantine centre in the Sitapur district. The International Federation of Journalists...
India: Protesting migrant workers attack journalist
A group of protesting migrant workers attacked ABP Gujarati correspondent Hardik Joshi in Gujarat’s Shapar area, injuring him critically. The International Federation of Journalist (IFJ) condemns the attack. The migrant workers turned violent following the...
India: Gujarati editor slapped with sedition charge for Covid-19 report
Dhaval Patel, the editor of Gujarati Face of Nation news website, was arrested on May 11 and charged with sedition for publishing a report that alleged Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani may be replaced for mishandling the Covid-19 response. The International...