Journalist arrested in India over Facebook video
Television journalist Kishorchandra Wangkhem was arrested twice and detained for a total of 10 days for a Facebook video criticizing the ruling party, in Imphal, Manipur, India. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Indian...
IJU condemns arrest of scribe in Manipur
The Indian Journalists Union (IJU) has strongly condemned the Manipur government for grossly misusing the draconian National Security Act (NSA) to silence criticism. Making a note of the detention of a ‘journalist’ Kishorechandra Wangkhem, under the Act in Imphal on...
High Court halts Press Trust of India’s mass layoff
The Delhi High Court passed an order on November 27 halting the retrenchment of 297 employees of the Press Trust of India (PTI). The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the National Union of Journalists (India) and the Indian Journalists...
IJU hails High Court stay order on PTI retrenchment
The Indian Journalists Union, the largest and most representative organisation of journalists in the country, congratulates Federation of PTI Employees Union for their timely and persistent fight against the retrenchment of 297 employees and is upbeat that the Delhi...
NUJ(I) Congratulates PTI Federation on success in Delhi High Court to get the illegal retrenchment stayed
The National Union of Journalists (India) congratulate the PTI employees and their Union for getting a stay against the illegal retrenchment of about a 300 employees all over the country. Its a great victory of trade unions and the newspaper employees. NUJ(I) units...
India: Two journalists killed in separate attacks in less than 24 hours
In less than 24 hours, two journalists have been killed in attacks in Chhattisgargh and Jharkhand, India. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate, the National Union of Journalists, India (NUJI) and the Indian Journalists Union (IJU) have...
IJU condemns police attack on journalists in Srinagar, Kashmir
Barkha Dutt’s open letter to #MeToo critics
India’s #MeToo movement is a powerful social campaign led by women. But not everyone is a supporter. Veteran senior journalists Tavleen Singh, Manjeet Kripalani and Seema Mustafa have openly criticised #MeToo, dismissed it as elitist and in some cases blamed the women...
Bringing #MeToo to its logical finale
While there are encouraging signs that the media world is taking note of the groundswell of opinion against workplace harassment, there is a greater need to discuss how the complaints will be handled, the transparency with which procedures will be laid down and the...
India’s media implicated in second #MeToo wave
Indian journalists speaking out against sexual harassment have reignited India’s #MeToo movement. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliates the Indian Journalists Union (IJU) and the National Union of Journalists, India (NUJI) in...
OTHER NEWS
IJU: Restore Internet access to Kashmir media
The Indian Journalists Union expresses grave concern over the step- motherly treatment being meted out to the media in Kashmir, wherein the government has selectively failed to restore their limited internet access, but provided the facility to hoteliers and travel...
India: Court finds Kashmir shutdown “impermissible”
The Supreme Court of India ordered the Indian government to review restrictive orders on internet service in Indian-administered Kashmir on January 10. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Indian Journalists Union (IJU) welcome the...
SAMSN: Indian journalists among targets of WhatsApp hack
Israeli spyware Pegasus, suspected to be behind the hacking of WhatsApp worldwide, is found to have targeted Indian journalists, human rights activists and academics. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its South Asia affiliates represented by the...
South Asia: Justice needed for 12 journalists murdered in South Asia in 2019
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) says 12 journalist deaths this year in South Asia are yet to have the murderers identified, let alone punished, pointing to an abject failure by governments to deal with a crisis of impunity in the region. The IFJ and...
India: Andhra Pradesh government demands the power to sue media organisations
The Andhra Pradesh government submitted a proposal to allow department secretaries to sue media organisations for “fake news”. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Indian Journalists Union (IJU) finds the submission a strategic...
IJU Condemns AP Journalist Killing
New Delhi, October 17, 2019: The Indian Journalists Union (IJU) expressed grave concern over the brutal murder of K Satyanarayana, Correspondent of Telugu daily, Andhra Jyothi at Thondangi Mandal in East Godavari district on Tuesday night, after he was returning home...
India: Journalist stabbed to death in Andhra Pradesh
Unidentified assailants stabbed and killed Andrah Pradesh journalist K Satyanarayana on October 14 – just a month after his attack in a separate incident. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliates the National Union of Journalists (India)...