Fearless and outspoken Indian journalist shot dead in Karnataka
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the National Union of Journalists (India) in condemning the brutal killing of journalist Gauri Lankesh in Bengaluru, India on September 5. The IFJ demands urgent action from the government to tackle...
‘Godman’s’ frenzied followers attack journalists in India
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins the National Union of Journalists (India) and the Indian Journalists Union (IJU) in strongly condemning the attacks on journalists and media property in India following a court verdict on August 25. The IFJ...
Byteing Back: Dhanya Rajendran Counters Online Abuse
A robust response to online violence against a woman editor prompts a well-known actor to urge his fans to stop the abuse, and one of the abusers to post an apology on Twitter. When Dhanya Rajendran, editor-in-chief of the digital news website, The News Minute tweeted...
IJU strongly condemned attack on Media by Dera supporters in Haryana
The Indian Journalists Union (IJU), the premier organisation of the working journalists in the country has strongly condemned the attack on media persons and their vehicles in Panchkula, Haryana by the followers of Dera Sachcha Sauda head Gurumeet Ram Rahim who was...
NUJ(I) condemns attacks on journalists, OB vans in Punchkula
The National Union of Journalists (India) and its state affiliate Delhi Journalists Association strongly condemned the attacks on the media persons and their OB vans in Punchkula and other parts of Haryana today. The NUJ(I) & DJA demands urgent action from the...
South Asia Media Solidarity Bulletin: August, 2017
Welcome to the monthly e-bulletin of the South Asia Media Solidarity Network (SAMSN). The next bulletin will be sent on September 15, 2017, and your inputs are most welcome. We encourage contributions to let others know your activities and to seek solidarity and...
Journalist survives brutal attack in Odisha, India
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins the National Union of Journalists (India) in strongly condemning the brutal attack on a journalist in Odisha, India on August 7 night. The IFJ demands urgent action from the authorities to arrest the...
Virulent trolling of Indian editor after Tweet
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) condemns the online harassment and sexist abuse of an Indian editor for her tweet about a movie in a tweet. The IFJ demands immediate action from the authorities against those involved in trolling and abusing the...
Police seals TV channel in Siliguri, India
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) condemns the shutting down of a television channel based in Siliguri, West Bengal, India by the police on July 22. The IFJ demands the immediate restoration of the channel. Police raided the office of Nepali-language...
NUJ-DJA demand immediate withdrawal of punishment to Karnataka journalists
The National Union of Journalists (India) condemned the Karnataka State Assembly’s action against two journalists in the strongest words and termed the decision as open attack on the freedom of press. In a joint statement the NUJ(I) and its Delhi unit, Delhi...
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Arrests made over trolling of Indian journalist
Indian police have arrested four for stalking and trolling journalist, Barkha Dutt. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Indian Journalists Union (IJU) welcome the arrests and call on authorities to ensure efforts to end the online...
Four arrested for trolling Indian journalist
The Indian Journalists Union (IJU), strongly condemned stalking and trolling of senior journalist Barkha Dutt by some unidentified troll army. In a FIR filed with the Delhi Police Cyber Crime Cell under various sections of the IPC and IT Act, she complained that she...
Journalists targeted with legal crackdown in India
The editor and publisher of Shillong Times were fined for contempt of court, while another journalist was threatened with legal action over their reporting. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Indian Journalists Union (IJU) have...
Government advertisements withheld from Kashmir outlets
The Indian Journalists Union (UU), the largest and most representative organisation of working joumalists in the country, strongly condemned withholding of state government advertisements to two English dailies, Greater Kashmir and Kashmir Reader based in Srinagar, by...
Journalist threatened with legal action over reporting
The Indian Journalists Union (IJU) strongly condemned the threat of the Attorney General K K Venugopal to invoke the archaic and draconian Official Secrets Act, a relic of British colonial rule, against The Hindu for publishing an expose` on Rafale deal based on...
Concern over judgement against Shillong Times editor and publisher
The Indian Journalists Union (IJU) expressed deep concern over the judgment of the Meghalaya High Court holding the Editor and Publisher of Shillong Times to be contemnors of the court for publishing a report on the judgement of the court over its row with the state...
IJU condemns BJP Bullying of Journalists
New Delhi/Hyderabad, February6: The Indian Journalists Union (IJU) has condemned the thrashing of a local journalist in Raipur by the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) functionaries last week and demanded that the government of Chhattisgarh should take against them. It also...