Trolls Target India’s Media Women
India’s Minister for Women and Child Development, the sassy Maneka Gandhi, recently sparked debate by asking trolled women to send complaints to her Ministry. She said the Ministry would interface with the Police and the Cyber Crimes Cell to help them get redressal....
In any Kashmir emergency, why is Press always the first casualty?
The current unrest in Kashmir marred by the worst kind of violence that the valley saw after six years has again raised serious questions about the freedom of press and journalists in this part of the world. The Kashmir region located in the northwestern part of the...
Civil unrest leads to media crackdown in Kashmir, India
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliates the Indian Journalists’ Union (IJU) in strongly condemning the ongoing media crackdown by the state in Jammu and Kashmir, in north-western India. The IFJ expresses its solidarity with journalists...
IJU condemns police raids on media in Jammu and Kashmir
The Indian Journalists Union (IJU) strongly protested against the Jammu and Kashmir police raids on all newspaper offices in the early hours of Saturday in Srinagar and stopping of printing of their editions and confiscating the already printed papers. Due to the...
Journalists physically attacked by political cadres in southern India
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the Indian Journalists Union (IJU) in condemning the attack on several journalists in Ottapalam, Palakkad of Kerala state in southern India on June 14. The IFJ demands immediate action from the...
IJU protests NIA notice to Manipur newspapers
The Indian Journalists Union (IJU) strongly protests against the notice issued by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to some local newspapers published from Imphal, Manipur seeking them to produce the photo copy of the press statement with its e-mails header,...
South Asia Media Solidarity Bulletin: May, 2016
Welcome to the monthly e-bulletin of the South Asia Media Solidarity Network (SAMSN). The next bulletin will be sent on June 15, 2016, and your inputs are most welcome. We encourage contributions to let others know your activities; to seek solidarity and support from...
India: IFJ calls for action as journalists gunned down
The International Federation of Journalists has condemned the murder of two “martyrs in the cause of press freedom” in India in the space of 48 hours. Journalists Rajdeo Ranjan, Bureau Chief of Dainik Hindustan at Siwan, Bihar and Akhilesh Pratap Singh at Dewari...
बिहार में पत्रकार की हत्या, एनयूजे करेगा गृह मंत्री के आवास पर प्रदर्शन
नेशनल यूनियन ऑफ जर्नलिस्ट्स (इंडिया) ने बिहार के सीवान में दैनिक हिन्दुस्तान के पत्रकार राजदेव रंजन की हत्या की कड़ी निंदा की है। झारखंड के चतरा और बिहार में पत्रकारों की हत्या के खिलाफ एनयूजे और दिल्ली पत्रकार संघ की तरफ से केंद्रीय गृह मंत्री के आवास पर प्रदर्शन...
IJU condemns shooting down of two journalists
The Indian Journalists Union (IJU), the premier and most representative organisation of working journalists in the country, strongly condemned the shooting down of two journalists in last two days, Rajdeo Ranjan, Bureau Chief of Dainik Hindustan at Siwan, Bihar on...
OTHER NEWS
TV journalist stabbed to death in Tripura, India
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the National Union of Journalists (India) strongly condemn the killing of journalist Santanu Bhowmik in Mandwai near Agartala, capital of Tripura state in northeast India on September 20. The IFJ...
Continued detention of Kashmiri photojournalist by investigative agency
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) expresses serious concern over the detainment of Kamran Yusuf, a freelance photojournalist, in Kashmir, India on September 4. The IFJ demands immediate release of the photojournalist. Yusuf, a 23-year-old native of...
#JusticeforGauri – Statements of Solidarity
Gauri Lankesh, a veteran journalist and outspoken critic of Hindu nationalists, was shot dead outside her home in Rajarajeshwarinagar in South Bengaluru, Karnataka, as she returned from work on September 5, 2017. Below are messages of condemning her brutal murder and...
A rainsong for you Gauri Lankesh
Madhu Bhushan, fellow-Bangalorean and feminist activist recounts her meeting with the fiery and outspoken senior journalist-activist just hours before Gauri Lankesh was shot at point blank range just outside her Bangalore home on September 5 by unknown assailants....
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...