India: NUJ-I demands Justice on killing of journalist Vikram Joshi
The National Union of Journalists(India) and the UP Journalists’ Association expresses serious concern to the killing of the journalist Vikram Joshi and requests Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s to provide one crore rupees to the family of late journalist Vikram...
India: IJU concerned on killing of UP journalist Vikram Joshi and 2 fresh cases of assault on journalists
The Indian Journalists Union expresses serious concern over killing of Vikram Joshi of Jana Sagar Today and two other fresh cases of attacks involving journalists in past 48 hours -columnist, blogger and environmentalist Rajiv Nayan Bahuguna in Uttarakhand, and...
India: Newspaper owner Pyare Miyan accused of sexually assaulting minors
Owner of the Dainik Afkara newspaper in Bhopal, Pyare Miyan, has been arrested following accusations of sexually assaulting minors and running a sex racket. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Indian Journalists Union (IJU) condemn...
India: Journalist arrested in a legal battle with forest officer
DY365 correspondent Rajib Sharma was detained by Dhubri police on July 16 in Assam after a Dhuburi Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) lodged a first information report (FIR) against the journalist. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the...
IJU welcomes daily owner’s arrest in MP
Welcoming the arrest of owner of Afkar daily Pyare Miyan, accused of raping four minor girls and running a sex racket in Madhya Pradesh, the Indian Journalists Union demanded strictest action be taken against him as other than his heinous crimes he had sullied the...
IJU strongly condemn the arrest of Rajib Sharma
Indian Journalists Union ( IJU) strongly condemn the arrest of DY365 TV channel correspondent from Dhubri, Assam, Rajib Sharma at midnight by Dhubri police resulting in the shocking death of the journalist’s father. IJU President and former member of Press Council of...
India: J and K administration extends ban on 4G internet again
Despite calls from media and human rights organizations to lift the internet ban, the Jammu and Kashmir administration has extended 4G internet restriction until July 29. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its Indian affiliate the Indian Journalists...
India: IJU dismayed over J&K 4G ban issues
The Indian Journalists Union is deeply dismayed over J&K administration extending the restrictions on internet speed (4G) till 29th July and the Union Home Ministry’s non-compliance of Supreme Court orders to constitute a ‘Special Committee’ to review these...
India: Village council files police complaint against Shillong Times Editor
Meghalaya village council in northeast India filed a police complaint against veteran journalist and Shillong Times editor Patricia Mukhim over her Facebook post. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Indian Journalists Union (IJU)...
India: IJU’s concern on police complaint against the Shillong Times Editor Patricia Mukhim
Indian Journalists Union ( IJU) has expressed serious concern at a police complaint by Lawsohtun village council against The Shilllong Times editor Patricia Mukhim on Monday for a social media post. The village council filed the complaint against Mukhim, alleging...
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India: Shillong Times forced to shut down amid Covid-19
The Shillong Times, the oldest English broadsheet newspaper in northeast India, was temporarily shut down by the local administration on August 23 for allegedly violating Covid-19 health protocols. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its Indian...
India: Calcutta High Court grants bail to Arambagh TV journalists
Journalists Safikul Islam and Suraj Ali Khan who were arrested on June 9 were granted bail by Calcutta’s High Court on August 14. The International Federation of Journalist (IFJ) and its Indian affiliate the National Union of Journalists – India (NUJ-I) appreciates...
India: India Today pulls down shutters
The National Union of Journalists (India) and Delhi Journalists Association (DJA), strongly condemns the closure of India Today Group’s English language tabloid Mail Today under the pretext of COVID19 pandemic. More than 100 editorial staff will be laid off, along...
India: Journalist booked for sharing Covid-19 allegation against hospitals
Sankalp Neb, a journalist from Saharanpur district, Uttar Pradesh was booked for allegedly sharing an unverified Twitter post suggesting negative Covid-19 reports had been manipulated with a positive spin by district health authorities. The International Federation of...
India: A grim milestone, 365 days of internet shutdown in Kashmir
The internet shutdown in Kashmir marks first anniversary today following the J&K administration’s recent decision to continue extension of the ban on 4G internet service until August 19. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the South Asia Media...
India: IJU Demands immediate release of the editor of the news website The Kashmiriyat Qazi Shibli
Indian Journalists Union (IJU) demanded that the editor of the news website The Kashmiriyat Qazi Shibli immediately be released from custody. Shibli was detained at the Shergarh police station in Srinagar on July 31 after questioning by the police’s cybercrime...
India: Police detain Kashmiriyat editor Qazi Shibli
Qazi Shibli, the editor of news portal The Kashmiriyat, was detained at Shergarh police station in Srinagar on July 31 following a lengthy interrogation by the cyber police. The International Federation of Journalist (IFJ) and its Indian affiliate, the Indian...