South Asia: Governments of India and Pakistan among top requesters of Facebook user data
The governments of India and Pakistan are stand-outs in terms of asking Facebook to reveal information related to user accounts. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), its Pakistan affiliate the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalist (PFUJ) and Indian...
India: Government intensifies clampdown to media over Covid-19 reporting
As arrests, attacks and harassment of journalists continues over their reports on the government’s administrative failures in handling Covid-19, the National Union of Journalists( India) (NUJ-I) has sent a letter to the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi...
India: NUJ-I expresses concern on closure of media houses and retrenchment of journalists
The National Union of Journalists (India) has sought immediate intervention of the Government of India to put a stop to the ongoing large-scale retrenchment of working journalists and other coercive measures of the media houses in the under the belt of COVID19...
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...
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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)...