India : IJU Call To Halt Layoffs
The Indian Journalists Union calls upon the Indian Newspaper Society, the News Broadcasters Association, Editors Guild of India and Digital News Publishers’ Association to halt and prevent lay-offs of journalists in the midst of the pandemic. While the media industry,...
India: IJU condemns UP Govt’s action against the Wire
The Indian Journalists Union strongly condemns Uttar Pradesh government’s brazen attempt to gag criticism and independent media by filing criminal charges against The Wire and one of its founding Editors and senior journalist Siddharth Varadrajan. Two FIRs filed...
South Asia: Media unions and advocates calls for urgent end to Kashmir blockade
A group of 37 national media unions from South Asia as well as global media advocacy and freedom of expression organisations today called for an end to the ongoing communications blockade in Indian-administered Kashmir. The International Federation of Journalists...
IFJ Blog: Connectivity in times of Corona
As Kashmir locks down yet again – this time to contain the coronavirus pandemic – access to the internet can be a matter of life and death, quite literally. Dr Suhail Naik makes a compelling case for restoration of communication facilities to the region. Following the...
India: Supreme Court orders media to only publish official information on Covid-19
The Supreme Court of India ordered media to only refer to, publish and broadcast the official version of the information on the health crisis, citing a need to avoid inaccuracies and widespread panic. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its Indian...
India: IJU Concerns Over Govt Censorship Attempt
The Indian Journalists Union expresses grave concern over attempts by the Union government to resort to backdoor censorship of media covering COVID-19 by urging the Supreme Court to issue direction “to prevent fake and inaccurate reporting, whether intended or not,...
India: Police attack journalists amid the lockdown
Police have harassed and attacked journalists in Hyderabad and Delhi on alleged breaches of lockdown orders amid the Covid-19 outbreak. The International Federation of Journalist (IFJ) and its India affiliates the Indian Journalists Union (IJU) and the National Union...
India: NUJ(I)’s note on assault of media persons
The NUJ(India) is very much concerned about the raising incidents of atrocities on journalists across the country while they were covering Covid-19 amid All India lockdown. NUJ(I) strongly criticize these assaults by Police and demands from the central and state...
India: Don’t harass journalists, IJU cautions Police
The Indian Journalists Union expresses serious concern over reports of harassment and intimidation by police and security personnel of journalists while they are discharging their duties, keeping the public and authorities informed about the coronavirus situation and...
India: Kashmir unable to access COVID-19 information online
More than seven million people living in Kashmir are unable to access reliable health information about COVID- 19 as the seven month long internet shutdown continues. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Indian Journalists Union...
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India: NUJ(I) expresses its concern over Press Freedom in West Bengal
The National Union of Journalists (India) believes that in a vast democracy like India, where the freedom of expression is fortified within it’s Constitution, the freedom of the press to report without fear and favour should be properly protected. Any attempt to...
India: Doors close for newspapers in unprecedented economic times
The Sakal Media Group announced plans to close two of its publications leaving at least 45 editorial staff and non-editorial staff unemployed. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its Indian affiliates, the Indian Journalists Union (IJU) and the...
India : Sakal Group pulls down shutters of Sakal Times and Gomantak Times
The National Union of Journalists (India), strongly condemns the closure of Sakal Tiems and Gomantak Times under the pretext of COVID19 pandemic. Nearly 45 of the editorial staff from both the papers will be laid off, along with a lot of employees from marketing and...
India: IJU concerns over media downsizing, closure
The Indian Journalists Union has expressed serious concern over the rise in downsizing or shutting down of newspapers during COVID-19 and journalists being laid off. The latest in the series is English daily Sakal Times, based in Pune, Maharashtra and its sister...
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...