New Delhi, 8 March 2021: Marking International Women’s Day, the Indian Journalists Union (IJU) urged its affiliates and journalists across the country to ensure that pay audits are conducted in their newsrooms and that anomalies in gender pay gap are removed. The IJU also joins the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) global campaign #PayMeEqual while marking the day and guaranteeing that both women and men should receive equal remuneration for work of equal value.

New Delhi, 26 February 2021: The Indian Journalists Union (IJU) expresses grave concern over the new Information Technology (Guidelines for Intermediary and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, for not only shall it increase censorship and impact press freedom but that the Rules exercise powers far beyond the parent legislation for digital news media.

The Rules, a move to regulate social media platforms, as announced on Thursday, shall greatly impinge on the right to free speech and expression and will impact the independent functioning of digital/online media and its duty to keep the public better informed. In its applicable entities, the rules include “publishers of news and current affairs content”;

New Delhi, 17 February 2021: The Indian Journalists Union (IJU) hails the Delhi court’s order acquitting journalist Priya Ramani in the criminal defamation case by former Union Minister MJ Akbar, as well as Priya’s conviction and perseverance to speak up and fight against sexual harassment at the workplace. This, says the Union, kindles hope for women journalists across the country and elsewhere to change mindsets and fight the system.

New Delhi, 15 February 2021: The Indian Journalists Union (IJU) joins its State affiliate the All Manipur Journalists’ Union in condemning the grenade attack on English daily The People’s Chronicle and vernacular daily Poknapham office in Keishampat, Imphal on Saturday evening. Though the grenadedid not explode, the incident has further triggered a sense of insecurity among working journalists and media houses, under pressure from various quarters of late.

New Delhi, February 11: The Indian Journalists Union (IJU) expresses grave concern at the Enforcement Directorate raids on the digital news portal NewsClick. The IJU condemns the Government’s continued onslaught on media to silence it their critical news coverage on government's policies.

New Delhi, 10 February, 2021: The Indian Journalists Union (IJU) has expressed concern over arm-twisting of Twitter by the Modi government and welcomed Twitter’s response to the IT Ministry’s order saying it would not restrict accounts belonging to journalists, activists, and politicians in India. Atthe same time, the Union asked the Centre to respect the right to freedom of speech and expression and desist from intimidating and harassing journalists for their posts on social media. 

New Delhi, 6 February 2021: The Indian Journalists Union (IJU) welcomes the restoration of 4G internet mobile internet services by the Jammu & Kashmir administration on Friday after nearly a year-and-a-half when it resorted to communication blockade in the region following abrogation of Article

New Delhi, 29 January 2021: The Indian Journalists Union expresses grave concern over the rising instances of undue haste being shown by Uttar Pradesh government and its Police in targeting journalists and booking them under sedition laws. In past 48 hours, there were two such instances. One, the police

New Delhi, 28 January 2021: The Indian Journalists Union expresses serious concern over the stalking of award-winning journalist Neha Dixit and an attempt by miscreants to break into her house. The IJU demands that the police nab the culprits and ensure her security.

New Delhi, 20 January 2021: Indian Journalists Union (IJU) expresses grave concern at reports that a Gujarata court has issued an arrest warrant against veteran journalist Paranjoy Guha Thakurta. The arrest has been ordered for alleged defamation of the Adani group by Thakurta in one of his articles published in 2017. The impugned article that was published by the Economic & Political Weekly (EPW ) alleged that the government of India

New Delhi, 10 December 2020: The Indian Journalists Union expressed concern over India’s rising record of human rights violations in recent times, specially the rights activists and also of journalists. Marking the International Day for Human Rights, the Union drew the attention of the government to the International Federation of Journalists ‘White Paper on Global Journalism’, released today, wherein India figures among the 10 most dangerous spots for journalists.