New Delhi 26 November, 2020: The Indian Journalists Union expresses solidarity with the call given by the South Asian Regional Trade Union Council (SARTUC) to commemorate Regional Action Day today and observe Decent Work for All, to coincide with the National Day of Action organized by 12 Central Trade Union Organisations and Independent Federations of Workers against the anti-labour policies of Government and corporatisation and privatisation of Defence, Railways, Petroleum, other key PSUs in India.

New Delhi, 25 November 2020: The Indian Journalists Union joins the International Federation of Journalists’ call on International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women and girls today, to all governments, including India, to act responsibly to eradicate violence against women by ratifying the ILO Convention 190 on harassment and violence in the world of work.

New Delhi, 16 November 2020: On the occasion of National Press Day today, the Indian Journalists Union drew the attention of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the rising attacks on journalists and urged that all-out efforts be made by his government to end impunity for crimes against journalists. A free press, said the IJU, is critical for a vibrant democracy and that action rather than words would instill confidence in the country’s media, which is under grave threat of intimidation and harassment from various quarters.

 

New Delhi, 2 November 2020: On International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists, the Indian Journalists Union along with its affiliates denounces crimes targeting journalists that remain unpunished while the masterminds walk free and demands that both the Central and State governments put an end to the culture of impunity.

Brussels, 21st October, 2020: Two leading media freedom organisations have issued a joint call on the Indian authorities to take urgent action to prevent the increasing use of sedition laws and other legal sanctions to threaten and silence independent journalists.

The Indian Journalists Union condemns the arbitrary sealing of The Kashmir Times office in Srinagar without any notice. The Union views the J&K authorities’ action as clearly vindictive and demands that till due process of law is applied the office be desealed in the interest of fairplay and justice. The daily’s Executive

 

New Delhi, 7 October 2020: The Indian Journalists Union strongly condemns Uttar Pradesh government’s repeated gagging of the media and assault and arrest of journalists by its police while covering the Hathras incident. Two freelance journalists, one from UP, Asad Rizvi was brutally beaten by the police in Lucknow and another Delhi-based Siddique Kappan was detained at Mathura. These incidents are a clear attack on the freedom of the press and the IJU demands that the government initiate an inquiry and take action against the policemen.

 

 

New Delhi, 29 September 2020: The Indian Journalists Union joins its State affiliate, the Chhattisgarh Shramjivi Patrakar Kalyan Sangh (CSPKS), in condemning the brutal assault on senior journalist and Bhoomkal monthly magazine Editor Kamal Shukla and manhandling of other journalists in Kanker district, Bastar region, on 26 September by supporters of the ruling Congress and a local corporator. The union demanded that the culprits be brought to book and a case of attempted murder be registered against them.

  

 

New Delhi, 20 September 2020: The Indian Journalists Union notes with concern the arrest of veteran journalist, Rajeev Sharma, for alleged breach of the Officials Secrets Act. The OSA from 1923 is anti-deluvian and needs to be redrafted in light of the fast changing needs of the modern nation State. More so, keeping in mind what it connotes for an open democratic society such as ours.

New Delhi, 10 September 2020: The Indian Journalists Union expresses serious concern at the termination of services of three senior most journalists by The Shillong Times, a leading English daily published from Shillong, Meghalaya.

The three senior most journalists were sacked summarily without serving any show cause and enquiry which is mandated by the labour laws.  The reason of sacking of the Journalists as mentioned in the termination letter is 'COVID-19 related reasons'

New Delhi, 29 August 2020: The Indian Journalists Union welcomes the Delhi High Court stay on Sudarshan News TV channel from broadcasting a show on Friday, which its Editor-in-Chief Suresh Chavhanke claimed was an expose on the ‘infiltration of Muslims’ in the civil services and had in a promo used the expression “Jamia Ke Jihadi.” 

Hate speech, said the Union has no place in any civilised society and definitely not in the fourth estate.