12 June, 2020: The Indian Journalists Union expresses grave profound concern over J&K administration’s new media policy announced early June as it gives it powers to decide what is ‘fake’, ‘unethical’ or ‘anti-national’ news, which could be subjective and a means to silence criticism. Worse, it gives the administration to take legal action against the journalist or media organisation concerned, including ‘stopping government advertisements,’ which could be used as a handle to make the media comply to its whims and fancies.

June 09, 2020 : The Indian Journalists Union expresses profound concern over continuing harassment of journalists through filing of FIRs, be it senior journalist and TV anchor Vinod Dua in Delhi or Uttar Pradesh Fathepur district’s Vivek Mishra and Ajay Bhadauria. Though all three are booked recently under now familiar sections of the IPC for alleged ‘fake news’,

22 May 2020: The Indian Journalists Union condemns the ‘sacking’ of a woman journalist by “Prag News” TV channel based in Guwahati, on grounds of her being pregnant and that according to its management wouldn’t be ‘agile’ to report. The sacking not only amounts ton clear gender discrimination but it violates the maternity Benefit Act, said the IJU and demanded that she be reinstated. 

13 May 2020: The Indian Journalists Union (IJU) expresses grave concern over rising cases of State governments intimidating, harassing and detaining journalists from reporting the truth by misusing the sedition law as well as Disaster Management Act. The IJU demands authorities in Gujarat, Delhi and Himachal Pradesh refrain from

2 May 2020: The Indian Journalists Union has cautioned Central and State governments from misusing the Disaster Management Act 2005 to gag press freedom and intimidate journalists. Marking World Press Freedom Day (May 3), the IJU said media persons are tirelessly working under extraordinary conditions to report on COVID-19 and

30 April 2020: The Indian Journalists Union (IJU) is shocked to learn that a journalist in Andaman was arrested for simply posting a tweet asking a question as to why a family was forced to remain in home quarantine following one of its member’s speaking to a Covid-19 patient over telephone. Zubair Ahmed, editor of ‘Light of Andaman’, a

28 April 2020: The Indian Journalists Union welcomes State governments of Assam and Odisha for providing life insurance coverage to journalists and government of Uttar Pradesh for its directive against termination of service or salary cuts in the media. However, it expresses dismay over the Union government’s silence on its request to provide

23 April 2020: Expressing profound concern over the trolling of Tongam Rina, Associate Editor of The Arunachal Times, the Indian Journalists Union joins its colleagues in Arunachal Pradesh in demanding legal action against online abusers at the earliest, following filing of an FIR with the Crime Branch today.Rina, who has been seeking justice

21 April 2020 : The Indian Journalists Union (IJU) expresses serious concern over the harassment and intimidation of two journalists in Kashmir. While Masrat Zahra a freelance photo-journalist has been booked for her posts on social media, Peerzada Ashiq, a  correspondent of The Hindu, for his reportage on an encounter. Both have been charged for their actions which say the police “may provoke the public to disturb law and order” and worse invite action under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA).

21 April 2020: The Indian Journalists Union (IJU) reiterates its demand to the Union government to extend insurance cover to media persons too as done for the medical fraternity given that cases of journalists testing positive for COVID-19 are on the rise.

15 April 2020: 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.