13 April 2020: 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.
1 April 2020: 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, either by electronic print or social medial which will cause panic in the society.”
25 March 2020: 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 even putting their health at risk.
24 March 2020: The Indian Journalists Union (IJU) is urging journalists and its members across States to exercise utmost care in their coverage of the coronavirus outbreak to ensure accurate, fair and responsible reporting and to remain safe.
9 March 2020: The Indian Journalists Union condemns the brutal attack on Kumadam reporter M Karthi by AIADMK supporters in Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu. Though two persons have been arrested yesterday, the IJU demands the
7 March 2020: The Indian Journalists Union joins its affiliate the Arunachal Pradesh Union of Working Journalists in condemning the shocking apathy by State authorities in getting justice for senior journalist Tongam Rina and The Arunachal Times in cases filed by them eight years ago against vandalism and attempt to murder.
7 March 2020: The Indian Journalists Union hails the solidarity expressed by organisations and political entities to safeguard freedom of the press by condemning the I&B Ministry’s arbitrary order yesterday banning Asianet News and Media One for 48 hours and forcing it to retreat.
26 February 2020: The Indian Journalists Union (IJU) expresses grave concern over the deliberate targeting and assault of number of media persons covering the widespread violence in the nation’s capital, Delhi since last Sunday.
29 January, 2020: The Indian Journalists Union expresses grave concern over the step-motherly treatment being meted out to the media in Kashmir, wherein the government has selectively failed to restore their limited internet access, but provided the facility to hoteliers and travel operators, among others since January 14. Viewing this internet blockade to media organisations and journalists in Kashmir for past 118 days as a deliberate attempt to gag the press, the IJU demanded the administration restore this basic facility immediately.
10 January, 2020: The Indian Journalists Union welcomes the Supreme Court’s judgement putting in place procedural safeguards to check misuse of communication shutdown and Section 144 and reinforcing that freedom of speech and expression over the Internet is a Constitutional right.
21 December 2019 : The Indian Journalists Union condemns in the strongest of terms the rising police attacks and detention of journalists covering the ongoing protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act across the nation. Over a score of journalists in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka and Kashmir, among others have been deliberated targeted and stopped from reporting the incidents.
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