26 June, 2019: The Indian Journalists Union strongly condemns the arrest of editor Afaaq Ghulam Jeelani Qadri by the police in Srinagar following a late night raid on his premises on Monday. It termed the arrest as crass misuse of law and harassment of a reputed veteran journalist, which must be viewed as yet another attempt to muzzle the freedom of press in Kashmir. Qadri fortunately got bail in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate as the police was unable to furnish any details of the case, which

11 June 2019: The Indian Journalists Union (IJU) welcomed the order of the Supreme Court granting immediate bail to Prashant Kanojia, a freelance journalist based in Delhi, who was arrested by the Uttar Pradesh police on 8 June for posting on twitter a video of a woman claiming that she proposed marriage to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. The Supreme Court vacation bench consisting of Justice Indira Banerjee and Justice Ajay Rastogi said that the freedom of expression and other rights guaranteed in Constitution ‘are sacrosanct and non-negotiable”.

6 May 2019: The Indian Journalists Union condemns in the strongest of terms, two BJP leaders’ attempts in Leh to bribe journalists for favourable poll coverage and worse to threaten them with defamation suit for what they called “fake propaganda.” Saluting the journalists for upholding the best tradition of journalism and integrity, the IJU has demanded that the Deputy Electoral Officer, Avny Lavasa, who is also the District Election Officer, ensure that strict action as per the law is taken against the two leaders, who following an inquiry have been found guilty and the police asked to file an FIR against them.

20 April 2019: The Indian Journalists Union (IJU) expressed its outrage over the direction of the Union Home Ministry to the Assam government to take action against one Assamese daily, three Assamese news channels and a news web site for their reportages on state wide agitation against Citizenship Amendment Bill (CAB), on the basis of a complaint of Rastriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) affiliated organisation.

9 April, 2019: The Indian Journalists Union (IJU), the largest and most representative organisation of working journalists in the country has hailed the Manipur High Court order releasing journalist Kishorchandra Wangkhem, who is in jail since November 21.The division bench of the High Court, Justice Lanusungkum Jamir and Justice K H Nobin Singh quashed the order of the district magistrate of Imphal West for detaining Wangkhem under the National Security Act and ordered his immediate release. He is likely to be released in a day or two.

22 March 2019: The Indian Journalists Union (IJU), strongly condemned stalking and trolling of senior journalist Barkha Dutt by some unidentified troll army. In a FIR filed with the Delhi Police Cyber Crime Cell under various sections of the IPC and IT Act, she complained that she was made victim of fake news propaganda. She said “my number has been shared on all social media platforms. I have been sent nude pictures and sexually abusive text messages. I fear for my well-being, security and life as this is a coordinated assault by a violent mob.”

11 March 2019: The Indian Journalists Union (IJU) expressed deep concern over the judgment of the Meghalaya High Court holding the Editor and Publisher of Shillong Times to be contemnors of the court for publishing a report on the judgement of the court over its row with the state government on withdrawal of perks and facilities for retired judges.

8 March 2019: The Indian Journalists Union (IJU) strongly condemned the threat of the Attorney General K K Venugopal to invoke the archaic and draconian Official Secrets Act, a relic of British colonial rule, against The Hindu for publishing an expose` on Rafale deal based on allegedly stolen documents.

10 February 2019 : The Indian Journalists Union condemns the high-handedness of the J&K police in summoning two journalists in Srinagar for questioning for their reporting a press release of the Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), which called for a shutdown in the Valley on February 9 and 11. The journalists, said the IJU, were merely doing their work of reporting and demanded that the J&K police refrain from harassing and intimidating the media as well as respect freedom of press and the citizen’s right to information.

6 February 2019: The Indian Journalists Union (IJU) has condemned the thrashing of a local journalist in Raipur by the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) functionaries last week and demanded that the government of Chhattisgarh should take against them. It also called on the BJP State unit to take disciplinary action against them for attacking a journalist.

29 January 2019: The Indian Journalists Union (IJU), the largest and most representative organisation of journalists in the country has urged J&K Governor Satya Pal Malik toorder a thorough enquiry into barring entry of six journalists into Sher-e-Kashmir Cricket Stadium in Srinagar by the security wing of the police, to cover Republic Day function. They were prevented from entering the stadium even though they carried passes issued by the Information and Public Relations department. The IJU said it was a clear violation of the journalists rights and amounted to pre-censorship of news, which violated the fundamental right of freedom of press and freedom of expression.