New Delhi, 24 October 2023: The Indian Journalists Union deplores the cancellation of a media award to Kashmiri journalist Safina Nabi last week, by Pune-based Maharashtra Institute of Technology-World Peace University (MIT-WPU), on grounds that some of her “published opinions and views…have the potential to be viewed as contentious and not in alignment with the foreign policy of the Indian Government”. Denying Nabi the award is yet another reminder of how journalists in Kashmir are being denied due recognition of their work, in most difficult circumstances and in this case the reason cited by the University itself suggests political pressure, though it chooses to deny it.

New Delhi/Imphal 13 October 2023: The Indian Journalists Union (IJU) joins its affiliate the All Manipur Working Journalists Union (AMWJU) in strongly condemned the conduct of the combined troops of 20 Jat Regiment and 5/4 GR preventing media persons from covering an incident of attack on Sabungkhok Khunou Village. The unions demand that security forces allow the media to carry out its duties without obstruction, vital to any democratic society.  

New Delhi, 3 October 2023: The Indian Journalists Union expresses grave concern over the police raids at homes of several journalists and writers associated with news and current affairs website Newsclick early hours this morning in Delhi, following investigation related to alleged ‘terror links’ and under the draconian Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA). The IJU additionally is worried that the seizure of laptops and mobile phones of journalists without due process puts their sources of information, which at all costs must be protected at great risk. 

New Delhi, 28 September 2023: Observing the International Day for Universal Access to Information, the Indian Journalists Union (IJU) urges both the Centre and State governments to ensure that the fourth estate is allowed to carry out its responsibilities and keep the citizens well informed through unhindered access to information. The IJU has over the past years unfortunately observed that governments are increasingly using one pretext or the other to clamp down on this critical right to information and laws are being enacted to clampdown on independent media.  

New Delhi, 14 September 2023: The Indian Journalists Union condemns the arrest of a correspondent of Anandabazar Patrika, Debmalya Bagchi in West Bengal’s Kharagpur on September 6, on charges of ‘assaulting his neighbour, a Dalit woman’. However, journalists in the State suspect that the arrest is linked to his recent articles highlighting hooch traders, including the neighbour, operating from Sanjol residential area. 

New Delhi, 22 August 2023: The Indian Journalists Union condemns in the strongest of terms the blocking of website 'The Kashmir Walla’, its Facebook and Twitter accounts by the Ministry of Electronics and Information & Technology under the IT Act, 2000 since Saturday last. The action is not only yet another reprisal attack on press freedom but belies the Government’s claim of normalcy returning to the Valley. The IJU demands the news website and its social media accounts be unblocked immediately. 

New Delhi, 19 August 2023: The Indian Journalists Union condemns the killing of journalist Vimal Kumar Yadav working for Hindi daily Dainik Jagran by unidentified assailants at his residence in Prem Nagar, Raniganj, Araria district of Bihar on Friday morning. The Union demanded that all culprits be brought to book immediately and that a special law for safety and security of journalists is enacted. 

New Delhi, 15 August 2023: The Indian Journalists Union (IJU) expresses grave concern over the clampdown and stifling of media in Afghanistan and the precarious conditions that the journalists are having to work under. Marking the 2nd anniversary since the takeover of the country by the Taliban, the IJU joined its partner, the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) calling upon the international community to keep the pressure on the government in Kabul to create an environment where media can once again thrive. 

New Delhi/Guwahati, 9 August 2023: The Indian Journalists Union (IJU) expresses grave concern over passing of the Digital Personal Data Protection (DPDP) Bill and Press and Registration of Periodicals (PRP) Bill 2023 in the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha respectively.  The two Bills provide for widening of censorship power and intrusive and arbitrary checks into the functioning of newspapers, periodicals, and media organisations. 

New Delhi, 3 August 2023: The Indian Journalists Union (IJU) expresses grave concern at the open threat by one rogue person claiming himself as Manoj Choudhury to the journalists gathered in Vijay Chowk outside Parliament House on Monday 1 August in front of the police. 

New Delhi/Imphal, 28 July 2023: The Indian Journalists Union joins its affiliate, the All Manipur Working Journalists Union (AMWJU) and Editors Guild Manipur (EGM) in strongly condemning the burning down of houses belonging to Moreh correspondents of Imphal-based media houses by a Kuki mob on Wednesday last.