New Delhi, 1 June 2021: The Indian Journalists Union welcomes the Supreme Court stay on coercive action by the Andhra Pradesh police against two Telugu news channels, TV 5 and ABN Andhrajyoti and more importantly its observation that the sedition law “requires interpretation, particularly in the context of the right of the electronic and print media to communicate news, information… even those that may be critical of the prevailing regime in any part of the nation.” 

New Delhi, 27 May 2021: The Indian Journalists Union welcomes the Supreme Court quashing the sedition case against veteran journalist Vinod Dua for his alleged comments against Prime Minister Modi in his YouTube show last year. At the same time, the Union demanded that authorities stop harassing journalists critical of governments.

New Delhi, 3 May 2021: Observing World Press Freedom Day today, the Indian Journalists Union (IJU), drew urgent attention of Prime Minister Modi and President Kovind that over hundred journalists across the country have lost their lives this past year, 45 alone in the 2nd wave.While journalists are carrying out their duties to ensure a better informed public during this crisis, the IJU demanded it was incumbent on Government to facilitate functioning of the media, fourth pillar of democracy and declare the journalists too as ‘frontline workers’. 

New Delhi/Guwahati, 23 April 2021: The Indian Journalists Union (IJU) deeply mourns the demise of veteran journalist and a fierce trade union leader Comrade Santosh Kumar. He was 93 and passed away this morning at his residence in New Delhi. Santosh Kumar was the one of the founder members of the Indian Journalists Union (IJU), the Vice President of All India Newspaper Employees Federation (AINEF) and Vice President of Confederation of Newspaper and News Agency Employees Unions. Besides, he also led many plant unions in several prominent national dailies in the National Capital. 

New Delhi, 17 April, 2021: The Indian Journalists Union shares concerns with its affiliates, the All Manipur Working Journalists Union (AMWJU) over unfortunate developments in neighbouring  Myanmar. It joins AMWJU to urge to the Manipur government to allow entry of 3 Mizzima journalists to Imphal, who fled their country and are taking shelter in Moreh.

New Delhi, 11 April 2021: The Indian Journalists Union condemns the Hisar police, Haryana for lodging an FIR against a journalist Rajesh Kundu under charges of “cyber terrorism” and “promoting communal disharmony” for his alleged posts over social media platforms. The action is an impingement on his right to freedom of speech and expression as well as an ongoing bid by governments to intimidate and harass the media, said the IJU. 

New Delhi, 8 March 2021: Marking International Women’s Day, the Indian Journalists Union (IJU) urged its affiliates and journalists across the country to ensure that pay audits are conducted in their newsrooms and that anomalies in gender pay gap are removed. The IJU also joins the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) global campaign #PayMeEqual while marking the day and guaranteeing that both women and men should receive equal remuneration for work of equal value.

New Delhi, 26 February 2021: The Indian Journalists Union (IJU) expresses grave concern over the new Information Technology (Guidelines for Intermediary and Digital Media Ethics Code) Rules, 2021, for not only shall it increase censorship and impact press freedom but that the Rules exercise powers far beyond the parent legislation for digital news media.

The Rules, a move to regulate social media platforms, as announced on Thursday, shall greatly impinge on the right to free speech and expression and will impact the independent functioning of digital/online media and its duty to keep the public better informed. In its applicable entities, the rules include “publishers of news and current affairs content”;

New Delhi, 17 February 2021: The Indian Journalists Union (IJU) hails the Delhi court’s order acquitting journalist Priya Ramani in the criminal defamation case by former Union Minister MJ Akbar, as well as Priya’s conviction and perseverance to speak up and fight against sexual harassment at the workplace. This, says the Union, kindles hope for women journalists across the country and elsewhere to change mindsets and fight the system.

New Delhi, 15 February 2021: The Indian Journalists Union (IJU) joins its State affiliate the All Manipur Journalists’ Union in condemning the grenade attack on English daily The People’s Chronicle and vernacular daily Poknapham office in Keishampat, Imphal on Saturday evening. Though the grenadedid not explode, the incident has further triggered a sense of insecurity among working journalists and media houses, under pressure from various quarters of late.

New Delhi, February 11: The Indian Journalists Union (IJU) expresses grave concern at the Enforcement Directorate raids on the digital news portal NewsClick. The IJU condemns the Government’s continued onslaught on media to silence it their critical news coverage on government's policies.