India

(RSF/IFEX) – RSF calls on the central government to shed light on the reasons for the arrest of Pittala Srisailam, editor of the online television station Musi TV ( http://www.musitv.com ), on 4 December 2007, in the eastern state of Andhra Pradesh. Accused of being a Maoist “courier”, Srisailam was going to interview one of […]

(WiPC/IFEX) – International PEN’s Writers in Committee is seriously concerned for the safety of Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasrin, who is in a government safe house following violent protests by Muslim extremists in Kolkata, West Bengal. PEN welcomes the efforts by the Indian authorities to provide her protection, and urges the Indian authorities to ensure her […]

(IFJ/IFEX) – The following is an IFJ media release: IFJ Deplores Intimidation of Media in West Bengal’s Nandigram Area The International Federation of Journalists deplores the intimidation of journalists in the Nandigram area of West Bengal state in India by armed vigilantes belonging to the principal constituent of the state’s ruling coalition. According to information […]

(IFJ/IFEX) – The following is an IFJ media release: Manipur media shutdown after threats by outlawed militant group The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has expressed its anger after local newspapers and media in Manipur were forced to shut down for over four days in the wake of threats made by an outlawed militant group. […]

(IFJ/IFEX) – The following is an IFJ media release: IFJ urges Indian Government to reconsider the unplugging of two satellite TV Channels The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) urges the Indian government to reconsider the summary termination of broadcast permission granted two satellite TV channels. The IFJ understands that India Live TV has been ordered […]

(RSF/IFEX) – Reporters Without Borders voiced outrage at a New Delhi court decision on 21 September 2007 to sentence the publisher of the “Mid-Day” newspaper and three of his employees – two editors and a cartoonist – to four months in prison for contempt of court because they accused a former senior judge of issuing […]

(CRN/IFEX) – Cartoonists Rights Network International has learned that the Delhi High Court found four journalists guilty of contempt for reporting on the aftermath of a land-use scandal. The cartoonist for “Mid-Day”, Irfan Khan, is one of the journalists who face sentencing on 21 September 2007. The other journalists are M.K. Tayal, S.K. Akhtar and […]

(IFJ/IFEX) – The following is an IFJ media release: IFJ calls for Wider Consultations and Inclusion of Journalist Unions In India’s Broadcast Law Reform Process In a memorandum submitted to the Indian government today, the International Federation of Journalists urged more inclusive consultations and the recognition of the legitimate interests of journalists in the process […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 14 August 2007 CPJ press release: Leading Indian newsweekly attacked by hardliners New York, August 14, 2007 – The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the attack today on the Mumbai office of the Indian weekly Outlook by a group of men who identified themselves as members of the Shiv […]

(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is an 8 August 2007 CPJ press release: INDIA: Journalists in Manipur threatened on all sides New York, August 8, 2007 – The Committee to Protect Journalists is alarmed by deteriorating conditions for the media in the northeastern Indian state of Manipur, where more than a dozen insurgent groups are involved […]

(IFJ/IFEX) – The following is a 1 August 2007 IFJ media release: Media black-out in response to attempted bombing of Indian newspaper The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliates in condemning the attempted bombing of an English-language newspaper in Manipur, north east India, which has seen media outlets throughout the region stop work. […]

(RSF/IFEX) – Reporters Without Borders has called on the authorities in the central state of Chhattisgarh to drop all charges against Subash Mohapatra, the head of the Forum for Fact-finding Documentation and Advocacy (FFDA), a human rights NGO. Mohapatra was arrested on 17 July 2007 in Raipur on trumped-up charges under Articles 186, 353, 294 […]

(FNJ/IFEX) – Indian security officials refused to return the camera and other items belonging to Daya Ram Dahal, a Jhapa district-based journalist with “Janaganatantra Daily” and Janabidroha Radio, after he was released on bail of 1000 rupees (approx. US$24) by a court in Siligudi on 22 June 2007. According to local journalist Gopal Gartaula, the […]

(FNJ/IFEX) – On 29 May 2007, Daya Ram Dahal, a Jhapa district-based journalist with “Janaganatantra Daily” and “Janabidroha Radio”, was arrested by Indian security personnel at Mechi Bridge. The bridge connects India and Jhapa district in eastern Nepal. Dahal was detained as he was reporting Bhutanese refugees’ “long march” to their homeland via India. The […]

(RSF/IFEX) – Reporters Without Borders has voiced outrage at the death of three employees of the Tamil newspaper “Dinakaran” in a 9 May 2007 arson attack on its offices in Madurai, in the southeastern state of Tamil Nadu, by supporters of M.K. Azhagiri, one of the sons of Tamil Nadu chief minister K. Karunanidhi. M.K. […]

(Mizzima/IFEX) – The following is a statement from Mizzima News, an interim member of IFEX: Indian authorities reopen Mizzima head office Indian authorities have allowed Burmese news agency Mizzima News to resume operations at its head office in New Delhi after finding that the online daily run by exiled Burmese journalists is not operating commercially […]