Reporter arrested in Tamil Nadu state
(RSF/IFEX) – On 31 January 2003, RSF called on Tamil Nadu state government leader Selvi J. Jayalalithaa to either provide evidence of journalist Krishna Kumar’s reported involvement in a five-year-old murder or release him at once. Kumar, of the fortnightly Tamil newspaper “Nakeeran”, was picked up on 29 January, in the morning, officially in connection […]
CPJ mourns death of cameraman injured in Parliament attack
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 10 January 2003 CPJ press release: INDIA: CPJ mourns death of cameraman injured in Parliament attack New York, January 10, 2003-The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) mourns the death of our colleague Vikram Singh Bisht, who died yesterday from internal injuries after falling from his wheelchair. On December 13, […]
Journalist shot by member of religious sect dies of his injuries
(RSF/IFEX) – On 26 November 2002, RSF voiced its dismay over the death of publication director Ram Chander Chaterpatti on 23 November. The journalist died of injuries he sustained after being shot by a member of a religious sect one month ago in Sirsa (Haryana state). The organisation called on Haryana Chief Minister Om Parkash […]
PEN concerned for the safety of journalist and human rights activist Lachit Bordoloi
(WiPC/IFEX) – International PEN is concerned over the reported harassment and intimidation of journalist and human rights activist Lachit Bordoloi in Assam, India. PEN believes that Bordoloi, chairman of the Organization for the Struggle for Human Rights (MASS), has been targeted primarily for his coverage of police corruption in Nagaon District, Assam. PEN calls upon […]
TV journalist killed in Manipur state
(RSF/IFEX) – On 13 October 2002, armed men shot dead television journalist Yambem Meghajit Singh in Imphal, in the north-eastern state of Manipur. The killing came a few days after two other journalists were kidnapped by a separatist group. “We urge you to see to it that police have the means to find those responsible […]
Editor shot, journalists threatened
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is an 18 September 2002 CPJ press release: INDIA: Prominent editor shot in Kashmir New York, September 18, 2002–The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) condemns yesterday’s attack on Ghulam Mohammad Sofi, a prominent editor in Srinagar, the summer capital of India’s Jammu and Kashmir State. Two young men entered the offices […]
Jailed journalist begins hunger strike
(RSF/IFEX) – Journalist Kumar Badal, of the investigative website Tehelka.com, has gone on a hunger strike to protest his continued imprisonment. Badar has been detained for more than one month. On 16 August 2002, RSF joined those in India who are speaking out against the government’s policy of intimidating the investigative press. In a letter […]
Newspaper employees injured in attack
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 1 August 2002 CPJ press release: INDIA: Newspaper employees injured in attack New York, August 1, 2002–The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) is shocked by the recent attack on the office of the Tamil-language newspaper Dinamalar in Thanjavur, a city in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu. On […]
Colin Powell asked to bring up case of jailed Kashmiri journalist during his official visit
(RSF/IFEX) – On 26 July 2002, RSF called on United States Secretary of State Colin Powell to bring up the case of an imprisoned Kashmiri journalist during his forthcoming official visit to India. “Your intervention in support of reporter Iftikhar Gilani, the New Delhi bureau chief of the ‘Kashmir Times’, one of the province’s largest […]
Three Nepalese journalists arrested in New Delhi
(CEHURDES/IFEX) – On 11 July 2002, police in the Indian capital of New Delhi took four Nepalese citizens into custody, including three journalists, on charges of assisting Maoist rebels. According to an Agence France-Presse (AFP) report, those arrested include journalists working for “Nepali Awaj” (“Voice of the Nepalese”) newspaper, which is published in New Delhi. […]
Tehelka.com’s offices searched by police
(RSF/IFEX) – RSF protested the search carried out at the head office of the website Tehelka.com. “The fact that this search was conducted on the very same day that the website’s editor was due to give evidence of capital importance in an inquiry into a corruption scandal shows that the Central Bureau of Investigation [CBI] […]
Kashmiri journalist arrested and charged
(RSF/IFEX) – On 11 June 2002, RSF called for the release of Kashmiri journalist Iftikhar Ali Geelani and suggested his arrest was an attempt to restrict coverage of events in Kashmir. “Charging a Kashmiri journalist under the Official Secrets Act in the present circumstances would seem an effort to intimidate any media which tries to […]
Journalist shot in Kashmir
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 29 May 2002 CPJ press release: INDIA: Journalist shot in Kashmir New York, May 29, 2002-The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the shooting of Zafar Iqbal, a journalist for the Srinigar, Kashmir-based English-language daily Kashmir Images. Iqbal, who was shot by three unidentified assailants this afternoon, was seriously injured […]
CPJ requests information about murdered journalist
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 25 April 2002 CPJ press release: INDIA: CPJ requests information about murdered journalist New York, April 25, 2002—The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) today sent a letter of inquiry to Dr. Vishnu Kant Shastri, governor of Uttar Pradesh State, India, requesting information about the April 14 death of journalist […]
Journalist murdered in Uttar Pradesh
(RSF/IFEX) -In a letter to Vishnu Kant Shastri, governor of the Indian State of Uttar Pradesh, RSF expressed indignation over the murder of Paritosh Pandey, a crime reporter for the Hindi-language local daily “Jansatta Express”, in Lucknow (northern India). “If this crime goes unpunished, the entire profession will feel at risk. According to his family […]
RSF questions the true reasons for the arrest of a Burmese journalist
(RSF/IFEX) – In a letter to Indian Minister of External Affairs Jaswant Singh, RSF asked for the real reasons behind the arrest of Burmese journalist Soe Myint, managing editor of the Mizzima press agency. “We are justified in asking whether the arrest of this journalist, renowned for his reporting on human rights violations in Burma, […]