New Delhi, 1 September 2025: In an unprecedented global action, almost 200 media outlets from 50 countries decided simultaneously to disrupt their front pages, homepages, and broadcasts today to demand an end to the killing of journalists in Gaza and to call for international press access to the enclave.
New Delhi, 15 July 2024: The Indian Journalists Union (IJU) expresses deep concern over an FIR being registered against reputed independent journalist Ajit Anjum in Begusarai district of Bihar, going to polls in October-November. The FIR was registered at Balia police station on July 13 following a complaint by a booth level officer (BLO) accusing Anjum of spreading false information about Muslim voters during ongoing electoral revision exercise. On X Anjum posted: a “Muslim BLO is being used as a scapegoat against me”.
New Delhi, 15 July 2025: The Indian Journalists Union (IJU) condemns the brutal assault on editor of Samarth Bharat newspaper and SBP YouTube channel, Sneha Barve, and cameraperson, Ajaz Sheikh, when she was reporting on illegal construction activity in a riverbed in a town near Pune. While the incident happened on July 4, it came to light only after a video showing the assault went viral. The Union demands the culprits are brought to book.
New Delhi, 12 July, 2025: The Indian Journalists Union (IJU) strongly condemns the horrific murder of web journalist Naresh Kumar, who was brutally hacked to death by unidentified assailants in Odisha’s Malkangiri district on Saturday, July 12, 2025.
New Delhi, July 10, 2025: The Indian Journalists Union (IJU), in solidarity with the Journalists Union of Assam, strongly condemns the recent brutal attacks on journalists in Assam, including the shocking assault on television journalist Madhurjya Saikia in Dhemaji’s Silapathar and the attack on Bimaljyoti Nath and his colleague in Dhekiajuli.
New Delhi, June 25, 2025, The Indian Journalists Union (IJU) expresses grave concern over the recent spate of arrests in Assam and other parts of India, where individuals, including journalists and citizens, have been detained for their social media posts and public comments. The arrest of 94 individuals since the Pahalgam terror attack in Assam alone reportedly for expressing views deemed "pro-Pakistan" or critical of government actions, raises serious questions about the state of freedom of expression and press freedom in the country.
New Delhi, 30 June, 2025: The Indian Journalists Union (IJU) vehemently opposes the proposed Income-Tax Bill, 2025, which grants tax authorities access to an individual’s “virtual digital space” during search and seizure operations. This provision, justified as a measure to combat tax evasion, poses a severe threat to the fundamental rights to privacy and press freedom, guaranteed under Articles 19 and 21 of the Indian Constitution.
New Delhi, June 10, 2025: The Indian Journalists Union (IJU) strongly condemns the brutal assault on two reporters of Impact TV News by personnel of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) while they were on duty covering a public protest at Kwakeithel, Manipur, on June 7, 2025, at around 10 PM. The IJU is appalled to learn that the assault occurred despite the journalists clearly identifying themselves as media persons, and that the CRPF personnel also resorted to using foul language against them.
New Delhi, 15 July 2024: The Indian Journalists Union (IJU) expresses deep concern over an FIR being registered against reputed independent journalist Ajit Anjum in Begusarai district of Bihar, going to polls in October-November. The FIR was registered at Balia police station on July 13 following a complaint by a booth level officer (BLO) accusing Anjum of spreading false information about Muslim voters during ongoing electoral revision exercise. On X Anjum posted: a “Muslim BLO is being used as a scapegoat against me”.
