24 March 2020: The Indian Journalists Union (IJU) is urging journalists and its members across States to exercise utmost care in their coverage of the coronavirus outbreak to ensure accurate, fair and responsible reporting and to remain safe.
9 March 2020: The Indian Journalists Union condemns the brutal attack on Kumadam reporter M Karthi by AIADMK supporters in Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu. Though two persons have been arrested yesterday, the IJU demands the
7 March 2020: The Indian Journalists Union joins its affiliate the Arunachal Pradesh Union of Working Journalists in condemning the shocking apathy by State authorities in getting justice for senior journalist Tongam Rina and The Arunachal Times in cases filed by them eight years ago against vandalism and attempt to murder.
7 March 2020: The Indian Journalists Union hails the solidarity expressed by organisations and political entities to safeguard freedom of the press by condemning the I&B Ministry’s arbitrary order yesterday banning Asianet News and Media One for 48 hours and forcing it to retreat.
26 February 2020: The Indian Journalists Union (IJU) expresses grave concern over the deliberate targeting and assault of number of media persons covering the widespread violence in the nation’s capital, Delhi since last Sunday.
29 January, 2020: The Indian Journalists Union expresses grave concern over the step-motherly treatment being meted out to the media in Kashmir, wherein the government has selectively failed to restore their limited internet access, but provided the facility to hoteliers and travel operators, among others since January 14. Viewing this internet blockade to media organisations and journalists in Kashmir for past 118 days as a deliberate attempt to gag the press, the IJU demanded the administration restore this basic facility immediately.
10 January, 2020: The Indian Journalists Union welcomes the Supreme Court’s judgement putting in place procedural safeguards to check misuse of communication shutdown and Section 144 and reinforcing that freedom of speech and expression over the Internet is a Constitutional right.
21 December 2019 : The Indian Journalists Union condemns in the strongest of terms the rising police attacks and detention of journalists covering the ongoing protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act across the nation. Over a score of journalists in Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka and Kashmir, among others have been deliberated targeted and stopped from reporting the incidents.
17 December 2019: The Indian Journalists Union (IJU) demanded stern action against Sunderchand Thakur, the Mumbai Resident Editor of Navbharat Times, who was facing allegations of sexual harassment from Anita Shukla, a journalist in the newspaper.
16 December 2019: Expressing grave concern over internet shutdown in various parts of the country, following protests against the new citizenship bill, the Indian Journalists Union, demands that State governments respect the right of freedom of speech and expression and lift the ban.
1 November 2019: The Indian Journalists Union (IJU) expresses serious concern at the revelation of a snowballing scandal of snooping on journalists, activists, lawyers, senior govt officials etc. According to media reports, WhatsApp revealed that it had informed several Indian users this week that they had been targeted by Israeli spyware earlier this year in a hacking spree that included journalists, activists, lawyers and senior government officials.
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