3 September 2019 : The Indian Journalists Union strongly condemns the Uttar Pradesh government for filing an FIR against a journalist in Mirzapur district for reporting the truth and demands that it be withdrawn forthwith.

25 August 2019: The Indian Journalists Union and its three nominated Members to the Press Council of India representing media organisations are shocked and gravely troubled at the PCI Chairman Justice (Retd) C K Prasad’s blatant violation of the Council rules, plus his actions have not only undermined the credibility of the institution but go against the primary aim of the institution in protecting the freedom of press. 

21 August 2019: The Indian Journalists Union (IJU) and its affiliate Journalists Union of Assam (JUA) has expressed serious concern over propaganda under the “NRC” Authority logo to malign and brand a group of renowned journalists from across the country as anti-national for their critical reports and articles on ongoing National Register of Citizens exercise being undertaken in Assam in different media outlets.

16 August, 2019 :The Indian Journalists Union (IJU) has condemned the high handedness of the Meghalaya police to browbeat the news portal Northeast Now to remove a news item and disclose its sources. Worse, the police has asserted that media houses had no journalistic privilege or any codification which prevents them from disclosing their sources.

8 August 2019: The Indian Journalists Union (UU) expresses grave concern over restrictions imposed on the media and journalists in Kashmir, which is under unprecedented lockdown since August 5. With all means of communication including basic, mobile telephones and internet services blocked, the media's access to information and its rightful duty to inform the public has been curtailed.

24 July 2019: The Indian Journalists Union (IJU) on Wednesday gave a clarion call to the working journalists, editors to raise their voice against the nefarious designs of the National Democratic Alliance (NDA) to cut into the roots of press freedom in the country by repealing two legislations that protect the unique character of the profession of journalism. In two Labour Code Bills, one on Working Conditions and the other on Wages, introduced in the Lok Sabha on Tuesday, the government proposed to repeal the Working Journalists and other Newspaper Employees (Conditions of Service) and Miscellaneous Provisions Act of 1955, and the Working Journalist (Fixation of rates of wages) Act, 1958 along with 11 other labour laws.

13 July 2019: The Indian Journalists Union has questioned the Government’s manoeuvres to block media’s and in fact the public’s right to access to information. This so with the Finance Ministry’s recent restrictions imposed on journalists, even those who are holding PIB accreditation cards, to enter its premises to carry out their rightful duties.

4 July 2019: The Indian Journalists Union condemns the deliberate targeting of journalists by the Chandigarh police with water cannons, while they were covering political parties protest against the government.

26 June, 2019: The Indian Journalists Union strongly condemns the arrest of editor Afaaq Ghulam Jeelani Qadri by the police in Srinagar following a late night raid on his premises on Monday. It termed the arrest as crass misuse of law and harassment of a reputed veteran journalist, which must be viewed as yet another attempt to muzzle the freedom of press in Kashmir. Qadri fortunately got bail in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate as the police was unable to furnish any details of the case, which

11 June 2019: The Indian Journalists Union (IJU) welcomed the order of the Supreme Court granting immediate bail to Prashant Kanojia, a freelance journalist based in Delhi, who was arrested by the Uttar Pradesh police on 8 June for posting on twitter a video of a woman claiming that she proposed marriage to Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath. The Supreme Court vacation bench consisting of Justice Indira Banerjee and Justice Ajay Rastogi said that the freedom of expression and other rights guaranteed in Constitution ‘are sacrosanct and non-negotiable”.

6 May 2019: The Indian Journalists Union condemns in the strongest of terms, two BJP leaders’ attempts in Leh to bribe journalists for favourable poll coverage and worse to threaten them with defamation suit for what they called “fake propaganda.” Saluting the journalists for upholding the best tradition of journalism and integrity, the IJU has demanded that the Deputy Electoral Officer, Avny Lavasa, who is also the District Election Officer, ensure that strict action as per the law is taken against the two leaders, who following an inquiry have been found guilty and the police asked to file an FIR against them.