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Alerts - India

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India

Two cyber-activists end hunger strike but campaign against IT Rules gathers pace

Cartoonist Aseem Trivedi and citizen journalist Alok Dixit were forced to end a 10-day hunger strike after their health deteriorated considerably and they were hospitalised.

India

Call for end to intimidation of peaceful protesters at nuclear site

The use of the sedition law to silence dissent undermines free expression, said Human Rights Watch.

India

AMARC urges spectrum fee roll back

As a result of a recent spectrum fee hike, "genuine and grassroots communities will be excluded . . . and community radio will be a mockery of the stated policy objectives of the government of India, " said AMARC.

India

IFJ welcomes quashing of sedition charges in Gujarat state

In 2008, a police commissioner had filed the criminal complaint against Bharat Desai and Prashant Dayal, journalists with the city edition of the Times of India.

India

Media freedom threatened by violence, censorship and curbs on access to information

In the past few weeks, journalists and netizens have been physically attacked, prevented from covering military activity and arrested for disseminating information online.

India

Journalist assaulted after reporting on illegal clearing of forests

Kamal Shukla was attacked late on the evening of April 11 at his office by a local political activist who entered his office and repeatedly hit him with an iron rod, and broke his laptop and computer.

India

Mumbai police, media have reportedly failed Jyotirmoy Dey

"Tehelka" magazine has published a scathing indictment of both the police investigation into the 2011 killing of the crime reporter and the media coverage of the case.

India

National media prevented from covering anti-nuclear protest in Tamil Nadu

The incident occurred in Idinthakarai, where the authorities are trying to remove entrenched protesters from their camp beside the Koodankulam nuclear power station.

India

Independent journalist's arrest in bombing case prompts scrutiny

Syed Mohammad Kazmi's colleagues and family have stressed his professional credentials and the unlikelihood of his being involved in any terrorist activities.

India

Crowd attacks journalists during election violence

The journalists were reportedly forced to lock themselves in a school for several hours to protect themselves from the violence.

India

Journalist dies of injuries suffered in attack

Rajesh Mishra had reportedly received telephone threats over articles alleging "irregularities" in a chain of boarding schools.

India

In Bangalore, journalists attacked outside courthouse

The journalists were reporting on a high-profile trial taking place at the courtroom that involved a former minister and allegations of illegal mining, news reports said.

India

Government launches broad new offensive against electronic communications

Instructions have been given to e-mail service providers telling them to route all e-mails accessed in India through servers based there to facilitate monitoring by security agencies.

India

IFJ shocked at brutal murder of journalist, his family

Chandrika Rai may have been murdered by elements involved in coal mining activities or because of his comments on the recent abduction of a government official's son.

India

Old issues, new debates on Internet freedom

Executives from 22 social networking sites, including some run by Google, Facebook, Yahoo and Microsoft, face criminal charges, punishable by seven years imprisonment, for violating Sections 292 and 293 of the Indian Penal Code, which relates to the sale of obscene materials to minors.

India

Court forces web firms to remove "objectionable" content

Authorities were urged to cease forcing sites to set up a filtering system and not take further steps that would be harmful to online free expression.

India

Danish journalists refused visas

While no explanation was provided for the Indian embassy's refusal to grant visas to Tom Heinemman and his wife and camera operator Lotte La Cour, it is believed that documentaries by the filmmaker aired on Danmarks Radio are behind the ban.

India

Media group targeted by violence

Dozens of supporters of the Shiv Sena, a rightwing Hindu nationalist party, attacked the Times of India building in Mumbai, protesting an article that ran in the Maharashtra Times, a Marathi-language daily that is part of the Times of India group.

India

Salman Rushdie receives death threats, withdraws from literature festival

Rushdie reportedly was forced to cancel his trip after he was informed by Indian intelligence sources that "paid assassins" were on their way to Mumbai to "eliminate" the author.

India

Start of 2012 marked by violations of freedom of information

A judge in the New Delhi High Court stated on 12 January he would not hesitate to block any sites that failed to crack down on offensive content, “like in China”.

India

IFJ calls for transparency in case of arrested journalist

Jigna Vora has been accused of involvement in the murder of senior investigative journalist Jyotirmoy Dey.

India

Activist, anti-corruption crusader shot dead in Bihar

Shri Ram Vilas Singh, considered a "guru" on right to information issues, was shot dead by unidentified assailants at 9 a.m. on 8 December.

India

TV station handed down excessively punitive fine for libel

The "Times Now" has been fined approximately 15 million euros for mistakenly showing the picture of the wrong judge in its news programme about a fund controversy.

India

IFJ welcomes debate on media regulation, calls for civility and respect

IFJ affiliates and partners in India, many of which are represented on the PCI, have expressed their intent to make this term of the media watchdog a meaningful one.

India

IPI condemns newspaper blockade in Kerala state

The blockade was orchestrated by the trade-union wing of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), which was apparently angered at reports by the papers.

India

Call for investigation of alleged torture of detained journalist

When Lingaram Kodopi appeared in court on 1 November, he met with members of his family and informed them that he had been beaten while in custody and forced to sign a number of blank sheets of paper.

India

IFJ calls for full inquiry into death of investigative journalist

The police appear to be treating Ramesh Singla's death as accidental, but IFJ is calling for them to consider possible links to his work, especially as he reported on the topic of illegal mining.

India

Vendetta feared in arrest of journalist in Chhattisgarh state

The IFJ is worried that the special security laws in force in Chhattisgarh state, which has for long been in the grip of a Maoist insurgency, have been used to crack down on free and fair reporting.

India / Bangladesh

Journalist beaten and detained in Srinagar; media workers assaulted in Dhaka

Several policemen approached journalist David Devadas and assaulted him with "fists and metal batons", then took him to the police station, where the beatings continued.

India

Right to Information campaigner shot dead

Shehla Masood had campaigned for enforcement of the Right to Information Act for the past two years; she was on her way to a demonstration when she was shot in the neck by unknown assailants.

India

Criminal gang members kidnap, rape journalist's niece

A known member of a Bulandshahr-based gang has been arrested on information provided by the Bulandshahr police; the gang had reportedly threatened the journalist over his reporting and wanted to deter him from testifying in a murder case.

India

Suspects arrested in Mumbai journalist's murder

IPI welcomes the arrests made in the case of the murder of Jyotirmoy Dey, while recognising that all those responsible must be held accountable.

India

Shock and outrage at murder of senior journalist in Mumbai

Jyotirmoy Dey, a veteran of the crime beat in Mumbai, recently published several exclusive reports that may have earned the ire of powerful organised crime syndicates.

India

Journalist arrested for revealing poor security storage of weapons

Tarakant Dwivedi was arrested by the Government Railway Police and charged with criminal trespass under India's Official Secrets Act.

India

Violence against journalists continues in Chhattisgarh state

Journalists seeking to travel to the scene of a purported armed encounter have been repeatedly blocked and assaulted, reportedly with the sanction of the police.

India

Journalists' free movement restricted in Chhattisgarh state

Journalists were prevented from visiting the site of a major security operation against Maoist insurgents, to report on its aftermath.

India

IFJ calls for debate following conviction of columnist

Anish Trivedi, a one-time columnist for "Mid-Day" daily, was convicted on charges of causing offence to communities disadvantaged by India's traditional caste hierarchy.

India

Journalist gunned down in Chhattisgarh

Police are interrogating a female health worker who had apparently threatened to kill journalist Umesh Rajput two weeks before his death.

India

Activist sentenced to life in prison on sedition charges

"Using sedition laws to silence peaceful criticism is the hallmark of an oppressive government," says Human Rights Watch.

India

IFJ demands full details for arrest of journalist in Maharashtra State

According to police accounts, the basis for Sudhir Dhawle's arrest is the interrogation of a purported leader of the banned Communist Party of India (Maoist).

India

IFJ shocked at arrest of Manipur journalist in police "sting"

Ahongsangbam Mobi has reportedly been charged under India's Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act for alleged contacts with a banned insurgent group.

India

IFJ condemns death threats against journalists in Chhattisgarh State

Explicit death threats were made to three journalists by a vigilante group believed to be part of a covert operation to combat a long-running Maoist insurgency.

India

IFJ condemns criminal charges against magazine reporter

Criminal proceedings were launched against K.K. Shahina, a reporter with the weekly news magazine "Tehelka" following a controversial article.

India

Manipur journalists shut down newspapers to protest threats from armed groups

The All-Manipur Working Journalists' Union declared the mass closure after cadres of the Kangleipak Communist Party (KCP) demanded publication of a statement by the party's putative leader.

India

Journalists attacked in Uttar Pradesh state

In one of the incidents, reporter Mohammad Abdul Waheed Chishti was assaulted at a press conference by supporters of an Islamic cleric.

India

Strict curfew silences media in Kashmir

Several local publications and regional TV stations are paralysed because their personnel cannot leave their homes and several reporters have been beaten by police, according to RSF.

India / Kashmir (India)

Reporters' movements restricted, broadcaster shut down

Security forces did not allow journalists to move in the region's capital, Srinagar, during the area's curfew, even though they had passes issued by the government.

Nepal / India

Tensions between India's embassy and local media in Nepal

The IFJ urges all parties involved in the ongoing verbal exchanges to submit the entire range of issues to the adjudication of the Nepal Press Council.

India

IFJ welcomes new disclosure rules for media

Concerns about news coverage came into focus after the 2009 elections, when several newspapers were found to have opened bargain counters for candidates to bid for favourable coverage.

India

Chennai magazine editor still held after one month, tortured

Mani is being held on trumped-up charges, including one of attempted murder, and has been tortured, RSF reports.

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