Articles - India
22 February 2012
India
Investigative journalist and family murdered
A freelance journalist who had investigated illegal mining activity, his wife and their two children were found brutally murdered in their home in India's Madhya Pradesh state on 18 February, report the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the International Press Institute (IPI).
14 December 2011
India
Activist demanding information shot dead as government tries to ramp up cyber censorship
An activist with a long history of campaigning for transparency and accountability was shot dead by unknown gunmen at a time the government attempts to further clamp down on the free flow of information.
24 August 2011
India
Another right to information activist shot dead
A woman activist who was a strong advocate of India's right to information law has been gunned down in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India, making her the 13th right to information activist murdered in the past year, say Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and news reports.
15 June 2011
India / Pakistan / Philippines
IFEX members call for journalists' protection following deadly week for media
It was another deadly week for journalists in Asia, with at least three journalists killed in separate incidents in Pakistan, India and the Philippines. With such abysmal records bringing the murderers of slain journalists to justice - all three countries rank in the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) Impunity Index - the outlook is bleak for the latest victims, say IFEX members, who are calling for new ways to address journalists' safety and to counter impunity.
2 February 2011
India
Journalist who reported on health issues gunned down
A journalist who had received death threats after publishing a story about an operation gone wrong was shot dead last week outside his residence near Raipur district, India, report the International Press Institute (IPI), the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and Reporters Without Borders (RSF).
14 July 2010
Kashmir (India) / India
Journalists barred from reporting on demonstrations; journalist slain
Weeks of anti-India street protests have left 15 people dead in Indian-controlled Kashmir and authorities are striking hard with a complete lockdown on local coverage of the unrest. Local journalists have been beaten by police and barred from covering the government crackdown on demonstrators, and thousands of police have been deployed in the region to enforce a curfew, report the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ). Authorities have also attempted to control the flow of information by shutting down publications and confiscating newspapers prior to distribution. At the same time, in two other states, a journalist was killed and an editor arrested.
5 December 2008
India
TERCER REPORTERO BALEADO Y MUERTO EN OCHO DÍAS
5 December 2008
India
UN TROISIÈME REPORTER ABATTU EN HUIT JOURS
3 December 2008
India
THIRD REPORTER SHOT DEAD IN EIGHT DAYS
A reporter who wrote extensively on crime and corruption was gunned down last week in northern India, the third journalist to be killed in eight days, report Reporters Without Borders (RSF), the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ).
28 November 2008
India
DOS PERIODISTAS MUERTOS EN EL NOROESTE EN INCIDENTES INDEPENDIENTES
28 November 2008
India
DEUX JOURNALISTES SONT TUÉS DANS LE NORD-EST LORS D'INCIDENTS DISTINCTS
26 November 2008
India
TWO JOURNALISTS KILLED IN NORTHEAST IN SEPARATE INCIDENTS
Two journalists were killed last week in northeast India, report the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and Reporters Without Borders (RSF).
5 September 2008
India
TOQUE DE QUEDA OBSTRUYE A MEDIOS DE CACHEMIRA; PERIODISTA BALEADO
5 September 2008
India
LE COUVRE-FEU ENTRAVE LES MÉDIAS DU CACHEMIRE; UN JOURNALISTE EST ABATTU
16 May 2008
India
VETERANO PERIODISTA ASESINADO EN FUEGO CRUZADO
16 May 2008
India
UN JOURNALISTE CHEVRONNÉ PERD LA VIE DANS DES TIRS CROISÉS
13 May 2008
India
VETERAN JOURNALIST KILLED IN CROSSFIRE
A photojournalist was killed last week while covering a shootout in India's Jammu region, reports the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ).
5 October 2007
India
ENCUENTRAN A CUATRO PERIODISTAS CULPABLES DE DESACATO A LA AUTORIDAD
5 October 2007
India
QUATRE JOURNALISTES RECONNUS COUPABLES D'OUTRAGE
2 October 2007
India
FOUR JOURNALISTS FOUND GUILTY OF CONTEMPT
An Indian High Court has sentenced four journalists to jail for publishing stories critical of the judiciary, report the Cartoonists Rights Network International (CRN), Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, RSF).
18 May 2007
India
TROIS EMPLOYÉS D'UN JOURNAL SONT TUÉS DANS UN INCENDIE CRIMINEL
18 May 2007
India
TRES EMPLEADOS DE PERIÓDICOS MUERTOS EN ATAQUE INCENDIARIO
15 May 2007
India
THREE NEWSPAPER EMPLOYEES KILLED IN ARSON ATTACK
Three employees of a Tamil daily were killed last week during a protest against a survey published in the newspaper, report the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, RSF).
27 April 2007
India
UNE AGENCE DE NOUVELLES BIRMANE ROUVRE SES PORTES
24 April 2007
India
BURMESE NEWS AGENCY REOPENS
Thanks largely to pressure from international press freedom organisations and Burma support groups, the Burmese news agency shut down by Indian authorities last week was allowed to reopen just two days later.
20 April 2007
India
AUTORIDADES DE INDIA ALLANAN AGENCIA DE NOTICIAS BIRMANA
20 April 2007
India
PETICIÓN PARA PROTEGER A TASLIMA NASRIN
20 April 2007
India
DESCENTE DES AUTORITÉS INDIENNES DANS UNE AGENCE DE NOUVELLES BIRMANE
20 April 2007
India
PÉTITION POUR PROTÉGER TASLIMA NASRIN
30 November 2006
India
SOCIEDAD CIVIL OBTIENE ACCESO A ESPECTRO RADIAL
30 November 2006
India
LA SOCIÉTÉ CIVILE OBTIENT L'ACCÈS AUX ONDES
22 November 2006
India
CIVIL SOCIETY GAINS ACCESS TO AIRWAVES
The Indian government has approved a new policy enabling non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to apply for community radio licenses for the first time, reports the World Association of Community Radio Broadcasters (AMARC).
21 June 2006
India
MISSING PAKISTANI JOURNALIST FOUND DEAD; INDIAN REPORTER KILLED
More than six months after being abducted in Pakistan's North Waziristan province, journalist Hayatullah Khan has been found dead, report the Pakistan Press Foundation (PPF), the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, RSF) and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).
20 January 2006
India
PERIODISTA ASESINADO
20 January 2006
India
UN JOURNALISTE EST ASSASSINÉ
18 January 2006
India
JOURNALIST MURDERED
On 6 January 2006, Prahlad Goala, a reporter who recently wrote about illegal forestry operations in the northeastern Indian state of Assam, became the first journalist murdered this year, reported the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, RSF) and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).
6 June 2005
India
INDIA REFUERZA DERECHO DEL PÚBLICO A SABER
6 June 2005
India
L'INDE RENFORCE LE DROIT DU PUBLIC DE SAVOIR
1 June 2005
India
INDIA STRENGTHENS PUBLIC'S RIGHT TO KNOW
India has enacted a new access to information law that will make it easier for citizens to obtain government information, reports the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ). Passed on 12 May 2005, the Right to Information Act replaces an earlier law that had been criticised by civil society activists for being weak.
1 October 2004
India
LE NOUVEAU GOUVERNEMENT S'APPRÊTE À ABROGER LA LOI SUR LA LUTTE CONTRE LE TERRORISME
1 October 2004
India
NUEVO GOBIERNO ABANDONARÁ LEY ANTITERRORISMO
29 September 2004
India
NEW GOVERNMENT TO SCRAP ANTI-TERRORISM LAW
India's new government, led by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, has promised to follow through on its election pledge to repeal the controversial Prevention of Terrorism Act (POTA), report Human Rights Watch and the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ).
17 July 2004
India
En Inde, un mouvement de base lutte pour le droit à l'information
16 July 2004
India
Movimiento de base indio combate por derecho a la información
14 July 2004
India
Indian Grassroots Movement Fights for Right to Information
In Rajasthan, India, Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan (MKSS) is something of a pioneer. A grassroots movement made up of peasants and workers, the organiasation has won remarkable victories in the fight to defend the right to access information, reports freedominfo.org.
28 September 2003
India
PERIODISTA ASESINADO
28 September 2003
India
UN JOURNALISTE EST ASSASSINÉ
24 September 2003
India
JOURNALIST KILLED
Parmanand Goyal, a journalist for the daily newspaper "Punjab Kesari" in Kaithal, India, was shot and killed on 18 September, report the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).
4 February 2003
India
UN JOURNALISTE EST ASSASSINÉ
4 February 2003
India
PERIODISTA ASESINADO
4 February 2003
India
JOURNALIST MURDERED
In India-controlled Kashmir, a dozen journalists have been killed since the start of separatist violence in 1989, says Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, RSF). Another was added to the total last week.
26 November 2002
India
UN ÉDITEUR SUCCOMBE AUX BLESSURES SUBIES DANS UN ATTENTAT
26 November 2002
India
EDITOR MUERE DE HERIDAS DE BALA
26 November 2002
India
EDITOR DIES FROM SHOT WOUNDS
Ram Chander Chaterpatti, the editor of a newspaper in India's northern state of Haryana, died on 23 November from wounds sustained a month earlier when he was shot by a suspected member of a religious sect. Chaterpatti, 52, was shot four times outside his home on 24 October by an unidentified man reported to be part of the Dera Sacha Sauda sect, says Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, RSF). He died in a New Delhi hospital.
23 April 2002
India
REPORTERO POLICÍACO ASESINADO
23 April 2002
India
ASSASSINAT D?UN CHRONIQUEUR JUDICIAIRE
23 April 2002
India
CRIME REPORTER MURDERED
Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, RSF) is demanding an investigation into the death of Paritosh Pandey, following news that the crime reporter for the Hindi-language newspaper "Jansatta Express" was shot and killed in his home in the northern Indian city of Lucknow last week. Pandey was watching television when several individuals entered his home and shot him five times, says RSF. He died instantly.
2 April 2002
India
PARLAMENTO APRUEBA POLÉMICA LEY ANTITERRORISMO
2 April 2002
India
LE PARLEMENT ADOPTE LA LOI ANTITERRORISTE, QUI SUSCITE LA CONTROVERSE
2 April 2002
India
PARLIAMENT PASSES CONTROVERSIAL ANTI-TERRORISM LAW
A rare joint session of the Indian Parliament passed the controversial Prevention of Terrorism Ordinance (POTO) last week, provoking fears that the new law will be misused by security forces, the BBC reports. Under the law, police officers can detain suspects for up to 90 days without trial and wiretap telephone calls. At present, India's criminal code allows for detention without trial for a maximum of 24 hours.
22 August 2000
India
TERCER PERIODISTA ASESINADO EN LAPSO DE TRES SEMANAS
22 August 2000
India
UN TROISIÈME JOURNALISTE EST ASSASSINÉ EN TROIS SEMAINES
22 August 2000
India
THIRD JOURNALIST KILLED IN THREE-WEEK PERIOD
On 20 August, Thounaojam Brajamani Singh, editor of the daily "Manipur News" and president of the Manipur State Journalists' Association, was shot and killed by two strangers, states Reporters sans frontières (RSF). The journalist was with another media employee when he was shot at point blank range. The perpetrators did not attempt to shoot or harm the other media worker. While the police have not yet identified a motive for the murder, Brajamani Singh had received anonymous death threats on 15 August, says RSF. One day prior to his murder, Brajamani Singh urged "the people who had made the threats to either stop or make themselves known" in an editorial.
6 June 2000
India
LEYES AMENAZAN DERECHOS DE MEDIOS DE COMUNICACIÓN
6 June 2000
India
UNE LOI MENACE LES DROITS DES MÉDIAS
6 June 2000
India
LEGISLATION THREATENS MEDIA RIGHTS
A recently passed law on Internet use and a draft bill on the prevention of terrorism, presently pose threats to journalistic freedoms and rights, report Reporters sans frontières (RSF) and several press freedom activists in India. On 17 May, the Lower House adopted a law on Internet use (the Information Technology Bill) after very limited discussion, says RSF. The legislation allows police to search cybercafés without a warrant and close down a cybercafé if the police concludes that "an electronic crime might be committed there." While the bill was amended so that cybercafé owners do not have to keep a record of their customers and the web sites visited, "anyone who runs an anti-Indian web site - a very vague notion that includes pornographic and subversive web sites - faces a maximum sentence of five years in jail," states RSF.
23 March 1999
India
TROIS JOURNALISTES ASSASSINÉS CETTE ANNÉE
23 March 1999
India
THREE JOURNALISTS MURDERED THIS YEAR
Three journalists have been murdered in India this year, reports the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). On 20 March, Anil Rattan, a free-lance journalist and former correspondent for the Hong Kong-based magazine "AsiaWeek", was found dead in his apartment. Police say that Rattan's body was discovered in his bathroom on 20 March "in a highly decomposed condition," and estimate that he was killed around 18 March. CPJ reports, "According to police reports, Rattan had been stabbed several times and strangled either with a length of wire found lying near the body or with his undershirt." On 13 March, police found the body of Irfan Hussain, a sometimes controversial political cartoonist for the English-language news magazine "Outlook", near a highway in New Delhi. His body showed signs of extreme torture.
22 March 1999
India
TRES PERIODISTAS ASESINADOS ESTE AÑO
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