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CPJ Safety Advisory: Covering protests in India
February 25, 2020 3:25 PM ET
Demonstrations are continuing across India following the introduction of the controversial Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) in December 2019, as reported by The Guardian. Violence has escalated with at least four people killed yesterday, and at least 10 people killed and over 150 injured today, according to news reports. In...
Indian journalist Arfa Khanum Sherwani receives death threats after BJP officials share edited video
February 24, 2020 3:25 PM ET
New York, February 24, 2020 -- Bharatiya Janata Party officials must cease inciting online harassment against journalist Arfa Khanum Sherwani, and Indian authorities should ensure that threats against journalists are taken seriously, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today....
After WhatsApp spyware allegations, Indian journalists demand government transparency
February 24, 2020 9:06 AM ET
In the summer of 2019, Saroj Giri was preparing a lecture on the panopticon—an 18th century system to surveil an entire prison from a single viewpoint—when a message lit up his phone. It was from WhatsApp, warning Giri that someone had tried to hack the popular messaging app to...
Journalist Valley Rose Hungyo on running the only daily newspaper for Nagas in Manipur
February 20, 2020 5:11 PM ET
Editor Valley Rose Hungyo founded the bilingual Tangkhul and English Aja Daily, the only daily newspaper among the Naga people in India’s northeastern Manipur state, in the early 1990s with her late husband. They saw a need for a Naga-language paper, amid a media scene in the state dominated...
Manipur's ex-journalist chief minister pursues Imphal Free Press for defamation
February 20, 2020 7:05 AM ET
On the morning of February 1, instead of working on her usual assignments for the Imphal Free Press, journalist Babie Shirin drove with the newspaper’s publisher Mayengbam Satyajit Singh to a court on the other side of town. On arrival, they were arrested, then granted bail on a bond...
Jammu and Kashmir police question three journalists amid social media ban
February 19, 2020 12:48 PM ET
New Delhi, February 19, 2020—Jammu and Kashmir police have summoned three journalists this month, including photojournalist Kamran Yousuf, who was questioned about social media activity, according to news reports and CPJ interviews. In January, after a lengthy communications shutdown in the region, the Indian government restored access to under...
Indian police detain journalist covering citizenship protests
February 11, 2020 2:15 PM ET
New Delhi, February 11, 2019 -- Indian authorities should drop their criminal investigation into journalist Mohammed Mubashiruddin Khurram and allow reporters to cover protests without fear of arrest or detention, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today....
Kashmiri journalists, news outlets still offline after India partially restores internet
January 28, 2020 1:59 PM ET
New York, January 28, 2020—Internet access was partially restored in most of Jammu and Kashmir on January 25, but service remained slow and social media platforms and many local news websites remain blocked, The New York Times and other outlets reported. In a statement circulated to CPJ and news...
Journalists beaten, detained while covering protests in cities across India
January 21, 2020 11:10 AM ET
Beginning in December 2019, hundreds of thousands of people across India protested against new laws that they allege discriminate against Muslims in the country, according to news reports. Demonstrators and police attacked journalists covering the protests, and authorities detained reporters covering them, according to news reports and journalists who...
Lawyer Mishi Choudhury on what India shutdowns ruling means for journalists
January 16, 2020 3:46 PM ET
On January 14, the Jammu and Kashmir administration partially restored mobile internet in a handful of districts, according to news reports. The administration, which is directly controlled by the Indian government, had imposed a complete communication ban in the restive region after withdrawing its special status under the Indian...