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Indian court issues fine, threatens jail time over opinion piece
March 11, 2019 4:48 PM ET
New York, March 11, 2019 -- The Committee to Protect Journalists today strongly condemned a fine imposed by the Meghalaya state High Court on the publisher and editor of Meghalaya-based daily The Shillong Times....
Indian government threatens to invoke Official Secrets Act against news outlets
March 11, 2019 2:29 PM ET
The government of Narendra Modi, through Attorney General K K Venugopal, on March 6, 2019, threatened to invoke the Official Secrets Act against daily newspaper The Hindu and news agency Asian News International (ANI) for critical reporting on a fighter jet deal in which the government has been accused...
Jammu and Kashmir government pulls advertisements from two major newspapers
February 26, 2019 1:34 PM ET
New Delhi, February 26, 2019--The state government of Indian-controlled Jammu and Kashmir should reinstate its advertisements in two major local newspapers or provide an acceptable explanation concerning its decision not to do so, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. The administration of Governor Satya Pal Malik, who runs...
Chhattisgarh's plan for journalist safety law could be template for all India
February 15, 2019 12:32 PM ET
Every day for two years, freelance journalist Santosh Yadav must walk the 50 or so yards from his home to the Darbha village police station in Bastar, Chhattisgarh, to sign a register. Just one missed day could immediately land him back in prison as he awaits trial on anti-terror...
CPJ calls on Jammu and Kashmir police to drop charges against journalist
February 7, 2019 11:53 AM ET
New York, February 7, 2019--The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Jammu and Kashmir police to immediately cease all legal proceedings against journalist Aasif Sultan and release him from jail after local news outlets reported that formal charges were filed against him today....
Indian TV crew assaulted by Hindu far-right protesters over Sabarimala shrine coverage
February 1, 2019 10:02 AM ET
Two journalists from independent Telugu-language news channel Mojo TV were harassed and assaulted by members of a right-wing group in the city of Hyderabad, India, on January 23, 2019, one of the reporters told the Committee to Protect Journalists. Reporter Prathibha Priyadarshani Mukkera and camera person Bhanu Mudhiraj were...
India bars journalists in Jammu and Kashmir from covering Republic Day event
January 29, 2019 9:04 AM ET
New Delhi, India, January 29, 2019 -- The Committee to Protect Journalists today called on authorities in the Indian-controlled state of Jammu and Kashmir to stop restricting press coverage of events in the restive state, after 10 photo and video journalists from local, national, and international media organizations were...
Four Kashmiri photojournalists hit by pellet-gun fire from Indian security forces
January 23, 2019 11:58 AM ET
New Delhi, January 23, 2019--The Committee to Protect Journalists called on authorities in Indian-controlled Jammu and Kashmir state to fully investigate an incident yesterday in which four photojournalists were hit by pellet-gun fire from security forces in Indian-controlled Jammu and Kashmir state. The journalists were hit while covering a...
Conviction obtained in 2002 murder of Indian journalist Ram Chandler Chaterpatti
January 11, 2019 2:03 PM ET
Washington, D.C., January 11, 2019 - India's Central Bureau of Investigation obtained convictions today in the 2002 murder of journalist Ram Chandler Chaterpatti, editor of the Hindi-language newspaper Poora Sach, according to news reports. The CBI court in Panchkula, Haryana state, convicted Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, head of the...