Journalists killed in India since 1992
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Reliance Group sues India's NDTV for US$1 billion over its reporting on Rafale jet deal
October 19, 2018 4:16 PM ET
New Delhi, October 19, 201-- The Committee to Protect Journalists today called on the Indian conglomerate Reliance Group, owned by businessman Anil Ambani, to end its use of excessive civil defamation cases filed against critical news outlets. Reliance Group yesterday filed a civil defamation case seeking Rs10,000 crore (US$1.35 billion)...
CPJ calls on Indian police to release journalist in Kashmir
September 1, 2018 12:23 PM ET
Washington, D.C., September 1, 2018--The Committee to Protect Journalists is deeply concerned about the ongoing detention and interrogation of Kashmir-based journalist Aasif Sultan, who police picked up at his home in Srinagar on August 27, according to news reports....
Pune police raid Hyderabad journalists' homes, seize electronic devices
August 31, 2018 3:14 PM ET
New Delhi, August 31, 2018--The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns police raids on the homes of Hyderabad-based journalists KV Kurmanath and Kranti Tekula, and calls on authorities to immediately return their electronic devices, which include reporting material....
In India, party activists beat TV journalists during live broadcast of show
August 29, 2018 2:18 PM ET
New Delhi, August 29, 2018--A group of people suspected of being supporters of the far-right Shiv Sena political party attacked several journalists including the producer, Rahul Zori, during a live broadcast of a show for the privately owned broadcaster TV9 Marathi. The Committee to Protect Journalists today called on...
Gujarat police beat up photojournalist, charge him with looting and rioting
August 9, 2018 4:15 PM ET
New Delhi, August 9, 2018--The Committee to Protect Journalists today condemned a brutal attack on photojournalist Pravin Indrekar by police in the Indian state of Gujarat, and called on the state authorities to withdraw charges of looting and rioting that police filed against him....
Journalists covering alleged illegal sand mining attacked in India's Punjab state
August 1, 2018 3:13 PM ET
New Delhi, August 1, 2018--The Punjab state government must ensure a thorough and credible investigation into an attack on News18 Punjab journalists and bring the perpetrators to justice, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today....
Indian investigative agency questions Kashmiri journalist over interview with separatist leader
July 16, 2018 4:36 PM ET
New Delhi, 16 July, 2018--The Committee to Protect Journalists today called on India's National Investigation Agency (NIA) to respect press freedom in Jammu and Kashmir and stop harassing Kashmiri reporter Auqib Javeed and the local daily Greater Kashmir....
Indian authorities must bring killers of Shujaat Bukhari to justice
June 14, 2018 4:34 PM ET
New Delhi, June 14, 2018--Indian authorities must ensure that there is a thorough and credible investigation into the murder of Shujaat Bukhari, founder and editor of the English-language daily Rising Kashmir, and bring the killers to justice, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today....
Rising Kashmir editor Shujaat Bukhari killed in Srinagar
June 14, 2018 11:54 AM ET
New York, June 14, 2018--The Committee to Protect Journalists today strongly condemned the killing of the editor of the English-language daily newspaper Rising Kashmir, Shujaat Bukhari, in Srinagar, Kashmir. Unknown attackers shot Bukhari today at close range in the city's Press Colony, according to news reports....
Reporters assaulted by paramilitary officers in India
June 5, 2018 1:10 PM ET
New Delhi, June 5, 2018--Authorities in Jammu and Kashmir state should identify and punish the officers who assaulted freelance reporter Muheet ul Islam, and allow journalists to do their jobs without fear of retaliation, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today....