Gujarat Archives - Committee to Protect Journalists

Indian photographers and journalists gather outside the Mumbai Press Club to protest against the July 27 attack on photojournalist Pravin Indrekar by police in the Indian state of Gujarat, in Mumbai on August 7, 2018. They were also protesting the recent arrest of photojournalist Shahidul Alam in Dhaka, Bangladesh. (AFP/Punit Paranjpe)

Gujarat police beat up photojournalist, charge him with looting and rioting

August 9, 2018 4:15 PM EDT

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.

Indian regional police harass Australian Broadcasting Corporation crew

October 26, 2017 12:36 PM EDT

New Delhi, October 26, 2017–Indian regional police on August 27, 2017 harassed an Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) crew, and compelled the journalists to delete some of their video footage, according to the channel’s economics correspondent Stephen Long, who was part of the crew.