NIA Archives - Committee to Protect Journalists

The India Gate war memorial in New Delhi, India in March 2018. India's National Investigation Agency summoned reporter Auqib Javeed to New Delhi for questioning at the agency's headquarters, according to reports. (Reuters/Saumya Khandelwal)

Indian investigative agency questions Kashmiri journalist over interview with separatist leader

July 16, 2018 4:36 PM EDT

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.

India releases photojournalist Kamran Yousuf on bail

March 13, 2018 3:47 PM EDT

New York, March 13, 2018–The Committee to Protect Journalists today welcomes the release on bail of Kashmiri photojournalist Kamran Yousuf and calls on Indian authorities to drop all remaining charges against him. Yousuf was granted bail by a National Investigative Agency (NIA) special court in Delhi on Monday and was released today after providing 100,000…

Indian authorities say jailed photographer Kamran Yousuf not ‘real journalist’

February 16, 2018 1:21 PM EST

New York, February 16, 2018–The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Indian authorities and the National Investigative Agency (NIA) to immediately drop charges against photojournalist Kamran Yousuf and release him.