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Press Statement India: Budgam administration bars journalists for asking questions07 Oct, 2021 Jammu directorate of information in central Kashmir’s Budgam district announced it will limit and regulate journalists covering official functions due for asking questions of the union minister. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate Indian Journalists Union (IJU) and National Union of Journalists- India (NUJ-I) condemn restrictions and conditions imposed on journalists reporting on official issues and reiterate the imperative for press freedom and independence. The Budgam District Information Officer (DIO) Tajamul Yousuf announced the government would ban particular journalists from entering the union minister’s program, alleging they were attempting to tarnish his image by asking ‘irrelevant questions’. The officer said journalists not on the blacklist would be allowed to continue covering official functions, including that of the union minister, Anurag Thakur. The district administration has not publicised the journalists’ names on the so-called prohibition list. On a previous occasion in 2020, Thakur accused a reporter of telling a lie when he was asked about an election campaign for the assembly polls in Delhi. Abid Hussain, a journalist affiliated with ETV Bharat, reported he was told directly by the DIO office that he was barred, along with other journalists, from covering official events. Journalists working in Budgam criticised the administration’s move, terming it a ‘bias decision’ and a ‘total attack on freedom of the press’. The IFJ has documented similar censorship in the Kupwara district. On July 24, the district magistrate of Kupwara issued an ‘order’ instructing journalists to complete a ‘registration’ process to be eligible to report from the field. Those journalists who did not complete the registration were barred from reporting. According to the IFJ’s South Asia Press Freedom Report 2020-21 ‘Truth in a time of Contagion: The Viral Frontline’, Jammu and Kashmir journalists have been increasingly targeted since the abolishment of Article 370 on August 5, 2019. The IJU said: “The IJU expresses grave concern at the order of the District Information Officer of Budgam of Central Kashmir to restrict the number of journalists in Central Minister’s and other VVIPs functions. It strongly protests at the selective entry of journalists who toe with the administration’s line. IJU demands the Kashmir administration to ensure freedom of press, free movement and free entry of Journalists in all government functions.” The NUJ-I said: “This action is against press freedom. There is no right to any administration in India to stop local Media-persons from covering Government events. We are going to take up this issue with authorities”. The IFJ said: “Barring journalists from participating in the public function is a serious form of censorship and a violation of constitutionally enshrined freedom of press and expression. The IFJ urges the Budgam administration to remove the restriction and allow all journalists to report freely and independently.” Written By The IFJ represents more than 600,000 journalists in 140 countries. For further information contact IFJ Asia-Pacific on +61 2 9333 0946 Find the IFJ on Twitter: @ifjasiapacific Find the IFJ on Facebook: www.facebook.com/IFJAsiaPacific Comments Resources - Media Freedom in Sri Lanka- 2020 09/24/2021 Download - Chasing Justice : Study on impunity for crimes against journalists in Maldives 08/22/2021 Download - IFJ South Asia Media Bulletin, August 2021 08/18/2021 Download
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Press Statement हिमाल साउथ एशियन पत्रिका बन्द हुने बारेमा नेपाल प्रेस युनियनको धारणा03 Sep, 2016 दक्षिण एशियाली ‘क्रस–बर्डर पत्रकारिता’ गर्ने हिमाल साउथएशियन पत्रिकाको प्रकाशन स्थगन गरिएको सूचना प्रकाशक ‘द साउथएशिया ट्रष्ट’ निकालेको विषयमा नेपाल प्रेस युनियनको ध्यानाकर्षण भएको छ । ट्रष्टले नेपाल सरकारका सम्बन्धित नियमन निकायहरुको असहयोगको कारण पत्रिका बन्द हुन पुगेको बताएको छ। ट्रष्टले दक्षिण एशियाका अन्य ठाउँका मिडिया र नागरिक समाजलाई जस्तै ठाडो सेन्सरसीप या अन्य खालका हस्तक्षेपबाट नभई ब्यूरोक्रेसीको विभिन्न अंगमार्फत दबाव दिई हिमाल साउथएशियन लाई बन्द गराइएको गम्भिर आरोप लगाइएको छ। २०४६ सालमा प्रजातन्त्र पुनःस्थापना भएपछि नेपाल राज्य दक्षिण एशियामा प्रेस स्वतन्त्रताको हिमायतीको रुपमा अगाडी आएको तथा संविधानले पनि प्रेस तथा अभिव्यक्ति स्वतन्त्रताको पूर्ण प्रत्याभुमति गरेको अवस्थामा विभिन्न वहानामा स्वतन्त्र सञ्चार माध्यमलाई कर्मचारीतन्त्रको प्रयोग गरि बन्द गराइने अवस्थामा पुगेको अनुभुति पत्रिकाका प्रकाशक र सम्पादकीय समुहलाई हुनु अत्यन्तै दुखलाग्दो कुरा हो। खुला समाजलाई वढावा दिनुपर्नेमा संगठित रुपमा त्यसप्रति सरकार र सरकारी संयन्त्रमा रहनेहरु निरन्तर उदासीन हुँदै जानु लोकतन्त्रप्रतिकै खतराको संकेतको रुपमा हामीले लिएका छौ। नेपाल प्रेस युनियन स्वतन्त्र प्रेसको पक्षमा छ र राज्यका तर्फबाट पनि स्वतन्त्र प्रेसलाई फस्टाउने वातावरण बनाइनुपर्छ भन्नेमा विश्वास राख्दछ। साथै देशको कानुनको पालना गर्दै पत्रकारीता गरिरहेका स्वतन्त्र सञ्चारमाध्यमलाई कुनै पनि वहानामा अंकुश लगाइनु हुन्न भन्नेमा पनि आफ्नो स्पष्ट धारणा राख्दै हिमाल साउथएशियन पत्रिका पूर्ववत रुपमा सञ्चालन हुने वातावरणका लागि सरकारसँग आग्रह गर्दछ। Written By Nepal Press Union Anam Nagar, GPO Box No - 19033 Kathmandu, Nepal Telephone: 015244746 Comments Resources - Media Freedom in Sri Lanka- 2020 09/24/2021 Download - Chasing Justice : Study on impunity for crimes against journalists in Maldives 08/22/2021 Download - IFJ South Asia Media Bulletin, August 2021 08/18/2021 Download