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Press Statement India: Government intensifies clampdown to media over Covid-19 reporting26 May, 2020 As arrests, attacks and harassment of journalists continues over their reports on the government’s administrative failures in handling Covid-19, the National Union of Journalists( India) (NUJ-I) has sent a letter to the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi requesting authorities respect journalists’ rights. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) expresses solidarity with its Indian affiliate and demands the Indian government stop these undemocratic attacks. IFJ has documented a spate of arrests and cases of harassment against journalists in different states of India over their coverage of the pandemic and exposing administrative failures in dealing with the health crisis. In Punjab, journalist Major Singh Punjabi from the Rozana Pehredar newspaper was severely beaten on May 22 by officers at the Mohali police station. On the same day, a First Information Report (FIR) was filed against journalist Jai Singh Chibber,a reporter from the Punjabi Jagran newspaper. In Kashmir, Fahad Shah, founding editor of The Kashmir Walla was summoned by Srinagar cyber police station on May 20 for his article which covered the destruction of 15 homes during the gunfight between militants and government forces. Earlier police in Srinagar had filed separate FIRs against Kashmiri photojournalist Masrat Zahra and journalist Gowhar Geelani on April 18 and April 21 respectively. And, cyber police in Srinagar questioned journalist Peerzada Ashiq on April 19. In Uttar Pradesh, the state government filed a FIR against Today 24 news journalist Ravindra Saxena on May 18 and arrested The Wire editor Siddharth Varadarajan on March 31. In Gujarat, Dhaval Patel, the editor of Gujarati Face of Nation news website, was arrested on May 11 and charged with sedition. In Tamil Nadu, Andrew Sam Raja Pandian, the founder of SimpliCity, a bi-lingual news portal was arrested on April 23. A reporter of Sun TV, Damodaran was arrested at Minjur of Thiruvallur district on April 8, 2020. On May 11, Delhi police summoned Delhi based Indian Express reporter Mahender Singh Manral over his news reports about the alleged doctoring of an audio clip attributed to Tablighi Jamaat chief Maulana Saad . On May 23, police from Safdarjung police station stopped journalist Navin Kumar, Aaj Tak from reporting. Also, during the lockdown, Himachal Pradesh journalists Jagat Bains, Om Sharma, Ashwani Saini faced FIRs and harassment for allegedly violating the Indian Penal Code and the Disaster Management Act for their coverage during the Covid-19 lockdown. The NUJ-I said: “Attacks on journalists for their report exposing the administrative loopholes makes a mockery of a democratic country. We want the Indian PM’s attention on this issue.” The IFJ said: “Incidents of arrest, attack, harassment of the journalists for their reports is against the principle of freedom of press and expression. IFJ urges the Indian authorities to take necessary measures to safeguard journalists. 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 मिडिया कार्यालयमा पत्रकारलाई धम्क्याउने कार्यको घोर भर्सना07 Jun, 2018 अखिल नेपाल स्वतन्त्र विद्यार्थी युनियनकी अध्यक्ष तथा सांसद लामाले समाचारको बारेमा पठाएकोे खण्डन प्रकाशित गरेपछि पनि कार्यालयमा साँझको समयमा समुह पठाएर पत्रकारलाई धम्क्याउनु तथा कार्यकक्षमा कार्यरत पत्रकारलाई मानसिक तनाब दिने कार्यको नेपाल प्रेस युनियन घोर भर्सना गर्दछ । समाचार कक्षमा प्रबेश गर्नु तथा फोनबाट सम्पादकलाई जाकिदिने भनी धम्की दिनु प्रेस स्वतन्त्रताको ठाडो उल्लंघन हो । समाचार सम्बन्धी चित्त नबुझे प्रेस काउन्सीलमा उजुरी दिइ उपचार खोज्ने बाटो हु्ँदाहुँदै कार्यालयमा नै पुगेर समाचार हटाउन दबाब दिनु निन्दनीय छ । अखिल नेपाल स्वतन्त्र विद्यार्थी युनियनकी अध्यक्ष तथा सांसद जस्तो जिम्मेवार पदमा रहेको व्यक्तिबाट भएको यो गैरजिम्मेवार कार्यको प्रेस युनियन कडा शब्दमा भत्र्सना गर्दछ । साथै, घटनाको छानबिन गरी दोषीलाई कानुनी दायरामा ल्याउन, पत्रकारहरुको पूर्ण सुरक्षा गर्न र यस्ता घटना दोहोरिन नदिन एवं संविधानप्रदत्त प्रेस तथा अभिव्यक्ति स्वतन्त्रताको अधिकार निर्वाध उपभोग गर्ने वातावरण तयार गर्न युनियन सरकारसँग जोडदार माग 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