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Press Statement India: IJU Condemns FIR Against Haryana Journalist12 Apr, 2021 The Indian Journalists Union condemns the Hisar police, Haryana for lodging an FIR against a journalist Rajesh Kundu under charges of “cyber terrorism” and “promoting communal disharmony” for his alleged posts over social media platforms. The action is an impingement on his right to freedom of speech and expression as well as an ongoing bid by governments to intimidate and harass the media, said the IJU. Kundu who runs a news portal, is working for a TV channel in the district, and has been covering the farmers’ agitation was booked on Friday over a Facebook post, which was shared on WhatsApp. The FIR against Kundu was lodged under Sections 153A (promoting communal disharmony) and 153B (imputations, assertions prejudicial to national integration) of the IPC and Section 66F (cyber terrorism) of the IT Act, 2000. A complaint against Kundu was made by a police spokesperson Vikram in Hisar, wherein he accused Kundu of preparing “a script for caste-related violence” and alleged that he had worked to “incite common men” while apprehending “adverse impact of post on national integrity”. Kundu has rubbished the accusation saying he only “performed my duty of a responsible citizen and journalist by sharing a post regarding my apprehension of violence on the occasion of B R Amdekar Jayanti on April 14 on the basis of information received through sources…” In a statement, IJU President and former Member, Press Council of India Geetartha Pathak and Secretary General and International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) Vice President Sabina Inderjit demanded that the case be withdrawn immediately as the FIR was merely to harass the journalist and stifle his freedom of expression. Worse, the IJU leadership said the BJP-ruled Haryana government was indulging in intimidation and harassment of media covering the farmers’ stir and using social media posts as a mere tool. The IJU also cautioned the Centre and State governments from filing FIRs against journalists for their posts on social media as the sinister trend was rising menacingly, which gravely impacted the citizens’ right to information as well as India’s claim to being a vibrant democracy. Counter the posts instead, rather than yield the stick, advised the IJU. Sabina Inderjit Secretary General Written By F-29, Shankar Market Connaught Circus, New Delhi 110001 Telephone +91 9810889396 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 नेपाल ः प्रेस विज्ञप्ती24 Sep, 2020 नेपाल प्रेस युनियनका पूर्व केन्द्रीय सदस्य तथा क्रियाशिल पत्रकार शिव देवकोटामाथि नुवाकोटको सदरमुकाम विदुरस्थित एक होटलमा गरिएको आक्रमण र कुटपिटप्रति नेपाल प्रेस युनियनको गम्भिर ध्यानाकर्षण भएको छ । नेपाल पत्रकार महासंघमा गैह्रपत्रकारहरुको सदस्यता खारेजीको पक्षमा आवाज उठाउँदै आएका देवकोटामाथि नेपाल पत्रकार महासंघ नुवाकोटका अध्यक्ष कपिलदेव खनाल, सचिव जगदिश खनाल, सदस्य सुजित भण्डारी लगायतका ब्यक्तिबाट भएको आक्रमणको युनियन कडा शब्दमा निन्दा गर्दछ । साथै सो घटनामा तादी गाउँपालिकाका अध्यक्ष नारायणप्रसाद पाण्डेको भूमिकाको पनि युनियन भत्सर्ना गर्दछ । नेपाल प्रेस युनियन पत्रकार देवकोटामाथि भएको आक्रमणको निष्पक्ष छानविन गरि दोषीउपर कानुनी कार्वाही गर्न तथा पत्रकारहरुलाई भय रहित वातावरणमा काम गर्ने वातावरण बनाउन पनि युनियन स्थानिय प्रसासनसहित सबै सरोकारवालाहरुसँग अपिल गर्दछ । अजयबाबु शिवाकोटी महासचिव Written By Nepal Press Union Anam Nagar, GPO Box No - 19033 Kathmandu, Nepal Telephone: 015244746 Comments Resources - IFJ South Asia Media Bulletin, November 2022 11/15/2022 Download - GENDER DISPARITY IN PAKISTANI MEDIA-2022 11/09/2022 Download - IFJ South Asia Media Bulletin, October 2022 10/15/2022 Download