Editors Guild demands release of 3 Manipur journalists
3 years, 11 months ago

Editors Guild demands release of 3 Manipur journalists

The Hindu  

The Editors Guild of India on Monday called for the immediate release of three journalists of the website The Frontier Manipur, terming their recent arrests under sedition and Unlawful Activities Prevention Act charges are a violation of the freedom of speech. “The Editors Guild of India considers the recent arrest of a writer and two editors of Manipur website The Frontier Manipur under the Indian Penal Code applicable to sedition and the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act as a brazen violation of every constitutional safeguard given for freedom of expression,” an EGI statement said. The guild said it was worrying that the Manipur police had arrested website’s editor-in-chief Sadokpam Diren, executive editor Paojel Chaoba and writer M. Joy Luwang under anti-terror laws for an article analysing politics in the State. This is not the first time the administration has used draconian laws like sedition and UAPA against editors and journalists.” The guild said journalists in Manipur had been targeted and arrested for critical social media posts in the past.

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Manipur policeman suspended for assaulting journalist
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Manipur policeman suspended for assaulting journalist

The Hindu  

GUWAHATI The Manipur government on Saturday suspended a police sub-inspector for allegedly assaulting a journalist covering a violent protest rally brought out by internally displaced people in the State’s capital Imphal on August 1. An order issued by K. Meghachandra Singh, Imphal East district’s Superintendent of Police, said disciplinary action was being contemplated against sub-inspector Nikhil Singh for “his grave …

EGI seeks review of new criminal laws; wary of their potential misuse against journalists
4 months, 3 weeks ago

EGI seeks review of new criminal laws; wary of their potential misuse against journalists

The Hindu  

The Editors Guild of India has sought a thorough review of the new criminal justice laws, expressing concern that they may be potentially used against journalists. In a letter to Union Home Minister Amit Shah, the Guild said: “Over the years and under successive governments, many provisions under the criminal code, the so-called offensive speech laws in IPC — Sections …

Criminalising words: on allegedly divisive speeches
6 months, 1 week ago

Criminalising words: on allegedly divisive speeches

The Hindu  

The grant of sanction to prosecute writer-activist Arundhati Roy and academician Sheikh Showkat Hussain for alleged “unlawful activity” in a case dating back to 2010 is unwarranted. Saxena, who had accorded sanction in October 2023 to prosecute the Booker Prize-winning writer and the former Kashmir University professor, respectively, for allegedly divisive speeches and imputations against national unity, has now given …

Editors Guild says arrest of on-duty journalist in Sandeshkhali 'worrisome'
10 months ago

Editors Guild says arrest of on-duty journalist in Sandeshkhali 'worrisome'

The Hindu  

The Editors Guild of India on February 20 termed as "worrisome" the arrest of an on-duty television journalist by the West Bengal Police. In a statement here, the Guild said the journalist — Santu Pan — was reporting live on television when he was whisked away by policemen. But the Kolkata Press Club registers its protest against the arrest of …

Congress deplores 'arrest' of two editors in Manipur, demands their immediate release
11 months, 2 weeks ago

Congress deplores 'arrest' of two editors in Manipur, demands their immediate release

Hindustan Times  

In a statement, Congress' media and publicity department head Pawan Khera said that in yet another crackdown on press freedom, two editors from two language newspapers have been arrested by the Manipur government. On January 5, the Manipur Police also arrested Meitei language newspaper Hueiyen Lanpao's editor Dhanabir Maibam for "promoting enmity on the ground of religion and race", the …

UAPA, financial regulations being misused to target scribes, activists, say international rights groups
1 year, 2 months ago

UAPA, financial regulations being misused to target scribes, activists, say international rights groups

The Hindu  

Human Rights Watch, Amnesty International, and 10 other international rights groups have jointly condemned what they termed as Indian authorities’ misuse of counter-terrorism laws, financial regulations, and other laws to “silence journalists, human rights defenders, activists, and critics of the government”. The statement also highlighted the alleged targeting of activist Teesta Setalvad, the Income Tax department’s raids at the BBC’s …

As Rana Ayyub laments arrest of 6 'journalists', details of their anti-India activities
1 year, 2 months ago

As Rana Ayyub laments arrest of 6 'journalists', details of their anti-India activities

Op India  

Scam-accused alleged journalist Rana Ayyub has a history of spreading propaganda against Hindus and defending ‘journalists’ accused of involvement in anti-India activities. Rupesh Kumar Singh, Fahad Shah, Asif Sultan, Irfan Mehraj, Majid Hyderi, Gautam Navlakha, Manan Dar, Sajad Gul…… — Rana Ayyub October 3, 2023 In her apparent attempt to garner support for the abovementioned ‘journalists’ Rana Ayyub forgot to …

NewsClick Raids: Delhi Police Arrests 2, Including Editor-in-Chief, in UAPA Case
1 year, 2 months ago

NewsClick Raids: Delhi Police Arrests 2, Including Editor-in-Chief, in UAPA Case

The Quint  

Do your bit to support our journalism. The Delhi Police on Tuesday, 3 October, arrested two persons after conducting raids at over 30 locations, including homes of journalists, in connection with a probe into the funding of news portal NewsClick. The arrested persons include NewsClick Editor-in-Chief Prabir Purkaystha and Human Resources chief Amit Chakravarty. The raids reportedly took place at …

NewsClick editor arrested in India after raids over alleged foreign funding
1 year, 2 months ago

NewsClick editor arrested in India after raids over alleged foreign funding

Al Jazeera  

Website’s founder Prabir Purkayastha and another staff arrested following raids over allegations of receiving foreign money for pro-China propaganda. “A special investigations team launched a search operation to identify all those individuals who were possibly getting funds from overseas to run a media group with the main agenda of spreading foreign propaganda,” said a home ministry official overseeing the raids …

False statement in article not offence, says SC in Editors Guild case
1 year, 3 months ago

False statement in article not offence, says SC in Editors Guild case

Op India  

On Friday, September 15, the Supreme Court of India came out to defend the Editors Guild journalists namely Seema Guha, Sanjay Kapoor, Bharat Bhushan, and the president of the Editors’ Guild of India against whom an FIR was filed over its lopsided report on Manipur violence. Calling the complaint filed against the Editors Guild journalist “a counter-narrative of the government,” …

'It's A Report After All, Not An Offence Committed On Ground': Supreme Court To Manipur Police On FIRs Against Editors Guild Members
1 year, 3 months ago

'It's A Report After All, Not An Offence Committed On Ground': Supreme Court To Manipur Police On FIRs Against Editors Guild Members

Live Law  

In the petition challenging FIRs lodged against the members of the Editors Guild of India over a fact-finding report published by them about the ethnic violence in Manipur, the Supreme Court today orally remarked that the issue pertained to just a report and was not a case of someone committing an offence on the ground. At this submission, CJI asked, …

Supreme Court protects Editors Guild of India journalists from arrest by Manipur Police
1 year, 3 months ago

Supreme Court protects Editors Guild of India journalists from arrest by Manipur Police

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court, in an urgent interim order on September 6, protected Editors Guild of India president and three senior journalists from arrest by the Manipur Police for their ground report concluding “bias” on the part of the local media in reporting the ethnic clashes. Shah, Meghwal meet Kovind days after he was appointed head of ‘one nation, one election’ …

FIR in Manipur Against Editors Guild: Our Selective Reactions to ‘Bad News’
1 year, 3 months ago

FIR in Manipur Against Editors Guild: Our Selective Reactions to ‘Bad News’

The Quint  

Uproar on account of police First Information Report against an independent media body’s report on Manipur has raised key questions on the prevailing spirit of getting questioned, accommodating contrarian views, and on the doctrine of proportionality in reactions. Admittedly, the report was unflattering for the State in its suggestion of partisanship in the handling of the Manipur situation, and the …

Supreme Court Grants Interim Protection To Editors Guild Of India Members From Manipur Police FIRs Over Fact Finding Report
1 year, 3 months ago

Supreme Court Grants Interim Protection To Editors Guild Of India Members From Manipur Police FIRs Over Fact Finding Report

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Wednesday granted interim protection to four members of the Editors Guild of India from the FIRs registered by the Manipur police over a fact-finding report published by them in relation to the ethnic violence in the northeastern state.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Jusitce JB Pardiwala and Justice Manoj Misra passed the order …

Editors Guild urges Manipur govt. to close cases against its president and fact-finding team members
1 year, 3 months ago

Editors Guild urges Manipur govt. to close cases against its president and fact-finding team members

The Hindu  

The Editors Guild of India on September 5 urged the Manipur government to close the cases registered by the State police against its president and the members of a fact-finding team, stating that its report on media coverage of ethnic clashes, was aimed at enabling introspection and reflection on the media’s conduct in such a sensitive situation. Stating that it …

Press freedom concerns as India editors’ body charged over Manipur report
1 year, 3 months ago

Press freedom concerns as India editors’ body charged over Manipur report

Al Jazeera  

Manipur police file cases against members of the Editors Guild of India, accusing them of promoting enmity between different groups. The cases, also known as first information reports, filed in two separate police stations on Sunday came a day after the country’s top editors body issued a report condemning the local media’s “one-sided” reporting of the months-long violence in the …

Editor of news channel held for social media post
1 year, 4 months ago

Editor of news channel held for social media post

Hindustan Times  

A 50-year-old editor of a Hindi news channel was arrested on Friday for allegedly posting a misleading post against Gurugram police commissioner Kala Ramachandran, said police. Editor of news channel held for social media post Gurugram police said a case was registered against Mukesh Kumar, resident editor of Noida-based Sudarshan News channel and a resident of Sector 17 on Thursday …

Madras Reporters Guild condemns the arrest of journalist-writer Badri Seshadri
1 year, 4 months ago

Madras Reporters Guild condemns the arrest of journalist-writer Badri Seshadri

Op India  

Political analyst and journalist Badri Seshadri’s arrest has sparked outrage online and now Madras Reporters Guild has condemned Seshadri’s arrest. The Guild expressed worry over the approach of governments across the country, including BJP and non-BJP administrations, to “straightaway arrest persons for comments in the media and social media” instead of taking the prosecution route. The guild urged Tamil Nadu …

Editors Guild urges police for ‘impartial’ probe into complaints against The Wire
2 years, 1 month ago

Editors Guild urges police for ‘impartial’ probe into complaints against The Wire

The Hindu  

The Editors Guild of India on Wednesday urged the Delhi Police to be objective and impartial in investigating all the complaints filed against The Wire news portal, asking them not use “intimidatory tactics in disregard of democratic principles”. In a statement, the Guild said it was disturbed by the manner in which Delhi Police Crime Branch carried out search and …

Journalist associations express concern over police searches against The Wire editors
2 years, 1 month ago

Journalist associations express concern over police searches against The Wire editors

The Hindu  

Several journalist associations on Tuesday expressed concern over the Delhi Police searches against the editors of The Wire news portal, conducted on the basis of a first information report lodged by Bharatiya Janata Party national head of IT Amit Malviya alleging cheating, forgery, defamation and criminal conspiracy. In a joint statement, the Press Club of India, Delhi Union of Journalists, …

Pause, take a critical look at what you have done: Editors Guild of India to news channels on Kanpur violence
2 years, 6 months ago

Pause, take a critical look at what you have done: Editors Guild of India to news channels on Kanpur violence

The Hindu  

Noting that the irresponsible conduct of some news channels has made the national discourse coarse and the gap between communities unbridgeable, the Editors Guild of India on June 8 asked them to pause and take a critical look at what they have done just to increase viewership and profit during the Kanpur violence. It also called for stricter vigilance by …

‘Kashmir Walla’ editor held for uploading ‘anti-national content’
2 years, 10 months ago

‘Kashmir Walla’ editor held for uploading ‘anti-national content’

The Hindu  

Fahad Shah, editor of the popular Srinagar-based news portal The Kashmir Walla, was arrested on Friday for “uploading anti-national content” on the social media platform, Facebook, the Jammu & Kashmir Police said. A police spokesperson said it had been reliably learnt by the Pulwama police that some Facebook users and portals had been “uploading anti-national content, including photographs, videos and …

Editors Guild condemns police action against journalists in Tripura under UAPA
3 years, 1 month ago

Editors Guild condemns police action against journalists in Tripura under UAPA

Hindustan Times  

The Editors Guild of India on Sunday condemned the Tripura police's action of booking 102 people, including journalists, under the Unlawful Activities Act and said the government cannot use such stringent laws to suppress reporting on communal violence incidents. Students Federation of India activists protested outside Tripura Bhawan in New Delhi against communal violence in Tripura, The Guild, in a …

FIR Filed Against Journalists for Sharing Video of Muslim Man Be Withdrawn Immediately: Editors Guild
3 years, 6 months ago

FIR Filed Against Journalists for Sharing Video of Muslim Man Be Withdrawn Immediately: Editors Guild

News 18  

The Editors Guild of India on Thursday demanded that the FIR lodged by the Uttar Pradesh Police against a news portal and some journalists for circulating a video clip of an elderly Muslim man on social media be withdrawn immediately. The Uttar Pradesh Police on Tuesday had filed a first information report against Twitter Inc, Twitter Communications India, news portal …

Journalist bodies welcome SC verdict on sedition case against Vinod Dua
3 years, 6 months ago

Journalist bodies welcome SC verdict on sedition case against Vinod Dua

India Today  

A day after the Supreme court quashed the sedition case against journalist Vinod Dua, journalist bodies, including the Editors Guild of India, welcomed the verdict on Friday. Lauding the verdict, the Indian Women's Press Corps hoped that the apex court's decision will provide "immediate relief" to the journalists who are in jail under sedition charges. The Press Association said it …

Editors Guild calls for fear-free environment for J&K journalists
3 years, 9 months ago

Editors Guild calls for fear-free environment for J&K journalists

The Hindu  

The Editors Guild of India on Monday expressed its shock at security forces in Kashmir routinely detaining journalists and called on the administration to create an environment free of fear for the press. The guild said in a statement it was “shocked by the casual manner in which the editors of Kashmir-based publications are routinely detained by security forces for …

‘Alarmed’ by FIRs Against Journalists, WAN-IFRA Writes To PM Modi
3 years, 10 months ago

‘Alarmed’ by FIRs Against Journalists, WAN-IFRA Writes To PM Modi

The Quint  

Further, the international organisations express concern over estimates of at least 50 journalists at local, regional and national level having been subjected to ‘legal jeopardy’ since 2020. “We are deeply concerned that such persistent recourse to legal action suggests a systematic and barely disguised attempt to criminalise professional journalism, a claim evidenced by the growing pattern of legal cases, personal …

Editors Guild and DIGIPUB condemn arrest warrant against senior journalist Paranjoy Guha Thakurta
3 years, 11 months ago

Editors Guild and DIGIPUB condemn arrest warrant against senior journalist Paranjoy Guha Thakurta

The Hindu  

The issuance of a non-bailable warrant against Paranjoy Guha Thakurta by a court in Kutch, for an article on the Adani group he co-wrote as Editor-in-Chief of the Economic and Political Weekly in 2017, has been condemned by the Editors Guild of India and the newly-formed DIGIPUB News India Foundation. DIGIPUB, an association of digital-only news ventures and freelancers, called …

‘Deeply Concerned’: Editors Guild on Case Against Patricia Mukhim
4 years, 1 month ago

‘Deeply Concerned’: Editors Guild on Case Against Patricia Mukhim

The Quint  

The Editors Guild of India is deeply concerned to see Padma Shri awardee and Editor of Shillong Times, Patricia Mukhim, being dragged through a cumbersome criminal charge procedure that is borne out of a complaint on one of her social media posts. Mukhim’s case is a reflection of the larger threats to freedom of speech in India, which operates under …

Police action against freelance journalist Rajeev Sharma 'high-handed', says Press Club of India
4 years, 3 months ago

Police action against freelance journalist Rajeev Sharma 'high-handed', says Press Club of India

Firstpost  

Condemning Sharma’s arrest, the Press Club of India also said that the police should provide pertinent details “so that a defence may be possible to construct” New Delhi: The Press Club of India on Saturday called the arrest of freelance journalist Rajeev Sharma by Delhi Police “high-handed” and alleged that it “may be inspired by obscure or questionable considerations”. It …

SC Stays West Bengal Police Probe In FIRs Against OpIndia Editor Nupur Sharma, CEO Rahul Roushan Etc
4 years, 5 months ago

SC Stays West Bengal Police Probe In FIRs Against OpIndia Editor Nupur Sharma, CEO Rahul Roushan Etc

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Friday passed an interim order staying the investigation in three FIRs registered by West Bengal police against the editors and founders of online news portal 'OpIndia'.A bench comprising Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and B R Gavai passed the order in the writ petition filed by Nupur J Sharma, Editor of OpIndia, her husband Vaibhav Sharma, founder …

Editors Guild of India slams FIR against journalist over report on PM’s adopted village, says it will 'seriously undermine’ media freedom
4 years, 6 months ago

Editors Guild of India slams FIR against journalist over report on PM’s adopted village, says it will 'seriously undermine’ media freedom

Firstpost  

The Editors’ Guild of India on Friday described as an “overreaction” the filing of an FIR in Uttar Pradesh against a journalist over a report on the impact of the coronavirus-induced lockdown on a village New Delhi: The Editors Guild of India on Friday described as an “overreaction” the filing of an FIR in Uttar Pradesh against a journalist over …

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