Punjab

New Delhi, August 29: Strongly condemning the arrest of Gautam Dheer, correspondent for The Indian Express in Chandigarh, the Editors' Guild today termed the Punjab police action as "arbitrary" and violative of principle of a free press and demanded his immediate release. "This arbitrary arrest is a clear violation of Dheer's rights as a citizen and media professional. It is also violative of the...

CHANDIGARH: A report by The Indian Express this morning on a complaint against Inspector General of Police Sumedh Singh Saini to the state human rights commission brought the might of the Punjab cops to the reporter’s door. Throwing all legal norms out of the window, a police team, reporting directly to IGP Saini, stormed into the residence of The Indian Express Principal Correspondent Gautam...

In a 29 March 2000 letter to the chief minister of Punjab, Parkash Singh Badal, RSF expressed concern about the sanctions taken against journalist Sukhbir Singh Osan. RSF asked the governor to ensure that the journalist could recover his accreditation with the Punjab authorities. Robert Ménard, RSF's secretary general, reminded the authorities that "Indian laws guarantee press freedom". According...