Uttar Pradesh

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), the global organisation representing over 500,000 journalists worldwide, today protested against the senseless shooting to death of a journalist in Muzaffarnagar in northern India. "We are deeply saddened by the death of our colleague, a victim of a mindless act of violence, and mourn this needless loss, " said IFJ President, Christopher Warren...

A lady reporter and a cameraperson of NDTV were on Thursday assaulted allegedly by some police personnel in Noida, on the outskirts of Delhi while they were pursuing a story relating to CBI case against new state Chief Secretary Neera Yadav. The police personnel even confiscated their tripod and headphone and nearly seized their camera before the team comprising reporter Sunetra Chaudhary and...

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), the global organisation representing over 500,000 journalists worldwide, has condemned the police attack on newspaper staff in Noida, India on May Day, 1 May. "Attacks on newspaper staff peacefully demonstrating for their due rights are a grave assault on workers’ rights to organise and rights to freedom of expression," said IFJ President...

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ), the global organisation representing over 500,000 journalists worldwide, today condemned the attack on a freelance journalist in India. "Attacks on journalists for their truth telling represents a curtailment of press freedom that must be resisted," said IFJ President Christopher Warren. According information received by the IFJ, Shubhranshu...

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) today sent a letter of inquiry to Dr. Vishnu Kant Shastri, governor of Uttar Pradesh State, India, requesting information about the April 14 death of journalist Paritosh Pandey. Pandey, a crime reporter for the Hindi-language daily Jansatta Express, was shot dead at point-blank range at around 10:30 p.m. in his home in the residential neighborhood of...

In a letter to Vishnu Kant Shastri, governor of the Indian State of Uttar Pradesh, RSF expressed indignation over the murder of Paritosh Pandey, a crime reporter for the Hindi-language local daily "Jansatta Express", in Lucknow (northern India). "If this crime goes unpunished, the entire profession will feel at risk. According to his family and colleagues, this cowardly assassination could be...

(IFJ) "Financial Express" journalist Shivaji Sarkar was among a group of bus passengers returning from a pilgrimage who were beaten by army personnel in the hill region of Uttar Pradesh state on 23 June 1998. The passengers had earlier objected to an army vehicle blocking the road. The vehicle pulled up alongside the bus and 20 to 25 army personnel got out and starting beating the passengers. When...

On 25 October 1996, at least five journalists were assaulted after they and approximately seven other print and broadcast reporters had assembled in front of the residence of Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) leader Kanshi Ram to question him about his party's plans following hung assembly elections in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh. After asking the journalists what they were doing there, an enraged...