Posts Tagged ‘india’

Reporters Without Borders is appalled to learn that three employees of Dainik Ganadoot, a local Bengali-language daily based in Agartala, the capital of the northeastern state of Tripura, were stabbed to death at the newspaper's headquarters by two unidentified intruders on 19 May. “We are shocked and horrified by this targeted triple murder of news professionals and we call for immediate measures to protect the ... Full story

Reporters Without Borders condemns the government's suppression of all news outlets – including TV news channels, newspapers and mobile Internet service – in the Kashmir Valley since 9 February, when Kashmiri militant Mohammad Afzal Guru's execution in New Delhi revived political tension in the troubled region. Arrested shortly after the December 2001 terrorist attack on the Indian parliament, Afzal Guru was hanged for his role ... Full story

Reporters Without Borders firmly condemns the targeted attacks by police on journalists that have occurred during a continuing wave of angry demonstrations to demand better protection for women and tougher punishments for sex crimes following the gang-rape of a female student in New Delhi on 16 December. Many of the protests have degenerated into violent clashes with the police. “We urge the authorities to carry ... Full story

Reporters Without Borders firmly condemns the targeted attacks by police on journalists that have occurred during a continuing wave of angry demonstrations to demand better protection for women and tougher punishments for sex crimes following the gang-rape of a female student in New Delhi on 16 December. Many of the protests have degenerated into violent clashes with the police. “We urge the authorities to carry ... Full story

The government of the western state of Maharashtra today withdrew the sedition charges it had brought against the well-known cartoonist Aseem Trivedi. Reporters Without Borders welcomes the decision, which it had been demanding since the start of the case (see below). "We are pleased by this development, which is good news for freedom of expression in India, but we remind the authorities of the need ... Full story

Reporters Without Borders reiterates its alarm about the growing threats to journalists in India after Azhar Qadri, a reporter for the independent Kashmir Tribune newspaper, was beaten and arrested by police while covering a protest in Srinagar, in the northern state of Jammu and Kashmir, on 26 September. "We condemn violence by the Indian police against journalists and call on the authorities to do what ... Full story

Reporters Without Borders deplores the threats and violence against journalists during demonstrations that the All Assam Minority Students Union (AAMSU) organized last week in several cities in the northeastern state of Assam. The media freedom organization calls on the authorities to condemn all such violence against journalists and to do whatever is necessary to prevent any recurrence. Several journalists were attacked by demonstrators while covering ... Full story

Reporters Without Borders is very disturbed by the Indian government's disproportionate and inappropriate censorship of the Internet in response to the inter-ethnic violence of the past two weeks in the northeast of the country. Rumours of reprisals between communities in the state of Assam, circulating on the Internet and mobile phones fuelled an exodus of more than 200,000 people from the region and at least ... Full story

Reporters Without Borders wrote today to the Indian home affairs minister, Sushilkumar Shinde, requesting information about the status of the investigation into the death of the Global News Network journalist Pawan Kumar in the north-western city of Hardoi on 13 August. “We should like to know if the investigation by your department has led to an arrest,” the letter said. “Have your inquiries determined the ... Full story

Reporters Without Borders reiterates its condemnation of India's readiness to restrict freedom of information, seen again when telecommunications were temporarily suspended in the northern state of Jammu and Kashmir on 15 August, preventing journalists from gathering or reporting news and information. On the state government's orders, phone companies suspended services in the Kashmir Valley for nearly four hours (from about 8 a.m. to 12 noon) ... Full story