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Spotlight: Impunity Attacks India

Spike in attacks on journalists amidst entrenched impunity in India

27 September 2017
International Federation of Journalists (IFJ)

Three journalists in India were murdered in September, a month that also saw a sharp rise in the number of attacks and threats on journalists.

Digital Rights India

Internet ban in Darjeeling, India: Three months and counting

Since June 20, 2017, the internet ban – initiated following protests for a separate Gorkhaland – has been extended several times by the district administration, and there is little hope of it being restored in the near future.

‎ SFLC.in‎21 September 2017

Attacks India

Murder of journalist Gauri Lankesh a devastating blow to freedom of expression

Gauri Lankesh, a senior journalist and editor of the weekly Kannada-language tabloid Gauri Lankesh Patrike, was shot dead at her home in Bengaluru, Karnataka state.

‎ PEN International‎ 6 September 2017

Digital Rights India

India issues sweeping rule on internet shut-offs

India's communication ministry issued a rule that allows the government to temporarily shut down internet and telecommunications services in the event of "a public emergency or public safety [issue]."

‎ Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ)‎ 1 September 2017

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India: Supreme Court holds that right to privacy is a fundamental right

‎ SFLC.in

Digital Rights India 24 August 2017
India bans the Internet Archive over concerns of pirated Bollywood films

‎ Global Voices Advox

Digital Rights India 14 August 2017
Indian journalists demand press freedom protection after state agents raid broadcaster offices

‎ Global Voices

Attacks India Free Expression & the Law 12 June 2017
Police assault dozens of journalists in Kolkata

‎ International Federation of Journalists

Attacks India 25 May 2017
World's largest biometric database is leaking Indian citizens' data

‎ Global Voices

Digital Rights India 5 May 2017
Criminal case against Indian poet provokes controversy over speech rights

‎ Global Voices

Digital Rights Censorship India 4 April 2017
Indian journalist charged under Official Secrets Act

‎ Committee to Protect Journalists

India Free Expression & the Law 4 April 2017
Online harassment and threats for Indian journalist exposing illegal sand mining

‎ International Federation of Journalists

Digital Rights Attacks India 24 March 2017
The sex and censorship debate

‎ Global Voices

Censorship India 13 March 2017
Indian activist threatened after standing up to right-wing student group

‎ Global Voices

Attacks India 1 March 2017
Third journalist killed in India's Bihar in eight months

‎ International Press Institute

Attacks India 5 January 2017
Indian journalist murdered in Bihar

‎ Committee to Protect Journalists

Attacks India 15 November 2016
Indian news channel suspended for 24 hours

‎ Committee to Protect Journalists

Censorship India Free Expression & the Law 8 November 2016
In India, online campaign seeks to free press from risk of criminal defamation

‎ Committee to Protect Journalists

India Free Expression & the Law 16 October 2016
Kashmir newspaper ordered to suspend printing

‎ Committee to Protect Journalists

India Free Expression & the Law Kashmir (India) 4 October 2016
India court urged to let journalists cover proceedings

‎ International Press Institute

Access to Information India 27 September 2016
Intolerance in the time of Modi

‎ PEN International, PEN Canada

Censorship India Free Expression & the Law 19 September 2016
Journalists face difficulties as unrest in Kashmir continues

‎ International Federation of Journalists

Attacks India Kashmir (India) 15 September 2016
Dangerous pursuit: In India, journalists who cover corruption may pay with their lives

‎ Committee to Protect Journalists

Impunity Attacks India 2 September 2016
Indian journalist murdered after political scandal reporting

‎ International Federation of Journalists

Attacks India 26 August 2016
Concern over Indian courts' restrictions on journalists

‎ International Press Institute

Access to Information Attacks India 27 July 2016
India refuses to renew visas for three Chinese journalists

‎ Committee to Protect Journalists

India Free Expression & the Law 26 July 2016
Trolls target India's media women

‎ International Federation of Journalists

Attacks Digital Rights India 22 July 2016
Journalists' union condemns police raids on media in Jammu and Kashmir

‎ International Federation of Journalists

Attacks Censorship India 17 July 2016
India is turning critics into criminals

‎ Human Rights Watch

Digital Rights Censorship India Free Expression & the Law 25 May 2016
Critical television journalist shot dead in India

‎ International Federation of Journalists

Attacks India 13 May 2016

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Freedom of the Press 2017: India

In May, the Supreme Court ruled to retain criminal defamation, despite calls for decriminalization.

Freedom House 27 April 2017
India HRW Report: Events of 2016

Authorities continue to use sedition and criminal defamation laws to prosecute citizens who criticise government officials or oppose state policies. In a blow to free speech, the government in 2016 argued before the Supreme Court in favour of retaining criminal penalties for defamation. The court upheld the law.

Human Rights Watch 16 January 2017
SPECIAL REPORT Dangerous pursuit: In India, journalists who cover corruption may pay with their lives

In the 27 cases of journalists murdered for their work in India since CPJ began keeping records in 1992, there have been no convictions. More than half of those killed reported regularly on corruption. The cases of Jagendra Singh, Umesh Rajput, and Akshay Singh, who died between 2011 and 2015, show how small-town journalists face greater risk in their reporting than those from larger outlets, and how India's culture of impunity is leaving the country's press vulnerable to threats and attacks

Committee to Protect Journalists 30 August 2016

Stifling Dissent The Criminalization of Peaceful Expression in India

The government uses draconian laws such as the sedition provisions of the penal code, the criminal defamation law, and laws dealing with hate speech to silence dissent. These laws are vaguely worded, overly broad, and prone to misuse, and have been repeatedly used for political purposes against critics at the national and state level.

Human Rights Watch 25 May 2016

Freedom of the Press 2016: India

Authorities banned a documentary that chronicled the 2012 gang rape and death of a medical student in Delhi.

Freedom House 23 April 2016

Freedom on the Net 2015: India

Over one million rally to protect net neutrality

Freedom House 31 October 2015

Imposing Silence: The Use of India's Laws to Suppress Free Speech

Despite its Constitutional commitment to free speech, India’s legal system makes it surprisingly easy to silence others. Routine corruption, inefficiency, and the selective enforcement of vague and overbroad laws allow individuals, or small groups, to censor opinions they find distasteful. - See more at: http://www.pen-international.org/the-india-report-executive-summary-and-key-findings/#sthash.TIIM2xbu.dpuf

PEN International, PEN Canada 20 May 2015

Freedom of the Press 2015: India

Ranked 80th in annual global media freedom report

Freedom House 1 May 2015

Media In India's North East: Tripura

The media in Tripura is still dependent on the government for financial help, giving them an unprecedented upper hand to control press freedom in the state. As long as the political party in power is satisfied, the media is deemed to be okay otherwise there is an incredible pressure on the journalists as they have to not only endure insults but also face demotion in rank as well as being refused accreditation. - See more at: https://samsn.ifj.org/media-in-north-eastern-state-of-tripura/#sthash.0GypROMb.dpuf

International Federation of Journalists 2 April 2015

Freedom of the Press 2014: India

Ranked 78th in annual global media freedom report

Freedom House 2 May 2014

Freedom in the World 2014: India

Real-time digital surveillance system launched

Freedom House 1 May 2014

Enemies of the Internet 2014: India

"Big Brother up and running"

Reporters Without Borders 13 March 2014

Attacks on the Press in 2013: India

"Press is stifled by state-employed surveillance tactics"

Committee to Protect Journalists 11 February 2014

World Press Freedom Index 2014: India

Ranked 140th in annual press freedom index

Reporters Without Borders 1 February 2014

World Report 2014: India

System to monitor mobile phone and internet communications introduced

Human Rights Watch 22 January 2014

India: Digital freedom under threat?

Index on Censorship 21 November 2013

Freedom in the World 2013: India

"The government has used security laws, criminal defamation legislation, hate-speech laws, and contempt-of-court charges to curb critical voices"

Freedom House 16 January 2013

Attacks on the Press in 2011: India

"One of the worst countries in the world at combating deadly anti-press violence"

Committee to Protect Journalists 22 February 2012

Press Freedom Index 2011-2012: India

Threats from mafia groups lead to a climate of self-censorship

Reporters Without Borders 25 January 2012

World Report 2012: India

"At least 12 RTI activists have been killed and several others assaulted over the past two years"

Human Rights Watch 22 January 2012

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