Press Freedom

  • Fake News Pandemic Continues: PM Faked ON NYT Front Page

    Digital Fakes For Gaining Clout, Spreading Narratives Recently, there was a morphed image circulating online which purported to show Narendra Modi, the Indian prime minister,…

  • Global Press Bodies Write To PM Modi Expressing ‘Grave Concern’ Over ‘Harassment’ Of Journalists

    Two prominent media freedom organisations in a joint letter on Tuesday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to take urgent action against the rising use of…

  • US Federal Law Officers Attack Journalists Covering Protests In Portland

    U.S. federal law enforcement agencies must ensure that journalists can cover protests freely, and must refrain from attacking members of the press, the Committee to…

  • Reported Press Freedom Violations in Black Lives Matter Protests Now Near 500

    The U.S. Press Freedom Tracker is investigating nearly 500 reported press freedom incidents since May 26, representing the unprecedented nature of attacks on journalists during…

  • Over 300 Attacks On Journalists Covering US Riots

    More than 300 press freedom violations are reported nationwide by journalists covering demonstrations against the death in Minneapolis police custody of George Floyd since May 26, according…

  • Press Freedom Day: India's Internet Freedom Record Worsens

    This year’s World Press Freedom Day comes stamped by the unprecedented COVID-19 pandemic. At a time when media is bringing, at great risk, vital information…

  • Campaign Condemns UP Government's 'Attempts To Silence Independent Media'

    Over 800  journalists and scholars have condemned the FIRs filed against The Wire and its founding editor, Siddharth Varadarajan, pushed by the UP Government, calling it…

  • UP Takes Lead As Social, Digital Media Watchdog

    Today is National Press Day and this week itself, the Union Information and Broadcasting Ministry has announced that it will deal strictly with fake news…

  • UN Calls For Those Responsible For Journalist Deaths To Be Held Accountable

    International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists In the past twelve years (2006-2017) close to 1,010 journalists have been killed for reporting the…

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