Authorities in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh should drop criminal complaints against news outlet The Wire and two journalists over their coverage of a recent assault case, the IPI global network said today. The Uttar Pradesh police yesterday filed cases against The Wire, as well as AltNews reporter Mohammad Zubair and journalist Rana Ayyub for […]

The International Press Institute (IPI), a global network of editors, media executives and journalists for press freedom, today called on the Indian government to quickly investigate the sudden death of journalist Sulabh Srivastava. The ABP TV reporter was found dead under suspicious circumstances on June 13 in Pratapgragh district of the northern Indian state of […]

India’s Supreme Court ruled this week that the government could not pursue sedition charges against journalists merely for their criticism of the authorities. The International Press Institute (IPI) welcomes the decision as an important pushback against India’s increasing legal harassment of the press. In a decision published on June 3, the Supreme Court, citing previous […]

To mark World Press Freedom Day, IPI’s media partners in the South Asia Cross-border journalism project in Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Nepal have documented several press freedom violations in their countries.  These stories are published in all the five news publications – The Daily Star, The Week, Dawn, Republica and Nagarik. On the evening of […]