The recent arrest of a lawyer in India’s Andhra Pradesh state over a Facebook post has added to the controversy surrounding a section of the country’s Information Technology Act, which has been used to punish social media users critical of the government. The incident highlights the need for the world’s largest democracy to guard against […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) is extremely troubled by an attack on the Dainik Ganadoot newspaper Sunday, May 19, in the northeastern Indian state capital of Agartala, which left three employees dead. IPI today urged local police to thoroughly investigate the attack and bring those responsible to justice. According to local reports, several masked assailants […]

The International Press Institute’s Indian National Committee has named Chandigarh-based English-language newspaper The Tribune as the 2012 recipient of its IPI India Award for Excellence in Journalism. IPI India, in a press release noting the newspaper’s “outstanding journalistic work done during 2011,” specifically recognized Tribune Bureau Chief “Prabhjot Singh’s in-depth series on the looting of […]

The International Press Institute welcomed the release on bail of Indian cartoonist Aseem Trivedi, on Sep. 12 and urged Indian authorities to drop all charges against him. Trivedi was arrested on Saturday evening and charged with sedition over a series of cartoons he produced for an anti-corruption campaign. Local newspaper The Hindustan Times reported that […]