The government of the northwestern Indian state of Rajasthan must reverse a “draconian” ordinance that bars the media from covering allegations of wrongdoing involving public officials in the absence of a government-sanctioned criminal investigation, the International Press Institute (IPI) said today in letters sent to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje. Passed on Sept. […]

Authorities in India must thoroughly investigate the killing of renowned journalist Gauri Lankesh, shot dead outside her home in Bangalore on Tuesday, to make sure such crimes against journalists are not met with impunity, the International Press Institute (IPI) said today. Lankesh, founding editor of the Kannada-language weekly tabloid Gauri Lankesh Patrike, was found dead […]

His Excellency Atal Behari Vajpayee Prime Minister of India Office of the Prime Minister New Delhi India Vienna, 29 January 1999 Your Excellency, The International Press Institute (IPI) strongly condemns the brutal murder of Shivani Bhatanagar, a correspondent of the English-language daily newspaper The Indian Express. IPI is informed that unknown assailants entered Ms. Bhatnagar’s […]

Two masked gunmen shot and killed Umesh Rajput, reporter with Hindi daily Nai Duniya, outside his home near Raipur, in Chhattisgarh, Sunday night. Although rushed to a nearby hospital, he was declared dead upon arrival. The two assailants fled the scene on a motorcycle. A note written in red ink was found near the crime […]