India’s government needs to work harder to fight a culture of impunity for crimes against journalists, the International Press Institute (IPI) said today after two journalists were gunned down in neighbouring eastern states of the country within a 24-hour period. “We join journalists associations in condemning these killings and we urge authorities to conduct a […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today condemned the recent arrests of two journalists in the Bastar region of Chhattisgarh, calling for their immediate release and an end to the media crackdown in the conflict-ridden central Indian state. On March 26, Deepak Jaiswal, a journalist for the Hindi-language daily newspaper Dainik Dainadi was arrested by police […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today expressed dismay at the second murder of a journalist in India this month and urged the country’s government to ensure that those responsible for the deaths are brought to justice. Sandeep Kothari, a journalist from the Madhya Pradesh state in India, was found dead Saturday night after having been […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) called on Indian authorities to conduct thorough probes into two recent incidents in the state of Uttar Pradesh in which one journalist was beaten and dragged behind a motorcycle and another was burned to death during a police raid on his home. Journalist said that on Saturday he was lured […]