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 […]

The Supreme Court of India on Tuesday refrained from framing guidelines for the media for coverage of court proceedings but declared that the courts could, if necessary for the administration of justice, prohibit publication of any part of proceedings for a temporary period. The court said such postponement orders could be passed keeping in mind […]

The International Press Institute (IPI) today condemned the arrest in India of a political cartoonist for sedition following a private complaint over cartoons he produced for an anti-corruption campaign. IPI sources said that Indian political cartoonist Aseem Trivedi was remanded to judicial custody in Mumbai today, and is scheduled be held until at least Sep. […]