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Ok INDIAN JOURNALISTS UNION (IJU) (Regd No.4001)   Declare Journalists as ‘Frontline Workers’, Enact Safety Law: IJU New Delhi, 3 May 2021: On World Press Freedom Day today, the Indian Journalists Union drew the Union government’s urgent attention to the grim fact that over hundred journalists have lost their lives this past year, 45 alone …

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GUWAHATI, April 1:  The Journalists Union of Assam (JUA) strongly condemns the State Minister Piyush Hazarika for threatening journalists of news channel Pratidin Times with dire straits. In a shocking voice recording, the Minister is heard repeatedly threatening a journalist of the news channel over a news related to his wife Aimee Barua. He can …

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ৰাষ্ট্ৰীয় প্ৰেছ দিৱস ————————– সাংবাদিক নিগ্ৰহ-হত্যাৰ ঘটনাত উদ্বেগ প্ৰকাশ ‘জুৱা’ৰ –————————– গুৱাহাটী, ১৬ নবেম্বৰ : আজি ৰাষ্ট্ৰীয় প্ৰেছ দিৱস উপলক্ষে জাৰ্নেলিষ্টছ্ ইউনিয়ন অব্ আছামে অনুষ্ঠিত কৰা অন লাইন কাৰ্যনিৰ্বাহক সভা(ৱেবিনাৰ)এখনে ক্ৰমবৰ্ধিত ৰূপত দেশজুৰি ঘটা সাংবাদিক নিগ্ৰহ আৰু হত্যাৰ ঘটনাত গভীৰ উদ্বেগ প্ৰকাশ কৰে । সভাত সদস্যসকলে যোৱা নিশা ৰাষ্ট্ৰীয় প্ৰেছ দিৱসৰ প্ৰাকক্ষণত পলাশবাৰী তিনিআলিত ঘটা …

সাংবাদিক নিগ্ৰহ-হত্যাৰ ঘটনাত উদ্বেগ প্ৰকাশ ‘জুৱা’ৰ Read More »

  Political Will Needed To Halt Crimes Against Journalists: IJU New Delhi, 16 November 2020: On the occasion of National Press Day today, the Indian Journalists Union drew the attention of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to the rising attacks on journalists and urged that all-out efforts be made by his government to end impunity for …

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IJU in collaboration with IFJ is implementing a Union to Union , union strengthening Project in five states- Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Chattisgarh, Sikkim and Kerala. A survey on impact of Covid-19 on media and journalists especially on their working conditions was conducted as in the five states as par of the project. A number of …

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More than half of women journalists have experienced increased gender inequalities due to COVID-19, according to a new survey conducted by International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) among more than 500 women journalists in 52 countries, published on 23 July. The world’s largest organisation of professional journalists and its Gender Council call on media organisations and …

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New Delhi, 23 July 2020:  The Indian Journalists Union joins the International Federation of Journalists and its Gender Council’s call to media organisations and trade unions to make gender equality a priority in their response to the pandemic and demand concrete steps to provide their female colleagues with decent working conditions. This follows a new …

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New Delhi, 20 September 2020:  The Indian Journalists Union notes with concern the arrest of veteran journalist, Rajeev Sharma, for alleged breach of the Officials Secrets Act. The OSA from 1923 is anti-deluvian and needs to be redrafted in light of the fast changing needs of the modern nation State. More so, keeping in mind …

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