IN a statement issued on October 16, the journalist organisations - Press Club of India, Indian Women's Press Corps, South Asian Women in Media, Press Association - have expressed deep concern over the overwhelming complaints of sexual harassment in the media. They ssid that sexual harassment at the workplace is a worrisome reality and that media organisations and managements have been unable to put the systems in place which would have ordinarily addressed complaints of sexual harassment.

IN a press statement issued on September 28, five petitioners – Romila Thapar, Devaki Jain, Prabhat Patnaik, Satish Deshpande  and Maja Daruwala said that they approached the Supreme Court when five well-known lawyers, journalists and civil rights activists were arrested across the country on August 28 and charged with abetting acts of terror under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA).

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on October 1, 2018

THE Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) reiterates its demand that the culprits who unleashed violence against the dalits in the Bhima-Koregaon incidents must be brought to justice.

Below is the statement issued by Editors Guild of India on October 03

THE Editors Guild of India has condemns the decision of the Registrar of Newspapers for India (RNI) to cancel the registration of Daily Desher Katha, a daily newspaper published from Agartala.

The Guild is of the view that cancellation of the registration of a publication on the mere finding that there was a mismatch between the information of the editor, printer and publisher is not only a gross overreaction but also a draconian step that throttles freedom of the media.

CPI(M) Polit Bureau has issued the following statement on September 22

FRANCOIS Hollande, who was the president of France when the deal for thirty six Rafale fighter aircrafts was signed, has stated that Anil Ambani’s company Reliance Defence was chosen as the offset partner by Dassault Aviation because the Indian government had proposed his name.