Media Affairs

DUJ Demands Press Access to Delhi Assembly

THE Delhi Union of Journalists (DUJ), in a statement issued on February 27, has condemned the attempt by the newly sworn in BJP government in Delhi to deny entry for certain reporters to the Assembly to cover the proceedings.  Three journalists from ANI, ABP News, and PTI were stopped at the gates of the Assembly building when they were going to cover the Assembly on February 24, 2025, the first day of the new session. On the second day, five journalists from Times Now, Navbharat, News Nation, News18, Zee News, and Jantantra were denied entry.

Stop Covering Up Tragedies, Say NAJ-DUJ

THE Delhi Union of Journalists (DUJ) and National Alliance of Journalists (NAJ), in a statement issued on February 17, have expressed their dismay at the attempt by the Railway Police and authorities to intimidate journalist Saumya Raj and prevent her from reporting the stampede deaths at the New Delhi Railway Station on February 16, 2025. Raj, who reports for the popular YouTube channel Molitics India, was asked for her press identity card which she produced but the authorities nevertheless demanded that she stop videoing.

Journalist Unions Denounce Journalist’s Murder, Demand Justice

THE year 2025 has begun on an ominous note, with the shocking murder of a journalist.The National Alliance of Journalists (NAJ), the Delhi Union of Journalists (DUJ), the Andhra Pradesh Working Journalists Federation(APWJF) and the Kerala Union of Working Journalists (KUWJ Delhi unit)  send out their first press release of the year on January 4, with grief and shock at the killing of Bastar journalist Mukesh Chandrakar on January 1, 2025.

DUJ & NAJ Welcome Supreme Court Order on Mobile Privacy

THE Delhi Union of Journalists and the National Association of Journalists, in a statement issued on December 26, have welcomed the Supreme Court order upholding individual privacy and restraining the Enforcement Directorate from accessing and copying content from various electronic devices seized during raids. Both the media organisations have applauded this move to protect citizens' private, personal and professional communications.In this context, the DUJ and NAJ have condemned the Kerala Police's action against journalist Aniru Asokan of Madhyamam daily.

DUJ Condemns Life Threatening Attack on Uttarakhand Journo

THE Delhi Union of Journalists, in a statement issued on September 2, has condemned the life threatening attack on Uttarakhand based journalist Yogesh Dhimri, whose small digital channel Aanwala News has been in the forefront of exposes about the drug and liquor mafia operating in the state. Dhimri is also known for his bold reportage of the Ankita Bhandari rape and murder case. The attack left him badly injured and he is in hospital. A video of the attack has become viral.

Defending Democracy: A Charter for Protecting Press Freedom

THE National Alliance of Journalists (NAJ), the Delhi Union of Journalists (DUJ), the Andhra Pradesh Working Journalists Federation (APWJF), and associated members from across the country have, on August 9, presented a 13-point charter to members of parliament and political parties, calling for urgent measures to protect journalism amid escalating threats to press freedom and journalists' rights.

Media Organisations Condemn UP Police FIR against Two Journalists

DIGIPUB, PCI, IWPC, said registering of FIR by UP Police against Zakir Ali Tyagi and Wasim Akram Tyagi was “perturbing and “misuse of new criminal laws”.MEDIA organisations, such as DIGIPUB, Press Club of India and the Indian Women’s Press Corp have condemned the FIR registered by the Uttar Pradesh Police against five persons, including two journalists, for their posts on the alleged lynching of a Muslim man in Shamli district.DIGIPUB, a collective of over 90 digital news outfits and independent journalists, said the FIR against journalist Zakir Ali Tyagi and Wasim Akram Tyagi and

FIR Against ‘The Caravan’ Journalists Condemned

The journalists were reporting in Bhajanpura area of Northeast Delhi on a complaint filed by a victim of the communal violence in February 2020.THE Press Club of India (PCI) and the Delhi Union of Journalists (DUJ) have strongly condemned an FIR against journalists of the magazine, The Caravan, in the Bhajanpura Police Station in Northeast Delhi, under serious sections in a four-year-old case of alleged assault on the journalists themselves.

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