Month: April 2020

Journalists in India’s Uttar Pradesh say threat of attack or prosecution looms large

by Kunal Majumder May 15, 2020 11 minutes read.

On March 26, two days after Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced a national lockdown to control the spreading of COVID-19, Hindi-language daily Jansandesh Times reported that a tribe in Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh […]

Lawyer Apar Gupta on what the Indian Supreme Court’s order on COVID-19 coverage means for journalists

by Kunal Majumder May 15, 2020 7 minutes read.

On March 31, the Indian Supreme Court passed a directive making it compulsory for news outlets to carry the government’s official version on any news related to the COVID-19 pandemic. The court […]