Harassment (India)

  • 8 Feb 2020
    India: Police interrogate journalists for publishing banned outfit’s statement

    Country India  State Jammu and Kashmir  Violation Type Harassment  Target Journalist

    The Jammu and Kashmir Police (J&K police) called in two journalists for questioning for publication of a statement by a banned organisation.

  • 8 Mar 2019
    Shilong Times fined

    Country India  State Meghalaya  Violation Type Harassment  Target Media House

    Shillong Times editor Patricia Mukhim and publisher Shobha Chaudhury were fined INR 200,000 (USD 2860) for contempt of court by the Meghalaya High Court.

  • 19 Jun 2017
    Rana Ayyub

    Country India  State Haryana  Violation Type Harassment  Target Journalist

    On June 19, ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson Nupur Sharma filed a police complaint against journalist Rana Ayyub over a tweet that Sharma claimed to be ‘defamatory, hate-filled and derogatory’. Ayyub, the author of Gujarat Files: Anatomy of a Cover Up, a book about the 2002 Gujarat riots, that implicates BJP top leaders for the riots, had tweeted a comment on the Presidential candidate by an alliance backed by BJP. The complaint stated that Ayyub’s tweet reflected ‘extremely casteist, hateful and disrespectful mindset’ against the scheduled castes or dalits, which the candidate represents. The complaint asks for Ayyub to be booked under the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe Prevention of Atrocities Act, which appears to be a disproportionate use of law.