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Doctors treat Associated Press cameraman Umar Meraj after he was assaulted by police and paramilitary forces using rifle butts, batons, fists and kicks during a protest in Srinagar on November 25 (AP).

Q&A: Press Council of India’s Katju on media safety

December 13, 2011 10:44 AM EST

Retired Supreme Court Justice Markandey Katju is shaking things up at the Press Council of India, where he was appointed chairman in October. The statutory body, mandated to look at media freedom and address complaints against the print media since 1966, has often been criticized for ineffectiveness, its role limited to admonishing news outlets.

Imprisonments jump worldwide, and Iran is worst

December 8, 2011 12:01 AM EST

Stark regional differences are seen as jailings grow significantly in the Middle East and North Africa. Dozens of journalists are held without charge, many in secret prisons. A CPJ special report

Four journalists were attacked during this protest in Indian-controlled Kashmir. (AP)

Journalists assaulted in Indian-controlled Kashmir

November 29, 2011 3:13 PM EST

New York, November 29, 2011–The Committee to Protect Journalists calls for an investigation into the November 25 attack on four journalists reporting on a protest in Indian-controlled Kashmir.

In India, freelancer charged with antistate activities

September 21, 2011 5:14 PM EDT

New York, September 21, 2011–An Indian journalist who covered police violence in the state of Chhattisgarh was recently arrested on antistate charges that human rights groups say are retaliatory, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

Indian forces assault, detain photojournalists in Kashmir

August 23, 2011 10:42 AM EDT

Two photojournalists said they were beaten by police and detained for several hours while they were covering a protest that escalated into a violent clash between youth and government forces in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, on August 19, 2011, international news reports said.

Arrests in Mumbai killing; accused mastermind at large

June 27, 2011 2:21 PM EDT

New York, June 27, 2011–The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes news today that police in Mumbai have arrested seven suspects in the June 11 slaying of veteran crime reporter Jyotirmoy Dey. But CPJ is concerned that the alleged mastermind remains at large and that police have not identified a motive in the killing.

Mumbai journalists pay tribute to J Dey. (AP/Rajanish Kakade)

Recalling J Dey, Mumbai’s heralded crime reporter

June 21, 2011 4:01 PM EDT

In the comfort of my London home, far from the dangers of crime reporting in Mumbai, the news flash on television seemed unreal. Senior journalist Jyotirmoy Dey had been killed, pumped full of five bullets in broad daylight. I thought things like this only happened in Bollywood flicks, and that crime reporters in Mumbai never…

Mumbai crime reporter killed in broad daylight

June 13, 2011 2:52 PM EDT

New York, June 13, 2011–Jyotirmoy Dey, a senior journalist and special investigations editor at Mumbai’s afternoon daily Midday, was killed last week, in broad daylight. His murder must be fully investigated as soon as possible, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Monday.

Getting Away With Murder

June 1, 2011 12:02 AM EDT

CPJ’s 2011 Impunity Index spotlights countrieswhere journalists are slain and killers go free

Indian reporter arrested for story on weapons storage

May 20, 2011 5:02 PM EDT

New York, May 20, 2011–The Committee to Protect Journalists joins with our colleagues in India in condemning the arrest of Tarakant Dwivedi, who writes under the pen name Akela, under India’s Official Secrets Act. According to local media reports, Dwivedi was arrested Tuesday by the Government Railway Police and charged with criminal trespass. He will…