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The Network of Women in Media, India (NWMI) filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court on 13 October 2026 over the assault and arbitrary detention of journalists by Delhi Police personnel during the anti-SIR protests protests in New Delhi. It raised in particular, the issue of women journalists who were subjected to physical handling, dragging, detention and confinement.
The Network of Women in Media, India (NWMI) strongly condemns the assault and arbitrary detention of journalists on 10 and 11 October 2026 in New Delhi and Mumbai.
The Network of Women in Media, India welcomes the verdict of the Bombay High Court Goa Bench, which today convicted journalist Tarun Tejpal for the rape of a young colleague in 2013.
The Network of Women in Media, India, strongly condemns the use of force against peaceful protesters and journalists at Delhi’s Jantar Mantar area as well as the state’s intimidatory tactics aimed at discouraging similar protests elsewhere in the country. NWMI calls upon the media to report responsibly on this important protest by the country’s youth and decries attempts to stop reporters from doing their job.
Members of the Delhi chapter of the Network of Women in Media, India (NWMI) met coordinators of Reporters Without Borders (RSF), Axelle Thibault and Laetitia Cesseron at the Indian Women's Press Corps (IWPC) premises on May 16, 2025. Sweta, Anuja, Tanya, Neelam,...
The Network of Women in Media, India (NWMI) expresses its deep distress at reports of the renewed flare-up of violence in Manipur’s war-torn hill and valley areas since the night of 7 November 2024, as well as the dearth of professional, independent media on the...
The NWMI strongly condemns the blanket raids by the Delhi Police on the homes and offices of senior journalists, scientists, commentators and columnists of the news website, NewsClick. Among them were author Githa Hariharan, NewsClick editor Prabir Purkayastha, senior...
The Network of Women in Media, India (NWMI) is deeply disturbed at the incessant onslaught of threats received by filmmaker Leena Manimekalai and deplores attempts to threaten journalists reporting on her sexual harassment case. Leena Manimekalai has been waging a...
The Network of Women in Media India (NWMI) stands in solidarity with journalists Samriddhi K Sakunia and Swarna Jha, correspondents at HW News Network, who were booked on 14 November 2021 for allegedly spreading disharmony under three sections of the Indian Penal Code...
The Network of Women in Media India (NWMI) mourns the loss of more than a hundred journalists who have lost their lives in India over the past year. We pay tribute to our colleagues with a heavy heart and also with anger. Journalists are on the frontlines of reporting...
