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The Network of Women in Media, India (NWMI) strongly condemns the ongoing trolling, intimidation and targeted harassment of Kashmiri journalist and NWMI member Gafira Qadir, who has been reporting and writing in the region and across India for over six years.
The Network of Women in Media, India, condemns the Union Government’s censorship of The Kashmir Walla, an independent online news magazine, after the government restricted access to its website and social media accounts without prior notice or official order....
NWMI Patna Declaration In the wake of increasing attacks on the freedom of the media in India, the NWMI’s 17th National Meeting (27-29 January 2023) in Patna, Bihar, calls upon journalists, media workers and the public to stand up for press freedom, ethical...
Journalists need the freedom to investigate and report on stories of public interest –whether illegal sand mining or corrpuption– and hold those in power accountable. A free press, is after all, one of the cornerstones of a democracy, without which it would be reduced to a farce. The NWMI therefore calls upon the Tamil Nadu police to desist from harassing journalists and stop the witch-hunt to which they are being subjected. The BJP must ask its members to cease false propaganda and innuendo against journalists who were doing their job.
The NWMI expresses outrage at the NIA’s attempt to lay down the “moral duty of a journalist’”.
By EditorsImage credit: Pixabay NWM, Mumbai, facilitated a discussion amongst women journalists as well as male and female photojournalists in Mumbai on August 24, 2013. The meeting discussed issues related to the safety of journalists, the difficulties faced by...