Scroll.in’s Supriya Sharma gets protection from arrest in FIR filed for report on impact of lockdown

The Allahabad High Court said that the investigation in the case would continue and Sharma’s plea to quash the FIR could not be accepted at the current stage.

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· Aug 26, 2020 · 11:03 pm

NHRC issues notice to Uttar Pradesh government over death of journalist who exposed sand mafia

The Press Council of India also condemned the killing of the journalist and sought a report from the Uttar Pradesh government.

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· Jun 26, 2020 · 10:24 pm

Uttar Pradesh: RSF demands inquiry into murder of journalist who exposed sand mafia

Shubham Tripathi died days after he said he feared he could be killed by the ‘land mafia’ because of his investigations into illegal sand mining in the state.

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· Jun 24, 2020 · 09:02 pm

PUCL, PEN International condemn FIR against Scroll.in’s Supriya Sharma

While PUCL called the charges ‘bizarre’, PEN International said that the FIR showed that the real intention of the Indian state was to stifle dissent.

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· Jun 23, 2020 · 09:47 pm

‘Shameful’: Priyanka Gandhi, journalists’ bodies condemn FIR against Scroll.in’s Supriya Sharma

The Editors Guild, the Delhi Union of Journalists, Brihanmumbai Union of Journalists, the CPJ and Network of Women in Media, among others, expressed support.

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· Jun 19, 2020 · 05:18 pm

RSF, journalists criticise FIR against Scroll.in’s Supriya Sharma, call it ‘attempt to intimidate’

The FIR was filed for a report on the effects of the lockdown to combat the coronavirus in Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s constituency of Varanasi.

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· Jun 18, 2020 · 10:36 pm

UP: FIR against Scroll.in’s Supriya Sharma for report on impact of lockdown in PM’s constituency

Scroll.in has reported the article accurately and stands by it.

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· Jun 18, 2020 · 07:38 pm

Suspended Tripura university lecturer allegedly attacks journalists, vandalises newspaper office

The alleged assault came four days after a report in the ‘Tripura Times’ said sociology teacher Moti Kapoor showed karate moves in one of his classes.

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· Aug 15, 2019 · 07:57 pm

NHRC seeks report from Uttar Pradesh police on assault of journalist in Shamli

The human rights panel sought a detailed report from the state police and action taken against the guilty public servants along with the status of FIR.

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· Jun 14, 2019 · 09:19 pm

Uttar Pradesh: Four railway police personnel booked for assault on journalist in Shamli

Police registered a case against the personnel for causing hurt, insult, robbery and wrongful confinement of the journalist.

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· Jun 13, 2019 · 05:58 pm

UP: Railway police assault journalist covering train derailment in Shamli, two officers suspended

The journalist, who works for a Hindi television channel, alleged he was stripped and beaten up.

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· Jun 12, 2019 · 10:53 am

Assam: Journalist allegedly stabbed with knives in Guwahati, four people detained

Chakrapani Parashar was taken to a hospital and is now out of danger.

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· Mar 22, 2019 · 10:10 pm