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‘Threat to freedom’: Editors’ Guild writes to Rahul over govt’s measures to ‘control media’

The Editors’ Guild of India has written to the leader of opposition Rahul Gandhi over “concerns” about “legislative measures taken to control media” over the past years, urging the opposition to raise questions in the parliament.

Ugandan oil pipeline protester allegedly beaten as part of ‘alarming crackdown’

Ugandan oil pipeline protester allegedly beaten as part of ‘alarming crackdown’

Stephen Kwikiriza is one of 11 campaigners against EACOP targeted by authorities in past two weeks, rights group says

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Reporter shot dead, another assaulted at BJP rally, CPJ urges ‘thorough probe’

Reporter shot dead, another assaulted at BJP rally, CPJ urges ‘thorough probe’

After Sudarshan News’s Ashutosh Srivastava was shot dead by unidentified assailants while riding a bike and digital outlet Molitics reporter Raghav Trivedi was assaulted at home minister Amit Shah’s rally in Uttar Pradesh, the Committee to Protect Journalists has called on authorities to “thoroughly investigate the incidents and bring those…

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‘To cover protests is no crime’: Editors Guild condemns Kerala police’s FIR against journalist

The Editors Guild of India said yesterday it was “deeply disturbed” by the registration of an FIR against a Kerala journalist for reporting on a students’ protest.

Journalist bodies slam raids on NewsClick scribes, call it attempt to ‘muzzle’ free media

The Press Club of India, which demanded that the government should come out with the details of the matter, held a spontaneous protest meeting against the multiple raids.

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Editors Guild of India has right to free speech, says CJI

CJI Chandrachud said Editors Guild of India has right to free speech; FIRs against members lack basis; no offence made out under IPC; counter-views published on same web page; Manipur HC entertained PIL against EGI; interim protection from coercive action continues; Manipur government worries over narrative building. CJI questions if…

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Quash report by Editors’ Guild: Meitei body to Manipur High Court

Quash report by Editors’ Guild: Meitei body to Manipur High Court

The report was published by the EGI on September 2 after it sent a team to look into a complaint from the Indian Army about misinformation being spread in the State.

Protection of Editors Guild members extended by SC in two FIRs lodged against them in Manipur

Protection of Editors Guild members extended by SC in two FIRs lodged against them in Manipur

A bench headed by Chief Justice D Y Chandrachud said it will extend the operation of its order passed on September 6 on the plea of the Editors Guild till Friday when it will hear the case. Read further on Dynamite News:

Editors Guild of India tells Supreme Court that Army ‘invited’ it to Manipur

Editors Guild of India tells Supreme Court that Army ‘invited’ it to Manipur

The Editors Guild of India (EGI) on Monday told the Supreme Court that its team had visited Manipur on the Army’s invitation to make an “objective assessment” of the “unethical and ex parte reporting” by the vernacular media. The Chief Justice was puzzled why the Army wanted the EGI to…

Amid G20 hype, exposé on Adani, Vedanta and Manipur crisis relegated to shadows

Amid G20 hype, exposé on Adani, Vedanta and Manipur crisis relegated to shadows

The G20 Summit has taken over the headlines and the news cycle. By the end of the week, the recent exposes on Adani, the opposition alliance’s Mumbai meet, or even the Manipur crisis would have faded from people’s memories.

Supreme Court protects Editors Guild of India journalists from arrest by Manipur Police

Supreme Court protects Editors Guild of India journalists from arrest by Manipur Police

The Supreme Court agreed to hear a plea of the Editors Guild of India (EGI), whose Manipur fact-finding team is facing the risk of arrest from the State.

Editors Guild urges Manipur govt. to close cases against its president and fact-finding team members

Editors Guild urges Manipur govt. to close cases against its president and fact-finding team members

The Editors Guild of India urged the Manipur government to close the cases registered by the State police against its president and the members of a fact-finding team

Press freedom concerns as India editors’ body charged over Manipur report

Press freedom concerns as India editors’ body charged over Manipur report

Manipur police file cases against Editors Guild of India members, accusing them of promoting enmity between groups.

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Manipur police file case against Editors Guild for ‘promoting enmity between different groups’

The Editors Guild in a report published last week had critiqued media coverage out of Manipur, a State which has seen ethnic clashes for the last four months.

Manipur report FIR: Valley groups claim bid to show Kukis as victims, Editors Guild says ‘no prejudice’

Three members of a fact-finding team and the president of the Editors Guild of India have been booked for publishing a “false, fabricated and paid” report on how Manipur media outlets have covered the ongoing conflict.

Karnataka government preparing framework for fact-check body: Minister Priyank Kharge

Editors Guild of India (EGI) has expressed concerns over the proposed fact-check unit of the Karnataka government.

‘Draconian, deeply distressing’: Editors Guild flags concerns in Press & Registration of Periodicals Bill

The Editors Guild is “deeply concerned” by some of the “draconian provisions” of the Press and Registration of Periodicals Bill 2023, which was passed by the Rajya Sabha on August 3.

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Punjab Police didn’t follow established norms while detaining reporter: Editors Guild of India

Established norms were not followed by the Punjab Police while detaining Times Now reporter Bhavana Kishore on May 5, the Editors Guild of India (EGI) has said.

‘Makes it easier to muzzle the free press’: Editors Guild on proposed change to IT Rules

The Editors Guild of India has expressed concern over a proposed amendment which will ensure that all intermediaries, including social media platforms, do not allow any content identified as “false” by the Press Information Bureau’s Fact Check Unit.

Wire-Meta saga: Editors Guild withdraws Tek Fog remarks, Economist points to 3 lessons from ‘own-goal’

Hours after the Wire issued an apology to its readers over its controversial Meta stories, the Economist carried a piece on the website’s “own-goal” holding lessons for “opposition voices everywhere” while the Editors Guild of India withdrew its statement referring to the organisation’s Tek Fog reports.

Editors Guild disturbed by ‘irresponsible conduct of some news channels’

News channels are ‘giving legitimacy to divisive and toxic voices’ that has ‘made the the gap between communities unbridgeable’, the Editors Guild of India said in a statement

Pause, take a critical look at what you have done: Editors Guild of India to news channels on Kanpur violence

“The media is in place to strengthen the Constitution and the law, and not break it through sheer irresponsibility and absence of accountability, the EGI said.

Editors Guild tells journalists to exercise restraint while reporting communal disturbance

Every journalist should make an extra effort to maintain fairness, says body

‘Many editors, reporters appear to be rushing to conclusions’: EGI on communal violence coverage

In a statement issued today, the Editors Guild of India urged editors and journalists to exercise utmost restraint in reporting “communal disturbances that have erupted in various parts of the country”.

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