The Latest Breaking News from the Press Club of India

In a detailed statement, the Press Club of India expressed “deep anguish” over the manner in which the Narendra Modi government notified the Digital Personal Data Protection Rules under the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 (DPDPA, 2023). 

The Press Club of India and 21 media bodies have submitted a joint memorandum to the Union Minister for Electronics and Information and Broadcasting, Ashwini Vaishnaw, urging the government to exclude the professional work of journalists from the ambit of the contentious Digital Personal Data Protection Act.

A day after Navbharat Times assistant editor Poonam Pandey said she was detained while covering a Congress protest on women’s quota in Delhi, the Press Club of India has sought a judicial inquiry.

In a joint letter, the Press Club of India, Indian Women Press Corp, Press Association, Foreign Correspondent Club and the Delhi Union of Journalists express dismay at the Election Commission not holding a single press conference even after the completion of voting in three phases across the country.

In a letter to the President, the organisations said that, currently, there was an unprecedented situation faced by independent media in the country

Dozens of media orgs urge CJI to intervene in raids against NewsClick. Protestors demand accountability of State agencies & officers who overstep the law. Letter to CJI requests norms to discourage seizure of journalists’ phones & laptops & guidelines for interrogation. #PressFreedom

“Free the press”; “stop harassing Indian media”; “say no to persecution of the media”. These were jottings on several posters and banners as the clock ticked past 4 pm, and journalists, academics, writers and activists began to fill the courtyard at the Press Club of India in Lutyens’ Delhi.

The raid on NewsClick has raised international concerns about the media in India, where press freedom has plummeted.

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.