Dear @PrakashJavdekar ji. I am deeply moved again by your commitment to a free press. Just bringing some cases again to your attention for you to strongly raise with your govts. Am sure you would agree a free press is needed in all states and not just Maharashtra... https://twitter.com/prakashjavdekar/status/1323831187693924353
https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/sedition-case-filed-against-kerala-journalist-3-others-arrested-by-up-police-on-way-to-hathras-2306407
FIR Against Journalist, Arrested On Way To Hathras, Under Anti-Terror Law

A journalist from Kerala and three others arrested in Mathura have been charged with sedition by the Uttar Pradesh police. The men were arrested on Monday night while they were on way to Hathras to...

https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/sedition-case-filed-against-kerala-journalist-3-others-arrested-by-up-police-on-way-to-hathras-2306407
https://m.thewire.in/article/media/up-fir-against-journalist-for-report-on-mismanagement-at-quarantine-centre/amp#click=https://t.co/OYR9NCL6mI
UP: FIR Against Journalist for Report on Mismanagement at Quarantine Centre

Ravindra Saxena spoke to people at a quarantine centre in Maholi tehsil of Sitapur district, who alleged that they were served rotten rice.

https://m.thewire.in/article/media/up-fir-against-journalist-for-report-on-mismanagement-at-quarantine-centre/amp#click=https://t.co/OYR9NCL6mI
https://www.newsclick.in/UP-FIR-scribe-allegedly-maligning-government
UP: FIR Against Scribe for Allegedly ‘Maligning’ Government | NewsClick

An FIR was registered against Amitabh Rawat for publishing the video of a minor girl cleaning the floor at the district hospital in Deoria.

https://www.newsclick.in/UP-FIR-scribe-allegedly-maligning-government
https://www.thequint.com/news/india/fir-against-journalist-who-broke-story-of-kids-eating-salt-roti-for-mid-day-meal-in-uttar-pradesh
Journos Protest FIR Against Colleague Who Reported on Mid-Day Meal

The journalist was charged with “doing despicable work” and maligning the image of the government.

https://www.thequint.com/news/india/fir-against-journalist-who-broke-story-of-kids-eating-salt-roti-for-mid-day-meal-in-uttar-pradesh
https://scroll.in/latest/965057/rsf-journalists-criticise-fir-against-scroll-ins-supriya-sharma-call-it-attempt-to-intimidate
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.

https://scroll.in/latest/965057/rsf-journalists-criticise-fir-against-scroll-ins-supriya-sharma-call-it-attempt-to-intimidate
https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/lucknow/up-fir-against-journalist-for-online-post-against-pm-cm-6352480/
UP: FIR against journalist for online post against PM, CM

The case was lodged at the Ashiana station on the basis of a complaint registered by local BJP leader Shashank Shekhar Singh, who claimed to have noticed the comments in question on Sunday.

https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/lucknow/up-fir-against-journalist-for-online-post-against-pm-cm-6352480/
https://www.newslaundry.com/2020/06/08/uttar-pradesh-fatehpurs-journalists-stand-in-the-ganga-to-protest-against-harassment-by-administration
Uttar Pradesh: Fatehpur's journalists stand in the Ganga to protest against harassment by adminis...

They demand that the district magistrate be moved out and his administration's harassment of journalists investigated.

https://www.newslaundry.com/2020/06/08/uttar-pradesh-fatehpurs-journalists-stand-in-the-ganga-to-protest-against-harassment-by-administration
https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/salt-roti-midday-meal-uttar-pradesh-government-to-examine-fir-against-journalist/1695172/
Salt-roti midday meal: Uttar Pradesh government to examine FIR against journalist

Jaiswal and Pal have been booked under sections 120B (criminal conspiracy), 186 (obstructing public servant in discharging duty), 193 (false evidence) and 420 (cheating) of the Indian Penal Code, the...

https://www.financialexpress.com/india-news/salt-roti-midday-meal-uttar-pradesh-government-to-examine-fir-against-journalist/1695172/
https://freespeechcollective.in/2020/04/11/fir-against-the-wire-editor-more-than-100-journalists-condemn-attempts-to-muzzle-the-media/
FIR against The Wire Editor: More than 100 journalists condemn attempts to muzzle the media

The Uttar Pradesh government’s vindictive action against The Wire editor Siddharth Varadarajan has drawn widespread condemnation from journalists and other members of civil society across Ind…

https://freespeechcollective.in/2020/04/11/fir-against-the-wire-editor-more-than-100-journalists-condemn-attempts-to-muzzle-the-media/
https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/journalist-shot-dead-in-up-second-such-incident-with-a-month-1714681-2020-08-25
Journalist shot dead in UP, second such incident within a month

A journalist working with a Hindi news channel was on Monday night shot dead in Ballia district of Uttar Pradesh.

https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/journalist-shot-dead-in-up-second-such-incident-with-a-month-1714681-2020-08-25
https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/journalist-shot-dead-in-uttar-pradesh-third-incident-in-4-months-1226081
Journalist Shot Dead in Uttar Pradesh, Third Incident in 4 Months

A journalist was shot dead by motorcycle-borne gunmen in Chandauli district in Uttar Pradesh, in the third such incident in four months in the state.

https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/journalist-shot-dead-in-uttar-pradesh-third-incident-in-4-months-1226081
https://scroll.in/latest/973864/gujarat-journalist-aakar-patel-arrested-for-allegedly-tweeting-offensive-content-given-bail-later
Journalist Aakar Patel arrested for tweets on PM Narendra Modi’s caste, later granted bail

A BJP MLA claimed the journalist defamed the Hindu-Ghanchi community with the intention of damaging Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s caste.

https://scroll.in/latest/973864/gujarat-journalist-aakar-patel-arrested-for-allegedly-tweeting-offensive-content-given-bail-later
https://cpj.org/2020/05/indian-journalist-dhaval-patel-arrested-charged-wi/
Indian journalist Dhaval Patel arrested, charged with sedition - Committee to Protect Journalists

New Delhi, May 13, 2020 -- Authorities in Gujarat must immediately release journalist Dhaval Patel and drop all charges against him, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

https://cpj.org/2020/05/indian-journalist-dhaval-patel-arrested-charged-wi/
https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/journalist-shot-daughters-ghaziabad-dies-opposition-jungle-raj-up-developments-1703202-2020-07-22
Journalist shot in front of daughters in Ghaziabad dies, Opposition says jungle raj in UP: 10...

A journalist from Uttar Pradesh was shot at in front of his two daughters in Ghaziabad on Monday. He breathed his last on Wednesday. CM Yogi Adityanath has announced financial assistance of Rs 10...

https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/journalist-shot-daughters-ghaziabad-dies-opposition-jungle-raj-up-developments-1703202-2020-07-22
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