The India Freedom of Expression Initiative (IFEI) has unveiled a grim reality in its latest report, the “INDIA PRESS FREEDOM ANNUAL REPORT 2023.” The report highlights a concerning trend of escalating attacks on journalists across the nation, painting a stark picture of the challenges faced by media professionals.
During the year 2023, a total of 226 journalists fell victim to targeted attacks orchestrated by various entities including State agencies, non-state political actors, criminals, and mafia elements. These attacks serve as a sobering reminder of the dangers inherent in the pursuit of truth and the exercise of journalistic integrity.
Delhi emerged as a hotspot for such attacks, with 54 journalists bearing the brunt of intimidation and violence, followed by West Bengal (25), Manipur (22), Uttar Pradesh (20), and Kerala (16), among others. Shockingly, the assaults weren’t limited to mere intimidation; the lives of five journalists were tragically cut short by non-state actors and criminals in Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra, Assam, and Bihar.
The plight of female journalists is particularly distressing, with 30 of them becoming targets of violence and harassment. Delhi recorded the highest number of attacks on female journalists (12), followed by Kerala and Manipur (5 each). Alarmingly, a majority of these incidents involved police intervention, ranging from unwarranted arrests and detentions to raids on their residences.
Mr. Suhas Chakma, Coordinator of the India Freedom of Expression Initiative, decried the perilous state of journalism in India, remarking, “Real journalism has become the most dangerous profession in India.” He emphasized how journalists have transitioned from being the fourth pillar of democracy to becoming the primary targets in efforts to establish a controlled democracy.
State actors contributed significantly to the threats faced by journalists, with 148 cases directly attributed to their actions. Delhi once again topped the list with 51 reported incidents, followed closely by Manipur and West Bengal. The methods employed by state actors ranged from arbitrary arrests and detentions to the registration of FIRs and physical assaults.
The report also sheds light on the insidious role played by non-state actors, including political leaders, activists, and criminals, in silencing journalistic voices. Uttar Pradesh witnessed the highest number of attacks by non-state actors (11), closely followed by Jharkhand, West Bengal, Assam, and Bihar.
Mr. Chakma further emphasized the erosion of press freedom through the codification of censorship regimes. He highlighted legislative measures such as the Press and Registration of Periodicals Act, 2023, and the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Amendment Rules of 2023 as ominous signs of an encroaching controlled democracy.
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Amidst this onslaught on press freedom, there is a glimmer of hope in the form of judicial intervention. The Supreme Court’s stay on the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Amendment Rules, 2023, provides a beacon of resilience against attempts to stifle free speech and muzzle the media.
| Sl No. | Name of journalist | News Agency | State | Nature of violation | Perpetrator | Gender | Charges | DoI | No. of Journalists Targeted |
| 1 | Shabbir, Somu, Babjaan and Ramu | NTV, TV5, AP 24×7 and I News | Andhra Pradesh | FIR | Police | M | SC/ST Act, IPC Sections 307, 327 | 25-Feb-2023 27-Feb-2023 | 4 |
| 2 | Ila Kazmi, Priyank Tripathi and Piyush Ohri | Mirror Now, Times Now and Republic TV | Delhi | Manhandling | Police | M/F | 02-Jan-23 | 3 | |
| 3 | Mohammed Zubair | Alt News | Uttar Pradesh | FIR | Police | M | Section 74 of the JJ Act | 8/28/2023, 27-Jun-2023 | 1 |
| 4 | Zafar Aafaq | Scroll.in | Delhi | Questioning | Police | M | Reporting for violence against report | 12-Feb-23 | 1 |
| 5 | Jaspal Singh | News18 Haryana | Haryana | Arrest | Police | M | Section 67 of IT Act, Sections 384, and 500 IPC and different sections of SC/ST Act | 18-Mar-23 | 1 |
| 6 | Irfan Mehraj | Freelance journalist | Jammu & Kashmir | Arrest | NIA | M | Sections 120-B, 124-A IPC, Sections 18, 22A & 22C, 38, 39 and 40 of the UAPA | 20-Mar-23 | 1 |
| 7 | Mahantesh | The File | Karnataka | Notice to reveal source of report | Police | M | 05-Jan-23 | 1 | |
| 8 | Mehaboob Munavalli | Senior journalist | Karnataka | Arrest | Police | M | Not known | Mar-23 | 1 |
| 9 | Vinu V. John | Asianet TV | Kerala | Summon | Police | M | Inciting violence against complainant Elamareem Kareem, CPM leader & Rajya Sabha MP and his family | 20-Mar-23 | 1 |
| 10 | Prakash Yadav | Works for a TV and online news outlet | Madhya Pradesh | Assault | Goons – Prakash Yadav, Narendra Yadav andOm Prakash | M | Old enmity over argument | 25-Jan-23 | 1 |
| 11 | Unknown journalist | Madhya Pradesh | Intimidation | Ashish Pachauri, Contractor and BJP leader | For clicking pictures of a site of the accused | 29-Mar-23 | 1 | ||
| 12 | Shashikant Warishe | Mahanagari Times | Maharashtra | Murder | Pandharinath Amberkar, a criminal backing petroleum refinery | M | For writing an article against the accused | 07-Feb-23 | 1 |
| 13 | Vinay Pande | Maharashtra | FIR | Police | M | Criminal defamation | Mar-23 | 1 | |
| 14 | Hemantakumar Ningombam | Sanaleibak | Manipur | Detention | Police | M | Commenting against about poppy cultivation in a TV debate | 04-Jan-23 | 1 |
| 15 | Badri Prasad Sahu | Journalist of a local daily | Odisha | Assault | SI Tularam Sabar | M | Altercation over traffic congestion | 06-Jan-23 | 1 |
| 16 | Sanjeev Nayak | OTV | Odisha | Threat to assault in public | Ajay Jena, IIC | M | Questiong the IIC for interupting live coverage of farmers’ protest | 19-Jan-23 | 1 |
| 17 | Harsharan Kaur | Khalas TV, a YouTube channel | Punjab | House raid | Police | F | Questioning in connection with Amritpal’s case | 24-Mar-23 | 1 |
| 18 | Chintapandu Naveen alias Teenmaar Mallanna | Q News | Telangana | Arrest | Police | M | Sections 505 and 506 of the IPC | 21-Mar-23 | 1 |
| 19 | Swatantra Kushwaha alias Muni | Cameraperson of The Hindu | Uttar Pradesh | Beaten to death | Catering staff at a wedding | M | Altercation over serving of food | 06-Feb-23 | 1 |
| 20 | Vishal Srivastava | Uttar Pradesh | Assault | Marshals of UP State Assembly | M | While covering a protest by SP | 20-Feb-23 | 1 | |
| 21 | Devendra Khare | News One India | Uttar Pradesh | Attempted murder | Brother of a ruling political party leader | M | Over publishing of news report | 26-Feb-23 | 1 |
| 22 | RS Halaswamy | Senior journalist | Karnataka | Detention and threat | SP CB Ryshyanth | M | During coverage of PM Modi’s visit | 27-Feb-23 | 1 |
| 23 | Sanjay Rana | Moradabad Ujala Newspaper | Uttar Pradesh | Arrest | Police | M | Arrest under CrPC Section 151 and IPC Sections 323, 504 & 506 | 12-Mar-23 | 1 |
| 24 | 10 Journalists including Kamalika Sengupta, Puja Mehta, Sreyoshi Dey, Nikhil Chowdhury, Indrajit Kundu, Angshul Saxena and Tamal Saha | India Today, Times Now, Republic Bangla, CNN News 18, Zee News, The Print, and Times Now Digital | West Bengal | FIR | Police | M/F | Sections 120B, 153A, 295A, 420, 468, 504, 505(1)(b) and 505(2) IPC and Section 66D IT Act | Jan-23 | 10 |
| 25 | 8 journalists including Souvik Banerjee | Janatar Chithi & others | West Bengal | FIR | Police | M | Sections 506, 186, 120B, etc | 03-Jan-23 | 8 |
| 26 | Mohammad Rizwan | Urdu daily | West Bengal | Assault with sharp weapons | Criminals | M | 11-Mar-23 | 1 | |
| 27 | Kundan | Times Network | West Bengal | Hit with stones | Stone pelters | M | Mar-23 | 1 | |
| 28 | Bharat Paswan | Works for a news agency | Assam | Physical attack | Miscreants | M | Exposing corruption | 03-Jun-23 | 1 |
| 29 | Abdul Rouf Alamgir | Works with a digital news media | Assam | Alleged kidnapping and murder | Unknown person | M | 24-Jun-23 | 1 | |
| 30 | Binoy Kalita | Assam | Firing | Drug smugglers | M | Covering drug smuggling | 03-Apr-23 | 1 | |
| 31 | Bimal Das | Assam | Physical attack | Unknown person | M | 24-Apr-23 | 1 | ||
| 32 | Sunil Namdeo and Nilesh Sharma | NewsTodayCG.com & India Writers portal | Chhattisgarh | Arrest | Police | M | Sections 504 and 505 IPC | Jun-23 | 2 |
| 33 | Vaibhav Shiv Pandey | News 24 Madhya Pradesh Chhattisgarh and Lalluram.com | Chhattisgarh | Threat to physicall assault | Trainee IPS officer Udit Kumar | M | Jun-23 | 1 | |
| 34 | Sakshi Joshi | Independent journalist | Delhi | Manhandling and detention | Police | F | For covering wrestlers protest | 03-May-23 | 1 |
| 35 | D Dhana Sumod | Works with a Malayalam TV news channel | Delhi | Physical attack | Unknown person | M | Resisting robbery | 22-Apr-23 | 1 |
| 36 | Akarshan Uppal | Freelance journalist | Haryana | Arrest | Police | M | Allegedly barging into the office of a woman tehsildar and following her to the washroom | 08-May-23 | 1 |
| 37 | A D Ram | Mathrubhumi | Kerala | Assault | CPM activists – V Prabhakaran, Abhilash K K, Nibhumon and Nasim | M | For reporting an incident | 25-Jun-23 | 1 |
| 38 | An woman journalist | TV journalist | Kerala | Sexual harassment | Nissar Methar, general secretary of PDP | F | For seeking health status of PDP leader Abdul Nasar Madani | 29-Jun-23 | 1 |
| 39 | Akhila Nandakumar | Asianews TV | Kerala | FIR | Police | F | Sections 120B, 465, 469, 500 IPC and Section 120 (o) Kerala Police Act | 09-Jun-23 | 1 |
| 40 | Harshad Kataria | Works with a Marathi daily | Maharashtra | Attempted murder | Unknown person | M | Allegedly for complaining agianst illegal construction | 11-Jun-23 | 1 |
| 41 | Soram Inaoba, Nongthombam Johnson, and Brahmacharimayum Dayananda | Mami TV, ANI | Manipur | Assault | Personnel of Indian Army’s Jat Regiment | M | While reporting | 22-May-23 | 3 |
| 42 | Afrida Hussain | India Today NorthEast | Manipur | Threats | Unknown person | F | Reporting on Manipur violence | 29-May-23 | 1 |
| 43 | Athokpam Jiten Singh, Moirangthem Khagemba and Ibungo Laishram | AMWJU members and Tom TV | Manipur | Assault | Rapid Action Force | M | While returning from work | 16-Jun-23 | 3 |
| 44 | Two journalists including a female | Manipur | Assault | Meitram Sanatomba Meetei alias Sana Meitra | M-F | For publishing biased news | 21-Jun-23 | 2 | |
| 45 | Alaya Kumar Samantaray | Odisha | Physical attack | Miscreants | M | Not known | 28-Apr-23 | 1 | |
| 46 | Bhawana Kishore and Mrityunjay Kumar | Times Now | Punjab | Arrest | Police | F | Sections 279, 337 and 427 IPC and SC-ST Act | 05-May-23 | 2 |
| 47 | Sashi and a video journalist | ABN Andhrajyothy | Telangana | Assault | YSRCP supporters | M | 19-May-23 | 2 | |
| 48 | Thulasi Chandu | Independent journalist | Telangana | Online abuse & death threat | Unknown person | F | 24-Jun-23 | 1 | |
| 49 | Mohammad Mamun | Tripura | Assault | Govt official Tanmoy Das | M | For filing complaint | Jun-23 | 1 | |
| 50 | Keshav Malan and his cameraman | Khabar India | Uttar Pradesh | Assault | Unknown person | M | Apr-23 | 2 | |
| 51 | Vipin Yadav | Dainik Bhaskar | Uttar Pradesh | Bullying and threat to report to owner to take action | Union Minister Smriti Irani | M | For questioning during visit | 09-Jun-23 | 1 |
| 52 | Mannu Awasthi | Works for a vurnacular daily | Uttar Pradesh | Attempted murder | Land mafia – Anshu Gupta and Deepak Singh | M | Alleged exposing irregularities in land mining | 24-Jun-23 | 1 |
| 53 | Nagendra Bahadur Singh Chauhan | Uttar Pradesh | Threat to murder | Rishi Awasthi | M | Jun-23 | 1 | ||
| 54 | Saud Ansari | Works with a TV channel | Uttar Pradesh | Murder | Four persons | M | Land dispute | 16-Jun-23 | 1 |
| 55 | Utpal Borah | Prag News | Assam | Physical attack/vandalism | Miscreants | M | Not known | 10-Jul-23 | 1 |
| 56 | Bikash Baruah | Member of Tinsukia Press Club | Assam | Physical attack | Santosh Phukan | M | Not known | 22-Aug-23 | 1 |
| 57 | Manoj Kr Goswami | Amar Asom | Assam | FIR | Police | M | For publishing a report | 28-Sep-23 | 1 |
| 58 | Vimal Kumar Yadav | Dainik Jagran | Bihar | Murder | Unidentified gunmen | M | Old enmity | 18-Aug-23 | 1 |
| 59 | Ramesh Sahu | Crime reporter | Chhattisgarh | Assault | Police | M | Covering a protest | 14-Aug-23 | 1 |
| 60 | Unknown jounalist | Delhi | Assault and threat | Manoj Chaudhary | M | 01-Aug-23 | 1 | ||
| 61 | Mukesh Kumar | Sudarshan News | Haryana | Arrest | Police | M | Sections 153B, 401, 469, and 505 (1) (C) of the IPC and Section 66-C of the IT Act | Aug-23 | 1 |
| 62 | Two journalists | Jammu & Kashmir | Passpost impounded | Authorities PP | Jul-23 | 2 | |||
| 63 | Majid Hyderi | Jammu & Kashmir | Arrest | Police | M | Sections 120-B, 177, 386 and 500 IPC & PSA | 15-Sep-23 | 1 | |
| 64 | Anwar Sharif | Jharkhand | Assault | Criminals | M | 18-Sep-23 | 1 | ||
| 65 | Abhijith N Kolpe | Local news portal | Karnataka | Verbal abuse | Miscreants | m | 29-Jul-23 | 1 | |
| 66 | Sudhir Chaudhary | Aaj Tak | Karnataka | FIR | Police | M | Sections 153A and 505 of IPC | 12-Sep-23 | 1 |
| 67 | Shajan Skaria | Marunadan Malayali | Kerala | FIR | Police | M | Sections 3(1)(r) and 3(1)(u) of the SC/ST Act, and Section 120 of Kerala Police Act | Jul-23 | 1 |
| 68 | Shivam Arya | regional news channel | Madhya Pradesh | Abduction, Assault and being shot at | Criminals | M | 01-Jul-23 | 1 | |
| 69 | Mintu Dubey | Freelance journalist | Madhya Pradesh | Arrest, Assault & urination | Police/SHO | M | Targeted for an old report | 08-Aug-23 | 1 |
| 70 | Ravi Gupta | digital journalist | Madhya Pradesh | Abduction & assault | 7 miscreants | M | May-23 | 1 | |
| 71 | Sandeep Mahajan | Maharashtra | Assault | Goons of political party | M | Raising a rape and murder case and criticising the govt | 09-Aug-23 | 1 | |
| 72 | Kamlesh Sutar & Anil Thatte | Lokshahi | Maharashtra | FIR | Police | M | IT Act and Section 500 IPC | 05-Sep-23 | 2 |
| 73 | Krishna Maske | Freelance journalist | Maharashtra | Assault | Unidentified persons | M | Reporting on irregularities | 18-Sep-23 | 1 |
| 74 | Seema Mustafa, Seema Guha, Bharat Bhushan, Sanjay Kapoor | President of EGI & 3 Sr journalists | Manipur | FIR | Police | M/F | Section 66A of IT Act and IPC sections 153A, 200, 298, and Press Council Act | 03-Sep-23 | 4 |
| 75 | A journalist | The Frontier Manipur | Manipur | Harassment | AR Subedar Kamla Pati Joshi | M | 25-Sep-23 | 1 | |
| 76 | A journalist | vernacular daily | Odisha | Assault | Miscreants | M | 25-Aug-23 | 1 | |
| 77 | Piyush Rai | Tamil Nadu | FIR | Police | M | Reporting Hindu Seer’s comment on TN CM | Sep-23 | 1 | |
| 78 | Pratik Mahalanbish | Tripura | Assault | Anti-social elements | M | 31-Aug-23 | 1 | ||
| 79 | Shyam Meera Singh | Independent journalist | Uttar Pradesh | FIR | Police | M | section 66 IT Act | 08-Aug-23 | 1 |
| 80 | Shishir Shukla | Amrit Vichar | Uttar Pradesh | FIR | Police | M | Section 420 IPC | Aug-23 | 1 |
| 81 | Debmalya Bagchi | Anandabazar Patrika | West Bengal | Arrest | Police | M | Sections 341, 323, 354B, 509 IPC, and SC-ST Act | Sep-23 | 1 |
| 82 | Prabir Purkayastha and Amit Chakravarty | Newsclick | Delhi | Arrest | Police | M | UAPA | 03-Oct-23 | 2 |
| 83 | Seema Azad and Vishwa Vijay | Editors of Dastak | Uttar Pradesh | Raided | Police | F/M | 06-Sep-23 | 2 | |
| 84 | 46 journalists and contributors of NewsClick | Newsclick | Delhi | Summon or searches | Police | M/F | 03-Oct-23 | 44 | |
| 85 | Jaalam Singh | Dainik Khulasa | Madhya Pradesh | Arrest | Police | M | Multiple FIRs under 153, 384, 385, 469 of IPC | 13-Sep-23 | 1 |
| 86 | Journalists | ISTV, Impact TV, Tom TV, and ISCom | Manipur | Not allowing to cover gunfight and forcing to delete footage | Indian Army | M | Oct-23 | 4 | |
| 87 | Saikat Pal | Republic TV Bangla | West Bengal | Assault | TMC activists | M | 05-Oct-23 | 1 | |
| 88 | Sonu Ansari and YouTuber Gunjan Kumar | Journalist and Youtuber | Jharkhand | FIR | Police | M | Obstructing government work | 30-Nov-23 | 2 |
| 89 | TV news channel and Sujaya Parvathy | Malayalam TV news Channel and its editor | Kerala | FIR | Police | F | Sections 153, 153 (A) of IPC and section 120 (o) of Kerala Police Act | 31-Oct-23 | 1 |
| 90 | Rejaz M Sheeba Sydeek | Freelance journalist | Kerala | FIR | Police | M | Section 153 IPC | 31-Oct-23 | 1 |
| 91 | Aslah Kayyalakkath | Maktoob Media | Kerala | Summon for interrogation | Police | M | 16-Nov-23 | 1 | |
| 92 | Vinitha V.G. | TV Channel 24 News | Kerala | FIR | Police | F | Section 120B | Dec-23 | 1 |
| 93 | Makepeace Sitlhou | Independent journalist | Manipur | FIR | Police | F | Sections 120B, 153A, 500, and 505(2) of IPC | Dec-23 | 1 |
| 94 | Meesala Saidulu | Telangana | Assault | Police | M | Covering a dispute btwn two families | Nov-23 | 1 | |
| 95 | Om Prakash Sati | Hindustan | Uttarakhand | Manhandling and abuse | Police | M | Covering festival | 24-Oct-23 | 1 |
| 96 | Sanjiv Kumar Datta and 3 photo journalists | News agency AFI | Jharkhand | Assault | Body guards of political leader | M | Covering political yatra | 09-Oct-23 | 4 |
| 97 | Tejshree Purandare | Times Now | Delhi | Misbehaviour & Mishandling | Brishbushan Singh | F | Questioning on sexual harassment of female wrestlers | 11-Jul-23 | 1 |
| 98 | Female journalist | Kerala | Misbehaviour | Politician Suresh Gopi | F | During interview | 28-Oct-23 | 1 | |
| 99 | Pawan Pahwa | Works with local daily | Uttar pradesh | Assault | Police | M | Following argument | 09-Sep-23 | 1 |
| 100 | Narul Huda | Bihar | Assault | Armed men | M | Land dispute | 19-Jun-23 | 1 | |
| 101 | L. Kanta | Manipur | Assault | Rapid Action Force | M | Covering ethnic violence | 29-May-23 | 1 | |
| 102 | Sanket Chaturvedi | Sanvad News International | Uttar Pradesh | Assault | Unidentified man | M | Not known | 09-Jul-23 | 1 |
| 103 | Prabir Mahto | Bhaskar | Jharkhand | Attempted murder | Four persons | M | Old dispute | May-23 | 1 |
| 104 | Ravi Gupta | ANI | Uttar Pradesh | Assault | Meerut Development Authority officials | M | Making a video of the officials beating a man | 11-Dec-23 | 1 |
| 105 | Debasmita Rout | ETV Bharat | Odisha | Slapping | Film producer Sanjay Nayak | F | While covering a film release | Nov-23 | 1 |
| 106 | Umesh Darjee & Manoj Bogati | Kalimpong TV & Khabar Magazine | West Bengal | Heckled & Slapped | BGPM activists | M | While covering flash flood | 11-Oct-23 | 2 |
| 107 | A journalist | Haryana | Attack on car | Criminals | M | Exposing paddy scam | Oct-23 | 1 | |
| 108 | Prabhat Ranjan Mishra | Shinning India | Rajasthan | Assault/pushed | Congress counselor | M | Exposing school condition | Nov-23 | 1 |
| 109 | Siddireddy Srinivas Reddy | Senior journalist | Telangana | Assault | MLA | M | Comment on elections | 11-Dec-23 | 1 |
| 110 | Wangkhemcha Shyamjai | Kangleipakki Meira | Manipur | Arrest | Police | M | Publishing provocative news | 29-Dec-23 | 1 |
| 111 | Sundaram Jha | West Bengal | Assault | TMC activists | M | Covering procession of BJP | 26-Nov-23 | 1 | |
| 112 | Suraj Pandey | Uttar Pradesh | Attempted murder | Sand mafia | M | Covering illegal sand mining | 31-Dec-23 | 1 | |
| 113 | Rakesh Kumar Sharma | A news channel | Jharkhand | Assault, Threat | Unidentified men | M | For airing a news | 17-Nov-23 | 1 |
| 114 | Sanjib Kumar Deb | a Hindi daily | Bihar | Attempted murder | Unidentified men | M | Not known | 08-Jul-23 | 1 |
| 115 | Nitu Sharma | Jammu & Kashmir | Attempted murder | Masked men | M | Not known | 09-May-23 | 1 | |
| 116 | Neeraj | Uttar Pradesh | Assault | Miscreants | M | While covering a news | Aug-23 | 1 | |
| 117 | Sanjeev Kumar Jha | Bihar | Assault | Liquor traders | M | Filing police complaint | 17-Aug-23 | 1 | |
| 118 | Ranjit Rajan | Bihar | Assault | Miscreants | M | 09-May-23 | 1 | ||
| 119 | Vijay Kant Pathak | Prabhat Khabar | Jharkhand | Threat | Prisoner | M | For publication of reports | 29-Dec-23 | 1 |
| 120 | Surendra Sharma & 4 journalists | Himachal Pradesh | Assault | Truck drivers | M | Covering truck driver’s protest | 03-May-23 | 5 | |
| 121 | Abhimanyu Fad | TV journalist | Maharashtra | Assault | Two men | M | Feb-23 | 1 | |
| 122 | Umesh Yadav | News Channel | Chhattisgarh | Assault | Criminals | M | Aug-23 | 1 | |
| 123 | Sindhu Sooryakumar, Shahjahan and Naufal Bin Yousaf | Asianet TV | Kerala | FIR | Police | M | Fake reports | 04-Mar-23 | 3 |
| 124 | Vikash Kumar Singh | News 18 | Bihar | Manhandled | Police | M | Covering sit-in of BJP leader | 03-Aug-23 | 1 |
| 125 | Awadh Kishore | Bihar | Attempted murder | Miscreants | M | Witness in a murder case | 14-Sep-23 | 1 | |
| 126 | Vishnu Prakash and Mihin Jaffar | The Fourth | Kerala | Assault | DYFI activists | M | Cover a protest against CM | 07-Dec-23 | 2 |
| 127 | Nagara Gopal and another photojournalist | The Hindu | Telangana | Assault | Mahesh Goud and aides | M | Covering an event | 21-Nov-23 | 2 |
| 128 | R Sunil | Madhyamam | Kerala | FIR | Police | M | Writing a report | 21-Sep-23 | 1 |
| 129 | Rupesh Kumar Singh | Independent journalist | Jharkhand | Raid | NIA | M | 02-May-23 | 1 | |
| 130 | Arvind Singh Jaduan | Editor, Ghatak Reporter | Madhya Pradesh | Attempted murder | Narayan Sahu & others | M | Writing reports | 02-May-23 | 1 |
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| 131 | BBC offices | BBC | Delhi, Mumbai | Search/survey/Phones & laptop seized | IT Officials | Alleged financial irregularities | 14-Feb-23 | ||
| 132 | Asianet TV | Kerala | Search | Police | Investigation in connection with a complaint filed by a political leader | 05-Mar-23 | |||
| 133 | Kashmirwala | Kahmir Wala | Jammu & Kashmir | Blocking of social media website of KW | GoI | Aug-23 | |||
| 134 | Marunadan Malayali | Kerala | Raid | police | Jul-23 |
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