Amid continued attacks on press freedom in India, investigative journalist Rana Ayyub was censored by Twitter at the behest of state authorities she holds to account.

Journalist Rana Ayyub was briefly detained and restricted from traveling to the United Kingdom.

Yet another First Information Report (FIR) was registered against journalist Rana Ayyub for her stance against state violence underway in India.

Credible threats against Washington Postcolumnist Rana Ayyub, in a context of prolific online violence and increasing legal harassment by the Indian government, have triggered 12 international civil society organizations to unite in her defense.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has initiated a fiscal probe against journalist Rana Ayyub, alleging that she used the donations collected from COVID-19 relief through the Indian crowdfunding platform, Ketto.

The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has initiated a fiscal probe against journalist Rana Ayyub, alleging that she misused the donations collected for COVID-19 relief through the Indian crowdfunding platform, Ketto.

The police have registered a First Information Report (FIR) against four individuals who were visible in a Youtube video slandering Rana Ayyub.

Indian journalist, Rana Ayyub received around 25 thousand tweets, mostly death and rape threats, calling her a “terror sympathiser”.

A baseless police complaint was registered against Rana Ayyub by state-backed political workers. The complaint, registered in the state of Uttar Pradesh, alleges that Ayyub was involved in fraudulent dealings with the money she had collected for COVID relief work in the country. Ayyub denies these allegations against her and took to social media to clarify her stance on the issue. Ayyub has been a vocal critic of the current regime in India and this is not the first time she has been targeted with malicious propaganda by the Indian state or those who work for it.

Freelance journalist Saba Naqvi and the Washington Post journalist Rana Ayyub are facing a criminal complaint filed by a police inspector. The complaint that was filed on June 16 includes the names of news outlet The Wire and a few politicians from the opposition Congress party. It accuses Rana and Saba of posting a video on Twitter with misleading and unverified information.

Indian journalist Rana Ayyub was targeted for criticizing the government over the ongoing farmers’ protest in the country. The Coalition for Women In Journalism condemns the organized troll campaign that was launched against the journalist.

The Coalition For Women In Journalism is alarmed and deeply concerned over online attacks Rana Ayyub received and exposed on Twitter.

The Coalition For Women In Journalism has been observing an unprecedented amount and types of threats to women journalists in India, especially in the last two quarters.