(*Thank you, to all the people who have reached out to send me more links/cases.*) # Journalists ## Lists - SFLC.in [compiled](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UakHgNXM7ETlJMeHW5YgEXpHghQXy4nlga73vIcs5Ng/edit?tab=t.0) a list of ~50 journalists who were detained on 2026-10-10 and 2026-10-11. - Mandeep Punia compiled a list on journalists detained on 2026-10-10 and 2026-10-11, and [posted](https://x.com/mandeeppunia1/status/2110963774379483359) it on Twitter on 2026-10-16 ## Stories ### Delhi ##### [How Delhi Police Ran A Crackdown Within The Crackdown, Against Journalists and Lawyers](https://www.decodeinternet.in/digital-state/how-delhi-police-ran-a-crackdown-within-the-crackdown-against-journalists-and-lawyers-32357) by [[@Adrija Bose]] added on [[2026-10-14]] published on 2026-10-13T09:10:06+05:30, archived at: %%[Click to Archive](https://archive.is/https://www.decodeinternet.in/digital-state/how-delhi-police-ran-a-crackdown-within-the-crackdown-against-journalists-and-lawyers-32357) %% tags:: ##### [Over 20 journalists recount the Delhi Police’s use of brute force against them](https://www.thenewsminute.com/news/over-20-journalists-recount-the-delhi-polices-use-of-brute-force-against-them) by [[@Maria Teresa Raju,Jahnavi,Jisha Surya,Shabbir Ahmed,Anisha Sheth,Pooja Prasanna]] added on [[2026-10-14]] published on 2026-10-12T15:15:37Z, archived at: %%[Click to Archive](https://archive.is/https://www.thenewsminute.com/news/over-20-journalists-recount-the-delhi-polices-use-of-brute-force-against-them) %% tags:: ##### [37 Journalists Detained, 200+ Takedown Orders During CJP Protests](https://www.medianama.com/2026/10/223-37-journalists-detained-cjp-protests-200-takedown-orders/) by [[@Aakriti Bansal]] added on [[2026-10-14]] published on 2026-10-13T11:53:11+00:00, archived at: %%[Click to Archive](https://archive.is/https://www.medianama.com/2026/10/223-37-journalists-detained-cjp-protests-200-takedown-orders/) %% tags:: ##### [Journalists accuse Indian police of suppressing press freedom during youth protests](https://apnews.com/article/india-cockroach-protests-voters-elections-294396c41a2df7d8a3912d09e4693c2a) by [[@Sheikh Saaliq]] added on [[2026-10-15]] published on 2026-10-14T08:31:10Z, archived at: %%[Click to Archive](https://archive.is/https://apnews.com/article/india-cockroach-protests-voters-elections-294396c41a2df7d8a3912d09e4693c2a) %% tags:: ##### [At least 37 journalists detained, several assaulted, while covering protests against India’s election chief](https://cpj.org/2026/10/at-least-37-journalists-detained-several-assaulted-while-covering-protests-against-indias-election-chief/) by [[@Somi Das]] added on [[2026-10-15]] published on 2026-10-12T19:49:55+00:00, archived at: %%[Click to Archive](https://archive.is/https://cpj.org/2026/10/at-least-37-journalists-detained-several-assaulted-while-covering-protests-against-indias-election-chief/) %% tags:: ##### [Delhi Police beats and detains a Caravan journalist during CEC protests](https://caravanmagazine.in/news/delhi-police-beats-caravan-journalist-sir-protests) by [[@The Caravan]] added on [[2026-10-16]] published on 2026-10-12T04:57:35.990Z, archived at: %%[Click to Archive](https://archive.is/https://caravanmagazine.in/news/delhi-police-beats-caravan-journalist-sir-protests) %% tags:: ##### [Dozens of journalists detained, several harassed while covering anti-SIR protests on second day](https://maktoobmedia.com/post?id=116676&slug=dozens-of-journalists-detained-several-harassed-while-covering-anti-sir-protests-on-second-day) by [[@Maktoob]] added on [[2026-10-16]] published on 2026-10-11T20:45:00+05:30, archived at: %%[Click to Archive](https://archive.is/https://maktoobmedia.com/post?id=116676&slug=dozens-of-journalists-detained-several-harassed-while-covering-anti-sir-protests-on-second-day) %% tags:: ### Bangalore ## Videos ### Delhi ##### [Journalists assaulted, detained by Delhi police](https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=hyQeuPIwjY4&ra=m) by [[@The News Minute]] added on [[2026-10-14]] published on 2026-10-12T19:36:48-07:00, archived at: %%[Click to Archive](https://archive.is/https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=hyQeuPIwjY4&ra=m) %% tags:: ##### [@TheRedMike Interviewing Sreenivasan Jain on X](https://x.com/TheRedMike/status/2109292866334019634) by [[@@TheRedMike]] added on [[2026-10-16]] published on 2026-10-11T14:39:42.000Z, archived at: %%[Click to Archive](https://archive.is/https://x.com/TheRedMike/status/2109292866334019634) %% tags:: ### Bangalore ## First-person Accounts ### Delhi ##### [A prison-like bus, an unknown location: A day in detention with Neha Bora](https://www.newslaundry.com/2026/10/12/a-prison-like-bus-an-unknown-location-what-detention-means-for-protesters-like-neha-bora) by [[@Nidhi Suresh]] added on [[2026-10-14]] published on 2026-10-12T13:11:15Z, archived at: %%[Click to Archive](https://archive.is/https://www.newslaundry.com/2026/10/12/a-prison-like-bus-an-unknown-location-what-detention-means-for-protesters-like-neha-bora) %% tags:: ##### [Journalist as witness to State brutality: A story from Delhi’s Pandwalan Khurd](https://www.thenewsminute.com/news/journalist-as-witness-to-state-brutality-a-story-from-delhis-pandwalan-khurd) by [[@M Rajshekhar]] added on [[2026-10-14]] published on 2026-10-14T11:00:00Z, archived at: %%[Click to Archive](https://archive.is/https://www.thenewsminute.com/news/journalist-as-witness-to-state-brutality-a-story-from-delhis-pandwalan-khurd) %% tags:: ##### [A journalist recalls Delhi detention: A reluctant baton, a press ID ignored, and stranger’s help](https://www.newslaundry.com/2026/10/15/a-journalists-day-in-detention-a-reluctant-baton-a-press-id-ignored-and-strangers-help) by [[@Astha Savyasachi]] added on [[2026-10-15]] published on 2026-10-15T05:05:23Z, archived at: %%[Click to Archive](https://archive.is/https://www.newslaundry.com/2026/10/15/a-journalists-day-in-detention-a-reluctant-baton-a-press-id-ignored-and-strangers-help) %% tags:: ##### [Detained for covering a protest: Inside Delhi Police’s October 10 crackdown on journalists](https://www.altnews.in/detained-for-covering-a-protest-inside-delhi-polices-october-10-crackdown-on-journalists/) by [[@Agniva Ray]] added on [[2026-10-16]] published on 2026-10-12T13:25:28+05:30, archived at: %%[Click to Archive](https://archive.is/https://www.altnews.in/detained-for-covering-a-protest-inside-delhi-polices-october-10-crackdown-on-journalists/) %% tags:: ### Bangalore ##### [Pushed, dragged, manhandled: A photojournalist's account of police excesses during SIR protest in Bengaluru](https://www.deccanherald.com/india/karnataka/bengaluru/pushed-dragged-manhandled-a-photojournalists-account-of-police-excesses-during-sir-protest-in-bengaluru-4181016) by [[@Pushkar V]] added on [[2026-10-14]] published on 2026-10-13T16:51:29+05:30, archived at: %%[Click to Archive](https://archive.is/https://www.deccanherald.com/india/karnataka/bengaluru/pushed-dragged-manhandled-a-photojournalists-account-of-police-excesses-during-sir-protest-in-bengaluru-4181016) %% tags:: # Other Accounts ##### [‘Aur Nahi Marenge’, they said, and then kicked, slapped and brutalised us inside a pitch-dark van fitted with cages’](https://www.altnews.in/aur-nahi-marenge-they-said-and-then-kicked-slapped-brutalised-us-inside-a-pitch-dark-van-fitted-with-cages/) by [[@Shinjinee Majumder]] added on [[2026-10-15]] published on 2026-10-14T13:18:04+05:30, archived at: %%[Click to Archive](https://archive.is/https://www.altnews.in/aur-nahi-marenge-they-said-and-then-kicked-slapped-brutalised-us-inside-a-pitch-dark-van-fitted-with-cages/) %% tags:: ##### [Beaten But Unbowed: How Young Protesters Were Detained And Freed in Delhi](https://behanbox.com/2026/10/19/beaten-but-unbowed-how-young-protesters-were-detained-and-freed-in-delhi/) by [[@Saumya Kalia]] added on [[2026-10-19]] published on 2026-10-19T07:43:38+00:00, archived at: %%[Click to Archive](https://archive.is/https://behanbox.com/2026/10/19/beaten-but-unbowed-how-young-protesters-were-detained-and-freed-in-delhi/) %% tags:: ## Colophon %% title:: * Oct 2026 Protests - Journalists' being targeted by police type:: [[&output]] tags:: url:: file:: creator:: Prateek Waghre %% created:: [[2026-10-15]] status:: [[bean]]