The report 'The Freedom Frontier- Press Freedom in South Asia', which was released here today, advocated a strong need for a campaign to end impunity to ensure that those who abduct, attack or kill journalists were brought to justice.
"The 2014 Impunity Index, by Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), had revealed that Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Pakistan and India as the worst offenders on impunity in the region.
"The situation, unfortunately, remains much the same but some significant progress has been made in the region to end impunity," the 13th annual IFJ report said.
In its sections dealing with India, the report has divided the country in two categories -overall country summary and Jammu and Kashmir (conflict zone).
While the report mentions the challenges faced by journalists in Jammu and Kashmir, it also asserted "Nevertheless the media has emerged as a vibrant sector in Kashmir giving voice to the people".
In the overall India section, the report mentioned several incidents involving journalists and said that anomalies in India's media freedom regime are evident in the number of journalists who have been arrested and charged over the years under provisions of law dealing with sedition and "waging war against the state".
It also talked about the ban on the BBC documentary on the December 16 gangrape case.