Delhi: Media bodies slam action against journalists
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Delhi: Media bodies slam action against journalists
Description
NEW DELHI: The Indian Women’s Press Corps, Press Club of India and the Press Association on Sunday condemned the “brutal” police action against two freelance journalists who were picked up by Delhi Police on January 30 evening from Singhu Border farmers’ protest site. One of the two journalists was arrested on Sunday on charges of obstructing and attacking policemen on duty. Condemning the government’s “crackdown” on journalists to “prevent them from doing their job independently and freely,” IWPC, Press Club of India and the Press Association demanded that the arrested journalist be freed immediately and “no journalist should be disturbed while carrying out their duties at any place”. “Such crackdowns impinge on the media’s right to report freely and interferes with our right to freedom of expression, and freedom of the press as guaranteed by the Constitution of India,” the statement by the groups said.
Publisher
The Times of India
Date
2021-02-01
Coverage
Delhi