Protestdemonstration in front of press club
Guwahati: Condemningagainst the brutal killing of two scribes in Bihar and Jharkhand this week anddemanding justice for the victim families, a protest demonstration has beenorganized in front of Guwahati Press Club tomorrow (Monday) at 2.30 pm. Thedemonstrators will also raise voices for a special protection law for theworking journalists across the country and call upon the Union government inNew Delhi to formulate a national action plan to safeguard the media persons whopursue critical journalism. It may be mentioned that the murder of Akhilesh Pratap Singh (35, worked fora Jharkhand television news channel) and Rajdeo Ranjan (45, worked withHindustan from Siwan locality of Bihar) generated massive protests across India.Simultaneously, the demand for the special protection law for the media personson duty is also mounting. Even the PressCouncil of India’s chairman Justice (retd) Chandramouli Kumar Prasad has also condemnedthe killings and urged the Centre to enact a special law for protection ofjournalists and speedy trial of cases of attacks & assaults on them. Earlier variousnational and international media rights organizations and also members of prestigiouspress clubs based in New Delhi, Mumbai, Kolkata etc have demonstrated their angersagainst the vicious attacks on the media persons eliminating three journalists thisyear in the country, where as the robust media fraternity of India lost fivejournalists to assailants last year. Variousmedia forums based in northeast India may also decide to organize similarprotest demonstrations tomorrow in respective locations to show theirsolidarity for the cause. Issued byNava Thakuria on behalf of EMFA, JFA _______________________________________________ assam mailing list [email protected] http://assamnet.org/mailman/listinfo/assam_assamnet.org
