Manipur violence: SC protects Editors’ Guild fact-finding team from arrest
The order said, “Issue notice. Keep this on Monday. No coercive steps to be taken against petitioners till the next date of hearing.”
The order said, “Issue notice. Keep this on Monday. No coercive steps to be taken against petitioners till the next date of hearing.”
'The Editors Guild of India is deeply perturbed over the recent government statement before the Supreme Court putting the blame on the media for causing panic among migrant workers leading to their mass movement in the wake of the lockdown,' the statement said.
The Press Council of India's move to intervene in the case in Supreme Court over restrictions on communication placed in Jammu and Kashmir has prompted strong objections from members of various media watchdog organisations
Five people including three media persons were arrested in a span of two days for allegedly uploading 'defamatory' post on Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath.
The Editor's Guild has termed the police action as 'high-handed, arbitrary and authoritarian misuse of laws'.
The Guild's statement comes on a day a Delhi court commenced hearing on Akbar's criminal defamation complaint against Priya Ramani.
It also expressed concern and dismay over the incidence of alleged sexual harassment and assault on women journalists.
The Editor’s Guild of India condemned on Monday the registration of an FIR against Mathrubhumi TV news anchor Venu Balakrishnan by the Kerala police on charges of promoting communal enmity.
In a statement issued on Tuesday, the Guild said that the order, which has now been revoked, was an attempt by the government to police the media.
The Editors Guild of India has has asked the Rajasthan government to “withdraw the harmful ordinance” that bars the media…
