Akin to censorship: Editors Guild flags amendments to IT Rules
The scribes’ body said the move has adverse implications for press freedom in the country.
The scribes’ body said the move has adverse implications for press freedom in the country.
The statement comes after the recent case of an FIR being filed against senior journalist Vinod Dua based on a complaint by Naveen Kumar, who was identified as a spokesperson of the BJP.
“Any attempt to use the Official Secrets Act against the media is as reprehensible as asking the journalists to disclose their sources,” the Guild said.
The editors' body also remembered how Nayar, who was one of the doyens of Indian journalism, fought the Emergency, that had imposed curbs on media freedom, through his writings and for which he was also jailed
The decision, reportedly at the instance of the Prime Minister, to withdraw a circular issued by the Ministry of Information…
