Today the atmosphere is such, it s so poisonous, so toxic that anyone who wants to go to the court perhaps is a fool. You know what the result is going to be. Even during the emergency, rules against journalists were not so harsh, I don t recall anybody going in for sedition, Sahay said.
On Thursday, the Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh Police filed FIR for sedition against journalists Mrinal Pande, Rajdeep Sardesai, Zafar Agha, Paresh Nath, Anant Nath, Vinod K Jose for reporting on the farmers protest rallies and the ensuing violence that took place in the national capital on January 26.
Undeclared emergency : Media bodies condemn sedition cases against journalists for reportage on farmers protest Senior journalist and president of the Press Club of India Anand Sahay alleged the current government does not care for the notion of democracy as the smallest voice of criticism may land people in jail File image of farmers taking out a tractor rally in a protest against new farm laws at Ghaziabad, outskirts of New Delhi. AP
Media bodies Saturday condemned the filing of sedition charges against six senior journalists and editors for their reporting on the farmers tractor parade and the ensuing violence here on Republic Day, alleging the situation in the country is akin to an undeclared emergency .
Undeclared emergency : Media bodies condemn sedition charges against journalists
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Synopsis Today the atmosphere is such, it s so poisonous, so toxic that anyone who wants to go to the court perhaps is a fool. You know what the result is going to be. Even during the emergency, rules against journalists were not so harsh, I don t recall anybody going in for sedition, Sahay said.
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DUJ president S K Pande alleged the situation was like an undeclared emergency .
New Delhi: Media bodies Saturday condemned the filing of sedition charges against six senior journalists and editors for their reporting on the farmers tractor parade and the ensuing violence here on Republic Day, alleging the situation in the country is akin to an undeclared emergency . At a protest meeting held here, a number of media bodies including the Press Club of India, Editors Guild of India, Indian Women s Press Corps (IWPC), Delhi Union of Jo
An attempt to browbeat media : Media bodies slam FIRs against journalists over R-Day violence
The journalists named in the FIR are Mrinal Pande, Rajdeep Sardesai, Vinod Jose, Zafar Agha, Paresh Nath and Anant Nath and an unidentified person has also been named in the FIR.
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| A+A A- It is an attempt to browbeat the media and push it to fall in line, the Indian Women s Press Corps said. ( Express Illustrations ) By PTI
NEW DELHI: Media bodies on Friday strongly condemned the filing of FIRs against senior editors and journalists for their reporting on the farmers tractor rally and the ensuing violence here on Republic Day, saying it was an attempt to browbeat and intimidate the media.