Media Bodies Slam FIRs Against Journalists, Want Sedition Law to Be Scrapped
The bodies compared the situation today to an undeclared emergency and demanded the cases filed against journalists for reporting on the farmers tractor rally be removed.
Mrinal Pande, Rajdeep Sardesai and Ananth Nag.
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Jaipur: The sedition cases that have been slapped on journalists for sharing âunverifiedâ news during the farmersâ tractor rally in Delhi on January 26 reeks of a conspiracy, observed a host of media and journalists’ bodies at a press conference on Saturday.
The joint press meeting was organised by the Press Club of India (PCI), the Editorsâ Guild of India, the Press Association, the Indian Womenâs Press Corps (IWPC), the Delhi Union of Journalists and the Indian Journalists Union, which was packed with the country’s best known journalists.
It s Like An Undeclared Emergency: Media Bodies On Sedition Charges Against Journalists
Journalists Mrinal Pande, Rajdeep Sardesai, Vinod Jose, Zafar Agha, Paresh Nath and Anant Nath have been booked by the Noida Police on sedition charges Twitter Outlook Web Bureau 2021-01-31T10:39:15+05:30 It s Like An Undeclared Emergency: Media Bodies On Sedition Charges Against Journalists outlookindia.com 2021-01-31T10:45:09+05:30
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Various media associations have condemned the Noida Police’s move of slapping sedition charges on six senior journalists for their reportage of the farmers’ Republic Day tractor parade.
Hitting out at the Centre, the media organisations have also alleged that the current situation in the country with regards to press freedom is akin to an undeclared emergency .
India News: NEW DELHI: Even as two more FIRs were filed in Delhi and Gurgaon on Friday against senior editors and journalists after UP and MP police registere.
Journalists Bodies Slam Sedition FIRs Against Editors, Reporters for Farmers Rally Coverage
A total of three sedition cases have been filed across three BJP-ruled states against journalists Rajdeep Sardesai, Mrinal Pande and others.
Farmers stand next to an overturned tractor at ITO during their Kisan Gantantra Parade to protest against Centres farm reform laws in New Delhi, January 26, 2021. Photo: PTI
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New Delhi: Several media bodies on Friday strongly condemned the sedition FIRs against senior editors and journalists for their reporting on the farmers’ tractor rally and the ensuing violence in the capital on Republic Day, saying it was an attempt to “browbeat” and “intimidate” the media.
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.