[Assam] press release

[anitak goswami]

JFA condemns threats to Manipur media  
   
  Guwahati, August 3: The Journalists’ Forum, Assam (JFA) has strongly condemned the combined threats to the media in Manipur from both official and unofficial quarters.
  In a meeting held in Guwahati on Saturday, the JFA expressed its whole-hearted support to the Manipur media which is in the line of fire from both the militants and the State Government. In a resolution, the Forum said that in a democracy the media is responsible for and accountable to only the general public. Even in a conflict situation, like the one prevalent in Manipur, this basic tenet of journalistic ethics does not allow media outlets to peddle views favouring one party and harming the other.
  This is exactly why, the attempted July 31 bomb attack on The Sangai Express and the August 3 Manipur Government order banning publication of what it calls any propaganda of unlawful or militant groups, are simply a move to throttle democracy itself, the JFA asserted. 
   
  Issued by 
  Rupam Baruah, President
  Hiten Mahanta, Working President,
  Nava Thakuria,
  General Secretary
   
   

       
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