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PRESS RELEASE

NUJ (I) condemns police attack on scribes in Jammu

New Delhi, August 4: The drastic curbs imposed upon the two main news channels of Jammu,which also provide cable connection for other leading news channels,and restrictions for covering the current agitation in Jammu over the issue of land transfer to Amarnath Shrine can only be compared to the black days of emergency.Failing to find a solution of the vexed issue which in a way is its own creation,the state administration in J&K now under the central rule,has apparently run amuck in utter confusion.

NUJ(I) finds it totally unacceptable that the state administration should hold the media in Jammu responsible for creation of the present volatile situation.The agitation earlier in Srinagar and Kashmir valley over the land transfer to Amarnath shrine issue,was widely covered by the media ,when popular government was in power.No such wanton restrictions were imposed.But,when the focus of the agitation has shifted to Jammu and the state is under the central rule,a piquant situation with blatant media curbs is thought to be the only to deal with the explosive situation.There are reports of copies of some daily newspapers being snatched by berserk cops who tore them and threw away.Further,mediapersons covering the agiatation were brutally assulted leading to injuries.

I urge upon the Prime Minister Mr.Manmohan Singh to counsel restraint to the Governor Mr.Vohra and instruct him to immediately lift all curbs imposed on the media in Jammu.The confrontation with the media shall only be counterproductive,which an ex-bureaucrate Governor with unfettered powers,will not understand.The centre has to act fast,before the media all over the country comes on the street,in support of the mediamen of Jammu.Centre cannot abdicate its responsibility at the present juncture,since J&K is under its direct rule,and finally its is answerable to the media and the country at large.

The NUJ(I) stand by the struggling mediapersons in Jammu,and back their demand for immediate lift of all misconceived curbs.If no responsible action was initiated by the centre forthwith,our organisation shall give a call for observance of protest day all over the country.Meanwhile a report has been sought from our state unit over the latest situation.

(P.K.Roy)
President NUJ(I)

NUJ (I) condemns police attack on journalists in Orissa

New Delhi, July 17, 2008 : National Union of Journalists (I) has strongly condemned the police attack on journalists in Orissa’s Malkangiri district on Thursday.

A group of scribes from Andhra Pradesh, Orissa and Chhatisgarh had been to the office of the district superintendent of police in the morning to collect information on the Wednesday attack on police personnel by the Maoists at MV-126 village, nearly 40 km from the district headquarters.

The police, instead of cooperating in giving information, asked the journalists to leave the place and resorted to indiscriminate lathicharge without any provocation.

Three journalists – Anil Reddy of TV Line, Shiva Mosgul of NTV and Chery Bisal – all from Andhra Pradesh – sustained injury in police assault.

The condition of Anil Reddy, according to medial sources, is critical. Anil is undergoing treatment at the local district headquarters hospital.
In a statement NUJ (I) president Mr P.K. Roy, secretary general Mr Atamdeep and vice president Mr Prasanna Mohanty condemned the attack as “barbaric” and demanded strong action against the concerned police officials and termed the incident as an effort to supress the freedom of press in the country.

(Subhash Nigam)
Media Incharge

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NUJ(I) seeks protection for Pak journalists

New Delhi, June 15: Expressing solidarity with the Pakistani journalists facing acts of killings, coercion and intimidation, the National Union of Journalist (India) on Friday said that certain political parties affiliated to the Musharraf government were specifically targeting the independent media and were responsible for organised attacks on journalists.

A large group of journalists assembled before the High Commission at New Delhi and demanded that the Musharraf regime provide enough protection to Pak journalists as also stop itself gagging the media.

“We are alarmed at reports from news sources that political bodies, often linked to your government, are the ones responsible in generating fear and concern amongst journalists,” NUJ-I President Dr NK Trikha said in a memorandum submitted to President Musharraf through the Pakistan High Commission.

Dr Trikha said: “The Mohajir Rabita Council (MRC) of the Mottahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), a political party aligned with the Musharraf government, has released a list of twelve journalists who have been identified as ethnic and linguistic “chauvinists” and ‘enemies’. This list also includes some senior office-bearers of the Pakistan Federal Union of Journalist.”

The NUJ memorandum to Pervez Musharraf came a day before the first death anniversary of Pakistan journalist Hayatullah Khan whose body was found dumped with bullet wounds in North Waziristan.

Expressing deep concern over the increasing dangers faced by journalists in Pakistan and the growing restraints on the functioning of the media in the country, the NUJ demanded stern action against the culprits and asked the Musharraf government to provide adequate protection to media persons there. In a peaceful and silent demonstration outside the High Commission, the journalists carried placards reading "Stop gagging Pak Press", Stop Killing journalists in Pakistan", "Stop attacks on Pak Journalists" and "We stand by Pak journalists."

JUSTICE KURUP APPOINTED CHAIRMAN OF THE WAGE BOARDS FOR WORKING  JOURNALISTS AND NON-WORKING JOURNALISTS

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NUJ (I) demands strong action against attackers on Dinakaran
 

New Delhi, May 10- The National Union of Journalists(I) condemns in the strongest terms the horrifying attack on the offices of the Tamil Daily.
Dinakaran and Sun TV in Madurai by goons supporting one son of the Tamil Nadu Chief Minister , Mr. M. Karunanidhi against another in a purported family feud on the issue of his political succession.

This is, perhaps, for the first time that a newspaper and a TV channel belonging to the family has been so violently targetted by its own members resulting in the death of three innocent persons and burning down of the building housing the paper. That this has been done to protest against the publication of the results of a popularity survey conducted by the paper is simply unthinkable in a democratic society that values freedom of the Press, even if the projections of the survey may be considered by some as untrue and wrong. To conduct and publish opinion surveys, however disagreeable may be their results for any side, is very much a part of the journalistic practice and Press freedom, and the wanton acts of violence and vandalism against it must not be condoned or let off lightly. The guilty must be brought to book with a strong hand but in an impartial manner, since members of the Chief Minister's family are involved in the case.

At the same time, it would be highly inethical and a flagrant abuse of freedom if public journals of news and current affairs, that too daily newspapers with mass circulation, are willy-nilly used to settle family or political scores, or to deliberately project a rival in a bad light. In any case, the journalists and other newspaper employees should not be made to serve any dubious objectives of those who control the papers.

The NUJ(I) demands that a most stringent action be initiated against all those who are directly or indirectly guilty of this crime against Press freedom; safety and security of the staff be fully ensured; and adequate compensation be paid to the victims' families by the owners as well as the State government.