Editors Guild of India Condemns Gujarat police Action
Editors Guild of India
C/o Outlook Sapthahik
AB10, Safdarjang Enclave
New Delhi.
2.6.2008
PRESS
STATEMENT
The Editors Guild of Indis is shocked by the draconian and intolerant
action of the Ahmedabad police which has made charges of sedition
against the Times of India, its resident editor and two journalists .
The action of the City Police Commissioner O P Mathur smacks of
vindictiveness as the newspaper had carried article criticising the
choice of Mathur as the Police Commissioner. Sedition is a charge which
was slapped on the Indian media by the colonial rulers during the
freedom struggle. Abuse of sedition provision against the media negates
the freedoms granted to the citizens by the Constitution. The Guild
expects the Government of Gujarat to ensure that the persecution of the
Times of India and its journalists is stopped forthwith and take action
under law for misusing the provisions of the Indian Penal Code.
K
S Sachidananda Murthy
Secretary General
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