Press Emblem Campaign (PEC), the global media safety and rights body, expresses concern over the recent arrest as well as raids of a media office in India’s capital city New Delhi, asserting that scribes should not be harassed for their duties.
“PEC supports each and every journalist across the globe who has been performing duties with all integrity and honesty. But as the Indian authority has accused the NewsClick family of indulging in anti-Bharat activities with the help of money supplied by the Chinese agencies in Beijing, it needs to be clarified (also verified),” PEC President, Blaise Lempen said.
Lempen also urged New Delhi to release the media persons and give them ample scopes to defend themselves in the course of legal battles.
Meanwhile, the Journalists’ Forum Assam came out with a statement that no scribe should be harassed because of his/her profession, but at the same time none should play the role of a tool for an enemy nation in greed of money, said PEC’s India representative Nava Thakuria.
He added that JFA president Rupam Barua has clarified that the profession should not allow anyone to indulge in anti-national activities for selfish interest. Barua also expresses dismay over the boycott of 14 television news anchors by the country’s opposition parties.
