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Press Statement India: Thousands protest against treatment of The Wire editor16 Apr, 2020 Around 3,500 jurists, academicians, actors, artists, writers have protested against the Uttar Pradesh (UP) government for filing criminal charges under a First Information Report (FIR) against The Wire editor Siddharth Varadarajan. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Indian Journalists Union (IJU) urge the UP government to scrap all criminal proceedings against the editor. In a joint statement, people from different walks of life including former Supreme Court judge Madan B Lokur, former Madras High Court judge K Chandru and former Patna High Court judge Anjana Prakash protested against the Uttar Pradesh Government’s move on April 14. The FIR was filed against Siddharth Varadarajan for his alleged ‘defamatory’ comments against the UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath that appeared in The Wire. The protests followed the serving of a notice on April 10 to the Wire’s editor Siddharth Varadarajan, requesting he appear in Ayodhya Police station on April 14. In response to the police notice, Varadarajan tweeted on 13 April that could not appear at the Ayodhya police station, 700 km from his home in Delhi, due to the nation-wide Covid-19 lockdown. The FIR, filed by Nitish Kumar Shrivastav, a resident of Faizabad in Uttar Pradesh, alleges Varadarajan had made an “objectionable” comment about Uttar Pradesh chief minister Yogi Adityanath. On March 31, The Wire published an article entitled ‘As COVID-19 Cases Spike in Nizamuddin, Nehru Stadium in Delhi to Become Quarantine Centre’ where it wrongly quoted Yogi Adityanath as saying‘Lord Ram would protect devotees from the coronavirus’. Later, The Wire apologized saying the quote about Ram saving devotees from the coronavirus was wrongly attributed to Yogi Adityanath. IJU said: “Expressing solidarity with The Wire and its team, the IJU also urged Prime Minister Modi and Information & Broadcasting Minister Prakash Javadekar to step in and ensure that the UP government does not make a mockery of their gratitude towards the media for acting as a link between the government and the people during this difficult time”. IFJ said: “The Uttar Pradesh administrations’ legal charges against an editor come after he has apologized publicly and corrected the mistake. The charge is clearly an over- reaction and aimed at curbing the independent press in the current health crisis. IFJ urges the UP government to immediately drop all criminal proceedings”. Written By The IFJ represents more than 600,000 journalists in 140 countries. For further information contact IFJ Asia-Pacific on +61 2 9333 0946 Find the IFJ on Twitter: @ifjasiapacific Find the IFJ on Facebook: www.facebook.com/IFJAsiaPacific Comments Resources - Media Freedom in Sri Lanka- 2020 09/24/2021 Download - Chasing Justice : Study on impunity for crimes against journalists in Maldives 08/22/2021 Download - IFJ South Asia Media Bulletin, August 2021 08/18/2021 Download
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Press Statement मन्त्रिपरिषद्का निर्णयहरु बैठक लगत्तै सार्वजनिक गरेर खुल्ला, पारदर्शी र लोकतान्त्रिक अभ्यासलाई अनुसरण गर्न माग12 Nov, 2018 मन्त्रिपरिषद् बैठकले गरेका निर्णयलाई तत्काल सार्वजनिक नगर्ने गरी नेपाल सरकारले गरेको निर्णयप्रति नेपाल पत्रकार महासंघको गम्भीर ध्यानाकर्षण भएको छ । कात्तिक २५ गते साँझ बसेको मन्त्रिपरिषद् बैठकका निर्णयबारे ‘सञ्चारकर्मीहरुले समयक्रममा पछि थाहा पाइहाल्ने’ भन्दै प्रवक्ताबाट औपचारिक रुपमा कुनै जानकारी गराइएन । अहिले सरकारका मन्त्रीहरुले ‘मन्त्रिपरिषद्को निर्णय तत्काल सार्वजनिक नगरी ४८ घण्टापछि व्यवस्थित रुपमा सार्वजनिक गर्ने प्रतिक्रिया व्यक्त गर्नुले जननिर्वाचित सरकारले गरेका निर्णयहरु तत्काल जान्न पाउने नागरिकको अधिकारमाथि आघात पुग्दछ भन्ने महासंघको ठहर छ । सञ्चार प्रविधिको तीब्रतर विकास र समाज विकासको आजको युगमा लोकतान्त्रिक सरकारका निर्णहरुको सूचना पाउन नागरिकले ४८ घण्टा कुर्नुपर्छ भन्नु विगतमै अभ्यास हुनु छाडिसकेको सामन्ती परम्पराको निरन्तरता हुन जानेतर्फ सरकार सजग बन्नुपर्छ भन्ने महासंघको आग्रह छ । महासंघ मन्त्रिपरिषद्का निर्णयहरु बैठक लगत्तै सार्वजनिक गरेर खुल्ला, पारदर्शी र लोकतान्त्रिक अभ्यासलाई अनुसरण गर्न सरकारसमक्ष जोडदार माग गर्दछ । Written By Federation of Nepali Journalists Media Village, Sinamangal, Kathmandu, Nepal Telephone: +977 01 449 0063/ 493 873/ 447 8235 Comments Resources - IFJ South Asia Media Bulletin, November 2022 11/15/2022 Download - GENDER DISPARITY IN PAKISTANI MEDIA-2022 11/09/2022 Download - IFJ South Asia Media Bulletin, October 2022 10/15/2022 Download