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Press Statement IJU Slams PCI Chairman’s Conduct26 Aug, 2019 The Indian Journalists Union and its three nominated Members to the Press Council of India representing media organisations are shocked and gravely troubled at the PCI Chairman Justice (Retd) C K Prasad’s blatant violation of the Council rules, plus his actions have not only undermined the credibility of the institution but go against the primary aim of the institution in protecting the freedom of press. Making a note of the Council’s affidavit seeking to intervene in a petition filed by Kashmir Times in the Supreme Court challenging the restrictions on media freedom in Jammu & Kashmir since August 5 and urging these be relaxed, the IJU is astounded that the affidavit instead of supporting it, instead argues in favour of the ban in place “in the interest of integrity and sovereignty of the nation.” In a statement, IJU President and PCI member, D Amar, Secretary General and IFJ Vice President Sabina Inderjit, and two PCI members B S Jammu and M Majid, said the Chairman should have consulted the Council before approaching the Supreme Court and spared members and the institution of the grave embarrassment it has caused. In fact, they said the Chairman ignored to take note of members’ submissions on two other counts. One, when some sitting PCI members along with former members approached him on August 13 to take suo moto notice of the restrictions on the media and two, when working journalists members’ of the PCI sought the Council adopt a Resolution calling upon the Union Government and the J&K administration ‘to expeditiously restore communication facilities to media offices and to the journalists’, at its full meeting held this Thursday August 22. What is of serious concern is that at the meeting, the Chairman did not inform the Council of the affidavit filed in the Supreme Court. This is in clear violation of Rule 8 of The Press Council (Procedure for Conduct of Meetings and Business) Regulation, 1979, which while dealing with the power’s of the Chairman to take decisions in urgent matters, state: (1). The Chairman may in his discretion, if urgent action by the Council becomes necessary, take decision and permit the business of the Council to be transacted by an order recorded in writing. The papers together with the decision taken by Chairman shall be placed before the next meeting of the Council for confirmation. The IJU said it is incumbent on the PCI Chairman to explain the ‘urgency’ in filing the affidavit, contrary to the mandate of the Council and in keeping the Council members in the dark by not seeking requisite approval at the meeting held on August 22. The urgency, said the IJU lay instead in reacting to the situation being faced by the media in Kashmir and preserving the freedom of the media. The IJU demanded that the Chairman should recall the affidavit and a fresh affidavit may be filed in conformity with the PCI’s declared policy of upholding freedom of press. Written By F-29, Shankar Market Connaught Circus, New Delhi 110001 Telephone +91 9810889396 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 पत्रिकाको कार्यालय नियन्त्रणमा लिएको घटनाको महासंघद्वारा भर्त्सना21 Feb, 2016 नेपाल पत्रकार महासंघका सभासद् एवं प्रेस काउन्सिल नेपालका सदस्य मनऋषि धिताल सम्पादक÷प्रकाश रहेका तथां महासंघका केन्द्रीय सदस्य सरिता ढकाल सञ्चालक रहनुभएकी ‘जनादेश साप्ताहिक’ को कार्यालयमा रहेको कम्प्यूटरलगायतका सामग्री कब्जा गरिएको घटनाप्रति नेपाल पत्रकार महासंघको गम्भीर ध्यानाकर्षण भएको छ । सम्पादक धिताल र सञ्चालक ढकालका अनुसार केही दिनअघि अधिवक्ता खिमलाल देवकोटाले ‘नयाँ शक्तिको’ प्रचार–प्रसार कार्यालय सञ्चालन गर्न भन्दै संखमुलस्थित साप्ताहिकको कार्यालयमा प्रवेश गरी कम्प्यूटरलगायत महत्वपूर्ण कागजात र कार्यालयको साँचोसमेत कब्जामा लिई कार्यालय नियन्त्रणमा लिइएको छ । महासंघ जनादेश साप्ताहिक सञ्चालनमाथि गरेको नियन्त्रणकारी शैलीलाई प्रेस तथा अभिव्यक्ति स्वतन्त्रतामाथिको गम्भीर हस्तक्षेप भएको ठहर गर्दै घटनाको घोर भर्त्सना गर्दछ । नियन्त्रण गरिएका सम्पूर्ण सामग्री फिर्ता गरी प्रेसको संवैधानिक अधिकारलाई सम्मान गर्न महासंघ सम्बन्धित पक्षको गम्भीर ध्यानाकर्षण गराउँदछ । Written By Federation of Nepali Journalists Media Village, Sinamangal, Kathmandu, Nepal Telephone: +977 01 449 0063/ 493 873/ 447 8235 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