A day after the Manipur police registered FIRs against the Editors Guild of India, the organization stated that they are ‘shocked’ by the intimidatory statements made by Chief Minister N. Biren Singh.
Manipur Police Registered FIRs Against Editors Guild Of India
Issuing on a statement on September 5, the Editors Guild of India stated that they are disturbed by the FIRs registered by the Manipur police against the President of the Guild as well as the members of the fact-finding team that had visited Manipur to study and document media’s coverage of violence and ethnic clashes in the state.
“The Guild is further shocked by the intimidatory statements made by the Chief Minister of Manipur, Mr. N. Biren Singh, in response to the report,” the statement read.
“The Guild had received several representations from civil society as well as the Indian Army raising concerns that the media in Manipur was playing a partisan role in the ongoing ethnic conflict between the majority Meitei community and the Kuki-Chin minority. The Guild had sent a three-member team to Manipur to examine the media’s reportage in the state as well as the effects of internet shut down. The team met a cross-section of reporters, editors, representatives of the Editors Guild of Manipur, All Manipur Working Journalists Union, civil society activists, public intellectuals, women affected by the violence, tribal spokespersons and the representatives of the security forces operating in Manipur,” it added.
