Newspapers fail to hit the stands in Manipur

July 23, 2010 12:35 pm | Updated 12:35 pm IST - Imphal

Newspapers in Manipur failed to hit the stands on Friday as publishing houses and journalists decided against bringing out the issues in protest against threat to a scribe by hill-based militants.

The All Manipur Working Journalists’ Union (AMWJU) had launched a sit-in protest against the threat and decided to cease work on Thursday.

Threats to media persons and media houses by militants has resulted in frequent non-publication of newspapers in the recent past, a spokesperson of the journalists’ body said while appealing to the militants not to disturb freedom of the press in the State.

Militants of Hmar People’s Convention-Democratic (HPC—D) had threatened a senior correspondent of popular ’Sangai Express’ on Wednesday for publishing a news item related to the outfit.

Publication of dailies would resume on Friday.

0 / 0
Sign in to unlock member-only benefits!
  • Access 10 free stories every month
  • Save stories to read later
  • Access to comment on every story
  • Sign-up/manage your newsletter subscriptions with a single click
  • Get notified by email for early access to discounts & offers on our products
Sign in

Comments

Comments have to be in English, and in full sentences. They cannot be abusive or personal. Please abide by our community guidelines for posting your comments.

We have migrated to a new commenting platform. If you are already a registered user of The Hindu and logged in, you may continue to engage with our articles. If you do not have an account please register and login to post comments. Users can access their older comments by logging into their accounts on Vuukle.