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Assam journalists protest, boycott AAMSU for
three months
Thursday August 30, 2012 07:49:44 PM,
IANS
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Guwahati: At least a
dozen organisations of media people of Assam Thursday decided to
organise demonstrations across the state Sep 1 to protest a spate
of attacks on journalists.
They have also decided to boycott all news related to the All
Assam Minority Students' Union (AAMSU) for three months.
At least ten media people sustained injuries in attacks in
different parts of the state Aug 28, when AAMSU called a bandh.
Several representatives of the media gathered Thursday in the
Guwahati Press Club and unanimously sought a public apology from
the AAMSU leadership for the attacks.
"It is observed that some anti-social elements have come up with
an evil design to spread terror among the peace-loving people of
Assam. They have strategically started attacking media people. At
least ten media people were injured in attacks by those supporting
the bandh call of Aug 28," said Nava Thakuria, secretary (Eastern
India), National Federation of Newspaper Employees.
Some of the journalists received severe injuries and were admitted
to hospital, Thakuria said.
"We are annoyed that the police and paramilitary personnel on duty
turned onlookers while the media people were attacked by goons
with sticks and sharp weapons," he said, appealing to editors of
newspapers and news channels to blank out the AAMSU, and not cover
speeches by its leadership or write articles about it for three
months.
The meeting Thursday urged press clubs, press guilds and
organisations of journalists not to support press meetings of the
AAMSU.
The meeting appealed to journalists of Assam to wear black badges
on Sep 1.
Thakuria said that the journalists reiterated to the state
government the need for group insurance (for both life and health)
for media people in the state.
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