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Newspaper ban back in Manipur as militants issue fresh threat
The Hindu | Iboyaima Laithangbam | Imphal - September 6, 2013:
After one day's distribution of local newspapers on Thursday, the paper boys have refused to deliver copies of newspapers at homes; and the distributing agents to townships and other districts from Friday following fresh threat from an underground organisation. The outfit had banned sale and distribution of the newspapers in retaliation to the refusal by the editors to publish its press releases. For six days the distributors and paper boys, who were also threatened with killings, refrained from duty.
On Thursday the outfit informed the representatives of the All Manipur Newspapers Sale and Distributors Association to come to Sekta, a remote town for some "talks". The insurgents told them that the ban has not been lifted. The way the paper boys had distributed newspaper copies amounts to throwing gauntlet to them, the outfit warned. The All Manipur Working Journalists' Union, Editors' Committee and the All Manipur Newspaper Sale and Distributors Association held an emergency meeting at the press club on Thursday night to discuss the fresh threat. After a protracted discussion it was decided that the paper boys shall not distribute newspaper copies for their own safety till an agreement is reached.
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