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Newspapers Shut Down in India's Manipur State, as Militant Threats Mount
IFJ.org - Asia & Pacific | 5 September 2013
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is alarmed to learn of a two-day shutdown by newspapers in the northeastern Indian state of Manipur, following explicit threats from an underground armed group that the distribution of newspapers not publishing its statements would be blocked and their personnel attacked.
"The code of conduct that AMWJU has evolved to deal with the situation of multiple insurgencies in the state, is an example for journalists in other regions that face similar complexities". "We call on the state government in Manipur and the security agencies of the Indian government deployed in the state, to respond to the urgent calls from AWMJU that conditions be secured for safeguarding journalists’ rights and the public right to know".
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