Media houses to shut down in Arunachal Pradesh today
Scribe shot, critically hurt
Source: The Sangai Express / Press Trust of India
Itanagar, July 16 2012:
The Arunachal Press Club and Arunachal Pradesh Union of Working Journalists today unanimously resolved to shut down all media houses in the state tomorrow in protest against the attack on Arunachal Time's Associate Editor Tongam Rina.
Condemning yesterday's incident as an attack on the press fraternity, a meeting of the APC and APUWJ also decided to boycott news and advertisements of the state government for 15 days, which would be reviewed if the culprits were not arrested.
The organizations demanded that the State Government book the culprits under non-bailable section within 7 days and the case be fast-tracked through a special court to award exemplary punishment or else hand over the case to CBI forthwith.
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The members also resolved to sent a delegation to New Delhi and Guwahati to stage protest and to highlight the repeated atrocities being committed on the press fraternity.
"The management of all media-houses should provide security within three days in the press establishment for the security of the working staff and hi-definition CCTV cameras should be installed forthwith for security reason," the meeting resolved.
Unidentified gunmen had yesterday shot at and critically injured an associate editor when she was entering office.