[Reader-list] Statement on Censorship and Violence against Press in Kashmir: Reporters Without Borders

Tue Aug 26 17:50:39 IST 2008

Shivam  What about GreaterKashmir , Etalaat , Chattan etc etc........ you
could have quoted them in ur example as well ! or do they server your
purpose ?
Pawan

On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 5:42 PM, Shivam Vij शिवम् विज्
<mail at shivamvij.com>wrote:

> > What in any case is wrong with "banning" a Media channel
> > (print or audio or video or internet) if it is really serving
> "inflammatory" fare?
>
> If such bans are also implemented on the likes of Dainik Jagran in
> Jammu, I'd feel slightly better. Though I'd feel very good if there
> was no censorship was applied at all and the press club was to review
> and investigate who's being inflammatory and who's printing lies and
> propoganda.
>
> best
>
> shivam
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 4:33 PM, Kshmendra Kaul <kshmendra2005 at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> > What in any case is wrong with "banning" a Media channel (print or audio
> or video or internet) if it is really serving "inflammatory" fare?
> >
> > Whether it is a 'Local' or 'National', Media is expected to act in a
> responsible manner and not abuse the "Freedoms" it has. This is irrespective
> of whether such 'inflammatory' coverage/promotion is done in support of
> "Separatists" or extremists of any religious or any ideological persuasion.
> >
> > "Banning" should be a last resort. One would expect a self-regulatory
> mechanism for Media to be in place that would be the first one to intervene
> to use persuasion, warning, penalties before there was any need at all for
> the Executive to step in to "ban"
> >
> > Kshmendra
> >
> >
> > --- On Tue, 8/26/08, Khurram Parvez <khurramparvez at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > From: Khurram Parvez <khurramparvez at yahoo.com>
> > Subject: Re: [Reader-list] Statement on Censorship and Violence against
> Press in Kashmir: Reporters Without Borders
> > To: "Sarai" <reader-list at sarai.net>, "S. Jabbar" <sonia.jabbar at gmail.com
> >
> > Date: Tuesday, August 26, 2008, 3:27 PM
> >
> >
> > Sonia,
> >
> >
> >
> > You seem to be legitimizing the ban on the local news channels in
> Kashmir.
> > Also, how
> > can one equate the role of the Indian state and the agitated people on
> the
> > streets?
> >
> > Khurram
> >
> > --- On Tue, 8/26/08, S. Jabbar <sonia.jabbar at gmail.com> wrote:
> > From: S. Jabbar <sonia.jabbar at gmail.com>
> > Subject: Re: [Reader-list] Statement on Censorship and Violence against
> Press
> > in Kashmir: Reporters Without Borders
> > To: "Shuddhabrata Sengupta" <shuddha at sarai.net>,
> > "Sarai" <reader-list at sarai.net>
> > Date: Tuesday, August 26, 2008, 2:29 AM
> >
> > Terrible, but this statement is again incomplete.  No mention has been
> made
> > of the concerted attacks on journalists because they happen to have been
> > working for 'Indian' channels about 10 days ago.
> >
> > An NDTV reporter had his personal vehicle damaged by an irate mob of
> young
> > men.  When he tried to reason with them they said his reporting did not
> > match the 'news reports' of private cable-wallahs.  There is a small
> > cottage
> > industry in the Valley where private cable operators run their own news
> > channels. They are not accountable to anyone.  The reports are often
> > unedited, highly inflammatory accounts of the day's happenings.
> >
> > Three days ago a Srinagar newspaper distributor was threatened against
> > distributing a Jammu-based newspaper.  The journalist who works for the
> > paper, a Kashmiri Muslim was also threatened.  He has had to ask for
> > security for himself and his family.  His newspaper has told him to stop
> > writing until things calm down.  When I last spoke to him, the man had
> shut
> > his office and was staying home.
> >
> > Censorship comes in all forms. Please be aware of the less dramatic but
> no
> > less virulent ones that also need to be soundly condemned.
> >
> > On 8/25/08 11:46 PM, "Shuddhabrata Sengupta"
> > <shuddha at sarai.net> wrote:
> >
> >>
> > Statement on Censorship and Violence against Press in Kashmir
> > Reporters
> >> Without Borders
> > http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=28297
> > 25 August
> >> 2008
> >
> >
> >
> > Reporters Without Borders calls on the Indian authorities to put an
> >>
> > immediate stop to the censorship and violence against the media in
> > Kashmir
> >> that has been prompted by a wave of protests against Indian
> > rule. At least
> >> 13 journalists were beaten by police yesterday in
> > Srinagar, local TV
> >> stations are being censored and a curfew is making
> > it hard for newspapers to
> >> bring out their issues.
> >
> > "This latest crisis in Indian Kashmir must not be
> >> used as a pretext
> > for subjecting the press to more violence and
> >> obstruction," Reporters
> > Without Borders said. "Journalists must have all the
> >> guarantees they
> > need, including permanent passes, to be able to work freely
> >> despite
> > the curfew. We also call on the police authorities to investigate
> >> the
> > violence by certain elements that have led to injuries in the ranks
> > of
> >> the press. If no sanctions are adopted, the door will be left open
> > for more
> >> abuses. Finally, we call for an end to the censorship of
> > local TV stations,
> >> which is a clear violation of the right of
> > Kashmiris to be informed."
> >
> > At
> >> least 13 journalists were beaten by members of the Central Reserve
> > Police
> >> Force in Srinagar as they tried to get to their offices
> > yesterday despite
> >> the curfew introduced earlier in the day. The
> > journalists had passes issued
> >> on 11 August but the police members
> > said they were no long valid.
> >
> > The
> >> injured journalists included Bilal Bhat, the Sahara Samay TV
> > station's
> >> bureau chief in Srinagar, who had several ribs broken, and
> > his cameraman,
> >> Muzaffar. Ajaz Ahmad of News X, Jehangir Aziz of ETV's
> > Urdu service and Amin
> >> War of The Tribune newspaper were also injured.
> >
> > The curfew prevented the
> >> publication of regional newspapers today,
> > including the daily Greater
> >> Kashmir, which posted this message on its
> > website: "Due to unavoidable
> >> circumstances, the print edition of
> > Greater Kashmir will not be on the
> >> stands on 25 August. We regret the
> > inconvenience to our readers. This was
> >> the first time in the past
> > decade that GK staffers could not reach the
> >> office due to restrictions."
> >
> > An Indian newspaper's correspondent in Srinagar
> >> told Reporters
> > Without Borders: "I had to go through 20 checkpoints to get
> >> to my
> > office and each time I was subjected to the same humiliation and the
> >>
> > same questions about my work as a journalist."
> >
> > The authorities yesterday
> >> asked local TV stations not to broadcast
> > reports liable to "excite" the
> >> population until further order. TV
> > executives and editors were summoned and
> >> told it would be preferable
> > if they suspended news programmes and just
> >> broadcast entertainment.
> > The government claimed that reports broadcast by
> >> certain stations
> > violated the Cable Television Network (Regulation) Act
> >> 1995.
> >
> > It was on the basis of this law that a Srinagar judge yesterday
> >>
> > finally ordered the TV stations to suppress their news programmes and
> > just
> >> carry entertainment.
> >
> > Groups of journalists responded by staging street
> >> demonstrations
> > against the violence and censorship. "Let the press work"
> >> said the
> > placard brandished by one Srinagar reporter.
> >
> > Indian troops
> >> patrolling the streets of Srinagar and other cities in
> > the region today used
> >> megaphones to call on the population to stay at
> > home. Demonstrations planned
> >> by Kashmiri political parties have been
> > banned. Several demonstrators were
> >> shot dead for violating the curfew.
> >
> >
> > Shuddhabrata Sengupta
> > The Sarai
> >> Programme at CSDS
> > Raqs Media
> >> Collective
> > shuddha at sarai.net
> > www.sarai.net
> > www.raqsmediacollective.net
> >
> >
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