[icernet] Attacks on press

[Arul Selvan]

There have been a number of cases of attacks, physical and otherwise, on 
journalists in the recent past. And these attacks have come from 
different quarters, including the Government. A correspondent of a 
Kashmir daily was jailed for allegedly violating the Official Secrets 
Act, though the information which was the basis of his report was 
available on the Net. He was believed to have been arrested solely for 
his coverage of the Kashmir situation that put the Government in an 
unsavoury light. The media was also restrained from covering the 
Presidents visit to riot-torn Gujarat. The more publicised censure of 
the Time magazine correspondent for his not very flattering report on 
the prime minister, the continued harassment of the Tehelka staff, the 
abduction by a separatists group of two journalists in Manipur for 
apparently not giving enough coverage to their group, all these point to 
growing intolerance at one level and attempts to curb the freedom of the 
press at another.

Source:
http://www.deccanherald.com/deccanherald/dec06/edits.asp
Editorial # 2