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'C H A R T . 'R F O R D _ M 'O C R A T C , P L U R A L I S T ,, E C U L A R A N D S C IE N T 'I F I C _ _ I 'A C . L T U R EAUTO' ' OM 'OUS , MEDI.4COM"IISSION

6) '''Ie ~18o emphasise the desire far aM ed ia C om m issio n patterned afterth e F irst and second PressC om m issio ns, to 8J ]~ o in c uid e th ewide spectrum media that hascC ll fI eTg ,e dn de pend en t p er so n s rro mciv il so cie ty should also b eincluded besi des persons fromjudici ,ary. This sh o uld b e auto ne-m o ns 'fro m gove rnment eontro l .

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Th e N atj Qaa 1 A ll il nee 0f pensio n und er th e EP 'P sch em e is ao urnalists represent ing jo urnalists pittance and also no t l inked 't oio ns o f A nd h rm Prad esh W o iki ng inflah o n. M o reo ver th e sch em esFed!~ l r a t i on , (A.P.W.J.F), announced 'b y v ar io u s g o v e rnm e nt sUnion o f Jounl ;aJis t~ (D"U.J ) , in s ome states shou l d be a l lowed toero la Unio n o f Journal is ts (K.U.W.J ) continue wi th yearly increasend from vari OllJ5 pans of'the country andme welfare associations, i: n an open laking into aceount the i l lflati ,onarysituation.ter to all p o l it ic al p ar ti es , central t radeand pari iaT'nenmli i an 'S b as ce llcd 3) C cverag e und er a he~ [Lhca r r c an d38 point cha rme r f o r mLXi~a.eform, insurance system are. .al~Q of~ m s in lis opini 01il was a ch arter fo r . : i I J IP~U 'W] lOUfI J t innpQr tanc~" Ta.king intoecular, pluralist, dcsrocratic and account, some of tire schemes ineientitic m ed ia cultare , U w as furth er a Andlr r '~ and elsew h ere end th eh arter 'fo r m ed ia refo rm fo r a m o re co rpus, fllllld b e i m ig created in D elh iMe, d i a I l lJfo.r l l tr la l i .on Orde r 7 ) Th e paid news.' [ J h e nome o o n mus tj o ur nel is ts had mQ're rreed om and b e ch ecked b efo re U'H; entirewages fOT th e entire print, electronic MARCH 15T'H TO 17TH cr-ed~bmty of the media i$ er-odedbroadcast m ed ia - il l a better [lOS; t ion beyond IPI.:Pair, 'Paid news' is acOll!1lb~(he paid IUCWSS}'11dr-Ollle. WAGE , B OARD phcnnrnenon thar ex ists no t o nlyThe al ~iancc has c a IIed for du r ing , e lec t ions but in th e mgu IarThulI 'Sday, Marek] 7th as a MOT IIF IC AT ION DAY wo rking o f media g ro ups and m ustlack day to press '(o r im m ed iate n(!lt~ .fica~ b e d eaU w ith as su ch , J n t his c o nt ex tc n o f th e wag e b o ard repo rt wi th effect b y lh 4; 1[If o r m 3 t io n S,1l d we d o feel that th e re sh o uld b e200~ in e co rd.lIl~I.IOD witn tho B d . . . t Tl special media o b servers andu v.v EI. "" . roa casung m.U1I1S'['Y_ , '1cs,e I d ..

o i " J . n f j : . . . . . . 1 . ' '' ' . . r .( I . . . . . .n of N . r ~.I"I. ' j"'" and N , .W I2 I" Jd I e N pelts se ecte t o O g 'L v,~ repor tsvn r.;lU!';;J.QI ""' ""'P'... I:" " """ "".... ... ~ S n c m cove r nQI . WiI y g o v e rJ iU ll en t . . . 1 " d b lgency Employees Organizations, the d' d d b I ourtng the national 311 assem ~yb I"" C;! oocrc lt~ 'CO f il '~ s !J !o nea ts . ~.t a SOilh l P re ss Uni'ry Centre and] bodies like reporters, editorial staff, .ffiL'CWS :p o 3.e An lndja Newspaper Emplo.yees di t .J 1. t diI

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I ha t they are less pro ne 10 \ lsriousp re ssu re s fr o m vested interests an d~H.n 1l1a'~ntain thei r profcssiona~independenee. The system o fcont rac t appointroi l;nts m u st b ed one E1 iw aywith by amcndtnem toThe Wfor:kin~ Journalists ActFurther strmgers should bea d equ a l. cl y p a id and no t e x p e . : c t e d toc o ll ec t a dv e rt i sem ents as this l eadsto cormprion and dis tor t ion o fnews_Journalists Blust not be assigned tocover 'OT' writ,e ~bout S O c 1 i i l i l events o rnew s o r b usiness: cverns for whichmedia g ro up s are paid.

4 ) T h e d ub io us ro le o f pub l ic relations.fi~~ ~nd i l i I d i v i d J U . ~ ~ s~ n . . . .mrum~gi~gPIlJ. lbhc.~tyor various comrnerc in land o ~ hcr in terests need s. to b ee xarm n ed aad re gu la te d,) it mus t b e mandaro ry t m - med i aorganisat i ,OI lS to ful ly d isclo se o nthe~r websi tes , annual repcns etc

their larg er m arket in terests ands tock holdings in Oil ler business.enterprises, 00 1nal 1 1 1 u . : ' publ icb ecom es aware o f th e CQmmf'Icialinterests operating b eh in d o ste nsl-~~,y neutral Dews! includingh nane ia l DCW~,[~p~i1!ltcd ia news mus t -be c1~arlydlstmgmshed frnm advert is ' iDE;m aterial th at is paid fer by usingd i~ e lle nt . o r d is tin ct iv e type fontsand rules between sudl materia ~and C -arI) 'ing a decleration in a ' l;K:!]d!easily visible type face that 8,particu lar jtem is an ad venisem e ntor sp on so re d fc aw J[le .On lih:.visi(ln.the intemet and olhe! elec t ronicmed i a a d i!c lar al io n. m u st b e 'r rm dc~e :gamiq th e commer-cial nalure o ft h e c o ve ra g e.

7 ) SEBrs ] 'ecocnnmcmdations to thePres! ' ; C o . : u n c i [ lTCgMd in g d is c lo -sure 'S o f m ed ia groups s tockb . o ld ~ 'Dg s et c in a pa r ti cu l a r 1 o l i S i D e s s .when ' t hey write about U o r f aa tu re itas w e M as SE!B] 's r e liiIJ te d r c co r n-rn en dat io n s sl 1m . JJ ld .b~ endorsed andcnfo t tcd . W e reg re t th at it t o o kmonths fo r th e P ress ( : o W L n c , i [ t oreact o n t h e is su e.

8} The: Election Cnrarnission ofIndia's s : t : (mdi11ginsI ! .mCl iOf lS fOF1bosc who are :re.~ponsib[e to( f"primting and p u J b L k a r t i . Q J f i of electionposters and pam;pbb:t:s ' jo advertise-m ents ere ~ dl.o ulC libe observed lindvi a lators shQ'I lh il be ;pros!!:cl lned.9} The Supreme Cou r t of Indiad iiredivc t ha t lc:'ievisio.n chennelsm ust sto p bro~dcasd l l , g carnp.aign-rc]ateCl!.~nfor.mati()ll 4 ~ h o ~ : n ;. b cF o r e

polling shoald be ex tended ! to t 1 1 l cprint m ed ia .20.) Election fraud ib y m ed ia g ro ups can,M d sh ou ld b e ' punished unde r 1 ! J h laws of 'Ih~ land incl uding lheRep~s :en :~a . . .t lO~ of th e Peo ple ' ~ I.md l h . c I I : l c h a n P~nl:ilCode.:2 O ~ dealI::r .. th e 1 ?l~ d ia mus~, regu la teIts-elf by re a lisi El~ t ha t sh ort tern}

financial ga1ns dllr~llg elect ionseQUid jeopa r d i se its credibi l i ty an dlong term jnteres1s.2 2 ) M ed ia's iotemal c o d e s Q f conductsho~ddbe welcomed and obse rved ,such as the Mint dai1}f~scode. TIllso u tl in es . lD d e taH t ha l 110 Interviewso r co erag c sh ou ld be paid fo r and'~Jha~jOU!ill~liJ~ts lllUst no r acceptV~n,()lllSnd~oeroen ts from tompa-nres th ey w rne ab ou t o r h o ld slacksint h o se c omp an ie s.23) !her'e Sl10Uid be a SPC(! ia ] risk

msaranee cover announced furjo u nu d lst s d u rin g n at io n al fl 'l lc llo c 3~elections, 0[' as stiipu'~8tedby yOllrQU,!JU'Sl bod~! pr~s \wlc~dog 'bodiesarid O '~ h eT ~r om n m e to ' nme ,

24) It is a lso 0 1 1 . 1 1 " cons ide red vi~w 1 [ } ~ tthe W o rking Jo urnalist Act b eamended by an act of'parliement t t o 'cever th e en 'h [ lS med i a a . n d ensure amodjclJ rm ofj ust ana, fair wages inth e ent ire fle\W ind ust ry. . 011-im plem entatio n o f Wa.gc 8 c am,~w.a.rdsfor journal ists and pres-sworke rs should b e made a c o g n ls e-ble offence.25) his our eensidercd view a_]D_dmost]IHlJ~~l.e 'request t h a t medicalfacilities g1JV~H.lJ to aeereditedccrrespoadents should b e g i : v e J i l " totheir spouses and unmarr iedc h H d l " ~ 1 l to l I D S . end y o u r m ~ mislryh as. tim e and again g ive 11 !juchf ac iU t ie -s ! w h i ch so ,met]mes aresu d de n I) ' wj~~dmwn..In exeep-t io nal cases o f m I l n e s s Itcam. p~rhapsb e ex tead ed to h !1sp it a l i sa t ionwhere b !\[g c~05ts a re IO l vo lV '~ d .T~ish~pC11S m 'fuh ccase o f t rnw-efSl tyand cQ l l ~ g e t eac 'b_ t s a lso .26) ~ti~also our considered , v iew t ha tyo u]" esteem e d m inistry cal] rev ise~ousi~ mo.rrrrnsgiven to acereditedjoarnal ists to extend 'lh em tAJ'jo urnal ists w ho d o n o t o w n housesin D elh i and its nC lg h lx m rh o od and; ds(l I t o vett;r:aml f re .e Janc e jouma 1l is(so n t h e p ro fe ssio n fOT o ve r 2 0 years.

21) ~t is our finn v iew th at the cennalpress accreditation committeed eserv es to b e. d em ecrar ised tobr ing it in rune w ]th th e rea 'l it ies 'illD el hi. 'T h eil e i s a . brenc.ml c o m p i : 3 J i n 1 ,

tbat D el hi N ..~ lJ dbodies 'o f s,'IBndingare o ften ~ o t ev en co nsul ted .2 8} R ules fo r ac:cn;ditarboD fOT veteranjo u rn al is ts a nd fr re ~ a nc ej o u.m a l ism so f st ran d; m .g reql)~rnrl 'to b e furtherl iberal ised. H h as b een b ro ug h t too ur net lce that jo um aL ise s w o rid .l lgfo r sm al l and I D e d ' i i u m . newspaperssome o f wb]ch have a largec ir eu la tio n a rc d e nie d a ec rc dit at io nbecause o f - r o l e - s o29.') 'The sch em e fo r fina'unc~ al &ss i s ta ]1ceto needy cameraper sens forpu rc base of ' 1 1 1 1 t . ' : W teeb no lo> ,gj'equipment a~ d upda_tcd compu te r sfrom needyJoul"l~hs'~sbo~~d berestored,

'EWSPAP'ERDEVE OP'MENTCORPORAT.lOI .30) W h at is m :t:d cd is th e ~B I t ~ ng up o f a .Newspaper Devc[a,ment ICrupon~,don for small, mcti il lJ 'i it t al ll guage

newspapers ~nd newsagencies indistress. This w i l l also bG : ' i p H 1 J : e 1 a r yJ o ur na ls a nd m a g az in es.3 'I) N el\ 'spaper emF loyoes , joumaLis lsand noa -j o u ru a ll st s dismissed, afterthe wage board was set in motlonsh ou ld b e im ,m ed iate '~ y reinstatedalo ng w ith v ic rlm s o f M own unfairlabour practices and ma ss d ism i ss-als w itfio ut prio r perm issio n o f th estate government There is a dearcasein the cap it al o f ~II'Hj[awh ere 11em plo yees nave b een d ism issedarbitrari Iy while the wage boardhad been 31mounced. Silnil .adysome more cases of COCI"( ~veeont rsc ts an d m alafid c t ransfera o fjm , rma 1 ists to make t hem res ignbefo re the final award are beiJngreperted , In D elh i alo ne we h avercpo ns 'o t ' ver 4 00 vict ims ofunfairlabour practices rncJudi n ;g coerc iveeontracts end dismissals beforeeven the eontracts expire ' ' 1 1 1 , , ' ~tho"U:~even tbc d ue eo m p cn sario n, Tileco unrry w id e po sl t icn co uld b ea]mul lDg l fo r in D e1b i. a lo ne m oret lHkfl 300 w~ge boa rd empB,oy ce s a rel iv ing in s~ m i starv atiem , withO:lJteven i l il 1C rim r e~ ~c f A b~ ;J o utpackag e such as w as g iv en. to selectm ed iia h ouses wo uld very m u c . l I b , bein o rd er b esid es o Tile(h ue b ig re lieffo r to h e~ p th e U nit t 'id nC1MS o .f Ind iaa p remie r : m 1 W S ag,ent.'Y 10 - b e putback onrails.32) We are alsoO 'ppose.d to en.try of~ n c : r c :3 J s m , g f in a n e e capitals ~ n thelndi:illll11JIint med i a by th e mode ofFfD I .and i'J l)c~ i'D lg cro ss 'med ia: ho~d i i l g s "

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HILL A'REA AND BOR,DERAREA ALLO'\VA' CES F'ORSCRIBES33) There is a need for doubl h r n ga l iowa l l 'J ce o f jo um alists fo r newsgathering in th e h ig h ::dtmtude.34 ) At l ea st m i nim um w ag es sh o uld befixed fer th e ~ rrit1 gers and a t imebound prepo~!:IJ1.should come up fo rt h e rcg u Iansatio n o r b ecom i 1 m

staffers, Th~ syingcES h~re are paidle ss m han R s, J ~O O an d Just aroundR,s,2500atdistrictllcauquarters.35) The newspaper owners and the stategovernment ! i : I ! I ' " ' L ' ev en rcflll.. ing to

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The' fo,Uowing letter 'was $!ent, to IJni'ted NaUQ,ns Secrilr.lary-Gen e.rall Ban I!U~gon by a coal it:lo~ of fi've pressfreadorll o,rgaln Isati ens in cludi~l\gl '!ie IFJ on Mon day. Ma'roh 7. l it eaUs for UHI ~ntervent i :o l1 l in tJlheease ( > f miss illil9La n ita e New,s e a rto on lll:t a ln d co,llIl.IIm11st Pr.i lgeeth EknElb'goda~ w iho , d i s a,p 'p ea lie d 0 n Jlan~afY24, 2i1111~M a rch 7 . 201 '1Sec re ta ry" "Genera l Ban Kl-mconUn it ed N ia ti on s , Heaaqll Ja rt sFsNew Y O J i k , NY 10017Via fao sim i Ie : .ji.-~212 9 6 ; 3 , . . 2 1 , 5 5Dear Sec f8 ta ry -Ge lll er a,11 Ban :

W ' e a rE wr il !l nS I to yo u l o u t o f' c on ce rn fo r P rag ee th Ekne lygoda, a ,S ri i Lank ,a 11coi lu nnni:st and c arto on is t fur l l ie ILaI i1QeNew$webs ite , w ho d is ,a ,p pe a r ,e d em Janua ry 2 '4 , 2010. S inoe l'1en, h is wife, Samenya l~k l nel lf 9oda , has been as kl n g theSri lanka iii g O I ! ; . E m n rnent fo r ~l1y i lnf(i rmat ion abo'U'~his fate. She' has been Qil\Is n t InO i nf o. rmaUon f rom ,any pe_l"SOfl i 'n thegov,emment E lkne lygoda"s disappeai l rance, and hls wife's. ef foRs on h ls b eh alf hay,8 been w ide ly r ,e .por to o in Sr1ilanka IIIand internatlonal media.As , a ooal i1l1un O 'f press w ,a ed orm a nd t a U i Iililan rig hts o rg :a nfutionsJ s ev e rs I of whom enjoy Econom i c and SOChilC ou nc n (E COSOC ) oonsul1at ive s tatus . WiUil th e U .N ." w e are we'm ,aware' that Ekne' lygoda's , d i s sppearance liSs ymptom a tic of a b ro ad er' mala i's e' in S ri L an k a in whi:ch med la wOrikers alia a fiEln v io t ims of re p r ss s lo n an d vtoji(gnce. Ourc on eems fo r his s afe ty are. w~1I founded . -

. O n JanlJ9, iY 2 4, t~ e ,a n n~ v ,e rs a ry ofEk.ne{ lygo~'a; :s drsappea~.an~e . i his wife persoryal ly handed ?v,er,a ;Ie~~e~ddres .se~to YOIJ re q u : e . s 1 I n g assistance ' r om the IJlIlIted IN'atlo!ns 1,0 U ..~ . ResU1e lilt ,a n~ Hum? rum nan coordll1l.~aro. r IfhS~ I La.nk ,a~el l8uhne. T he I'ette.r c alle d o n IButililie arid 'you to encourage ~e go.vernmen t of Sn L anka to ex_pecUte.Investigations ~ntoE kllelygoda's ol isappe:81ran ee, W e ' a 1 $0 'Iilote 1hat IBuh n e ~s 'no ~nge r pos ted to ' th e Colombo of f ioo. and to the bes t o f ourk no wle dg e. h is sueeessor has In o t be en n am ed .

SarndhyalEkr i le lygooa fee ls " as we d o, th at. g iv 1e : 1 1 the S r i L an ka n gover rumentl s f ; a i l ' l . J 1 I " e 'OI prnvide a ny re dre s s to he rfamity; he r on Iy recourse is to u rr 'ge~he U I. lN . to persuade ' t h e g~ovemrnen t to I I l j l i l O l V i d e detai ls ,of her husband's whereabOiu1sa nd c on du ct a Cfe,dible Inquiry into hu s d~8appearance. She feels j as we' d O ,1 ha tthe U .N . ha s an o bHgatr on to aiel g i ven it sr nence t e orpr lomot ing and defendingl human ngt l1s. She h as a s~ ed I J J S to O SClIY 1ha1:the s he hopes t i1e United Nat ions doesno t~o r&ake ,her and n e rs o n s in tn r,s m ome nto fn e e (t0111F@or ua ry 18 , o n ly after public pl ieULUr re~ d i d y01J1" o ffic e s ay' it had r e ce~ \i led he r lettel". u . . N., spokesman Mart inN ls i rk y t o ld a p re s s o o nfe re nm in New " io ( lk t 'h a t" raHe r i s , now be ing r -e . v i ewed_We l V . , , ! , asked fo r an tupdate. onthls, andwillIe't yo u k!now when W 'e Ihaw, itThe d isappearance of any jourmilist anlf'Nhe;re is , o f eeursa, am(r~er of concern , and no tj L I s t to 1 J 1 e 'secmtary..gen,~ra I.IIlFo r t r u ~ la s t 13 , months E:kinelv.g;oda and he r two,sons,. Sanjaya, 16 . a n d Harii'U'l l;,13." i haVl8 SOtJQ lh t J i n varn forililformatioll1abcru~ their husband a nd fa1 he r. They h~"Ve been met W i ' 1 t h IKafkaesque! silence f rom tile' Sr~ Lank a n

govern. mefl~j th ~ pres.~dent',s, office, the. at tomey grene,~al 's ,office, me~bers o f President Mah_ind81Raja!Paksa'~ cabi rnet .n o e n n b e rn of ~ a ~ l~ a m e n 1 , t i l e country's Human Rights C O . 1 'i !f l !miss l on , 'flB InsPrector g,eneral of p o ~ tCe .and d own to tile ~owes tr teighborho.Cld- le.veJ po~ iGes ta t i on . Not o ne ' g ov e rn lr f 1 el i1t off ic ial at any I level lnas given Ekne~y,goda 's fa.lI1li~yon:e word o finrrmma1iol1 aboul twlnarl lnas happenet l to him. The f S J 1 1l; i l y lis c(r l11fAnced ~her,eis no ~ongef 'an act iiv e inVle s tig et jo n beitn gc ar rie d o ut,Eknelygud~'s ~isal?peafal l1~ atn~ the f E : 'i l u r e ,of ~he g;ovemment 't o ;con~ucl ,8 c . redib!e ~nvest i9!3~iol i1ilder~oo~ ~he,degre,g o f irnpJIJn11y Ull enmss aga llr ls .1 :~aurna liSts 1hat, ~6 a n too cemrrmn lin Sril L an k _ a . We, f'ft~he U.N. sheu Id l IJ1~rv,enecnns idiJnng its human r ights . mandate and the'giO' i l1EunmentofSr i l anka 's glar ing ~ailUll '\eto tak le action onthis i s sue .W. e n o te that i l i l h . i s t r,emar i~ s t o 'U!e.pre.~ onIFeb~.airy 1 a , N9s i~ky : sa id l tha t ~k .n8 tY9 :oda 's ~e :l it e~had a tcSobeenf o rwarded to tile O ffice o f 1ha High Commisstol'ller fur Humar t R~'gh t s .We ' have oo l:u ed ~h9h COmn11 '1 IS~; lonero r HumanRJights NaVii pm ay o n ttl is meMag@.The reM er E knerygooa del l vEued t o Butun e oont a~ ned l ,a ll h e r o on~ac t f rrfonnaHorn. We hO ,pe t ha t: a re p r , es e rr t e i l h ! '1 9 I O f th eUn it ed Na tt on s V A r i I i eon tae t t U 9 1 r as soon as possible,.'W's! fh e mad ersi.gned ,orQlanhrntions. are p r 1 e p i i u , e d to ' ass is t '~he Uln i ted N atl o ns in pursuing 1il is case'.

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U n ity C en tre which has e ' l~ec teda , se tof office beialfelfSfo r ~he y'!ear 2011 to, spo~l l ight cornm on d em'and s an d tobr ing elUhical r ssues i ndue i n g pro 1e s=s lo nal is sue s 'to Ul e fore firon~,-Side by s l d e , th e De ll ~ i Union o fJou 1 i1 i1 i8J li s ts and t t l e' Press Un it y'Centre, h a s en dorsad tri8 AI NIEf pJanfor joint mass, demonstretlon befo re1 tie Ilabour minist ry on t li il e 22nd and apubl~cme~ting t r t ! , A p J i i ~ to c oinCHde wHh1!he AU Indla Newspa per Em ploYieesF ede~raIl iGn Ca 1 1 _A statement 'On behaif of thle NaUona l1A ll i ianoe of JOY rna~iists, th e Delh IIl In ion , o f Jou I r n a Ilsts and the PressUnity Centn9 has called IJ j con i t s .memb ers to observe wag:e beardnO'[uf icat ion day on Ma rcn 16ttllfo l lowed by b lack day ii m subseque n lda:ys em t l1ree, main demands" Wage

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la'The International Federation ofotJfrl;i3Jlists ~IFJ) IS d ee ply c on ce rn edy conti n u i11 9 reports o f the ha ras smen tvliJh~mi~m!d9l,I iofil of jourll1alijs~ illDerntev lada dlstnot m ' ll ie ' Basler fE!gto.nChhat t i s .gam state in cen t ra l India .S in ce the a c U V ' e der.~HIof aC09SS t o thesite (If a der ve lo pin g s to ry le llT fy lastwhiah the' IIFJ noted wrltJ eon-c ern , s ourc es in Ch!1att i&gam havee\feale d that tt l er~ has be an ae cu en ce o f in C'id en ts , lil'llw hic h jollmall-see1kir lg to ltivel10 tn,e seene olaarmed encounter beM'eerwforces al1id M aOks. t ins tl lrg ;e .n tshave been b lodk~d and assaUl I ~ed,repo.rta-d Iy wilh the sane t lon 1 0 0 f thepollee,Following initl!8J1medi;a reports that aumbe r 01 homes ~nU re tribal vi l lage' 01armedla and it~ ,environs. ha d t 1 e e , 1 1azed by se.ourityforoes as repr isal foraMaQi st aH ac k on an Booed pa1toll, th e,a drn in is trn ti(ln in lJant.ewad~tuted a specia~ team to,det,ennil"LefaGts and distritltJit.e l I 'eliet suppl ies. .Bastar Irnpact ed iter Sure.sl l l Mahapatras accompanyi ng the team tol'armedla om M a rc h 2 5. when the teams intercepted en ~Ol!Jteby a gf10Uphat rep()lted~ included pcdfoe person-h e driver of on e . of 1tJe v e n l i clssrelief s lUpp l l :es IJC?he.d~sp l :acedmfl ie s was bea~ell !J p, ,gove rnmentin the team were comp81~~dtoback and one of th e teem"s earsdamaged ina 'ooUisi;on, see minglywilli ,a buck . The journalistS

of t I h @ loca} worki I i L g jour:nali~ts' union,the Chhattisgam S hramJ ee vl P a tra ka rrS an g h , be cam e separated t rorn themedia group arid s-uffered a saverebeating. Azad SaXie.na or the ETV newsmannel ha d to, s . e e . k she l l ! r in a vi l lage' f O i l " severa IIhours ber9re returning hornernuch later. The windo~ o f th e c s r tt "t eil.his co~lea9.ye, cameraman .~rill~vas.was 1lravemng in, were shat te red . A .jO\.Jrnalist w n o h ad ccme across fromthe ne ig h b ou rin g sta l te of AndhraPrade'slh, Venu l Gopal, was alsoreported miss ing l for several hours,thcruglh he hlBS now fOlJlld his w.ay baokhome.~ Th e IIF .l e xte nd s it.eu ppor t to jQI !. lr f !la l~IStS, in Dant .ewad la d llS tn ct 8 1'1d 'the widerre-glion o .f Baste r in Chhat i t is gam S la te .81'Shey saek to co pe. with a $.iluationl o fescalating Y ioh~~ ll ce ." II FJ A s~a ,~Paci f icID il reotor JTaoqu e o ln e P ark sa id ,' "We a ~e encourag;ed b , y the d,isp'lay of'sOl id8 .r ity .bYJoUJmal~Sl :S w l " r l o on Ma~h21 organls@ a pro te st demens'ratlonin Ja9rda[~nJr . p~nc ipal town of theBasla~ reg ron,file. IF J calli; upon ~he localadmil inis. tJraa,U on in l[leJn 1ew ,8Jda d is 1r ic t and th eCh h;attisgalinl State GoverlllJme rtt to ,enS i!J i"e aeeou n fabi lit, fo r th~ mos trecent sequenoe 'o f v~oJef'Jt actionsagai n.st j ;oumel ists"IL W e c all upo n th.e lo cal a:d m ili"l'is tratio nto make an i examp1e of those ' bahllndthese attacks and estab~l ish a firm normt ha t v b o lL e n c e a g a J l1 S t joumalicsts will betin nily d ea lt 1With , Park said.

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