On Monday, the Editor Guild of India (EGI) said it was “deeply disturbed” by the continuous attack on Journalist in Uttar Pradesh.
The statement comes after the video went viral on social media where a IAS officer Divyanshu Patel assaulted a journalist Krishna Tiwari who was covering a Block Pramukh elections in a Unnao district.
In a viral video, Divyanshu Patel was caught on camera trashing the video journalist, Krishna Tiwari.
Editors Guild of India is deeply disturbed by the continuing trend of heavy-handedness by the state authorities in Uttar Pradesh with respect to journalists and media. pic.twitter.com/p35AW0vLjN
— Editors Guild of India (@IndEditorsGuild) July 12, 2021
“EGI finds this incident highly condemnable and actionable. This incident has come against the backdrop of increased persecution of journalists in the state of UP, as the administration has punished, penalized, and incarcerated journalists in an effort to intimidate them from freely reporting on crimes, state excesses, and the management of the pandemic,” said the statement.
