NAJ-DUJ Condemn Police Barbarism in Madhya Pradesh

The National Alliance of Journalists (NAJ) and the Delhi Union of Journalists (DUJ) have condemned the stripping, humiliation and arrests of a journalist, artists and others by the police in Sidhi district Madhya Pradesh, in an arbitrary misuse of power and called for an immediate halt to such incidents. The incident they felt was most shameful and a colourable exercise of power.

In a joint statement today they have called for the widest unity on such issues, and welcomed the timely statements by various bodies including the Editors Guild of India, Press Club and the Indian Women Press Corps. We demand immediate release of the arrested and a time bound enquiry, not just a hogwash, the statement added.