07 May 1998
IFJ Congress 1998: Violation of Journalists' Rights in India
RESOLUTION
VIOLATION OF JOURNALISTS’ RIGHTS IN INDIA
The 23rd Congress of the IFJ, meeting in Recife on May 3 to May 7, 1998,
noting with serious concern continued violation of the journalists’ right to report the truth in situations of armed conflict between
a) the state and insurgents,
b) between ethnic groups and
c) between terrorists and their targets.
believing that journalists are often caught in cross-fire between these sides and are subject to all kinds of harassment, threats and even their physical elimination and thus are prevented by both sides to perform their journalistic work freely,
strongly condemns all of these violations of journalists’ rights.
The Congress calls upon all IFJ affiliates to submit to the secretariat an annual report on this situation which will prepare and publish a comprehensive index and take the matter with respective Governments to ensure that journalists are allowed to report the conflict situations without hinder of any kind and from any side.
VIOLATION OF JOURNALISTS’ RIGHTS IN INDIA
The 23rd Congress of the IFJ, meeting in Recife on May 3 to May 7, 1998,
noting with serious concern continued violation of the journalists’ right to report the truth in situations of armed conflict between
a) the state and insurgents,
b) between ethnic groups and
c) between terrorists and their targets.
believing that journalists are often caught in cross-fire between these sides and are subject to all kinds of harassment, threats and even their physical elimination and thus are prevented by both sides to perform their journalistic work freely,
strongly condemns all of these violations of journalists’ rights.
The Congress calls upon all IFJ affiliates to submit to the secretariat an annual report on this situation which will prepare and publish a comprehensive index and take the matter with respective Governments to ensure that journalists are allowed to report the conflict situations without hinder of any kind and from any side.
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