"Press Freedom Threatened: India Editors' Body Charged for Manipur Report"
Police in Manipur, India have filed two cases against members of the Editors Guild of India (EGI), accusing them of promoting enmity between different groups and criminal conspiracy, among other charges. The cases were filed after the EGI issued a report condemning the local media's biased reporting of the months-long ethnic violence in Manipur. The report highlighted the allegedly partisan role of the state leadership in dealing with the violence. The United Nations' rights experts have criticized the Indian government's slow and inadequate response to the alleged rights violations in Manipur. Press freedom in Manipur has been under attack, with journalists facing defamation and sedition cases. The EGI report has been criticized for being biased in favor of the community that suffered greater losses, while local media reports in Manipur have been biased in favor of the dominant ethnic group. The Press Club of India has condemned the police cases against the EGI members and called for their withdrawal.
