‘Put into buses, vans despite IDs’: Journalists detained again
Several journalists were detained by Delhi Police while covering student protests in the capital, despite displaying valid media credentials. The incident follows a Supreme Court observation that professionals, including journalists, should not be impeded from performing their duties.
Why it matters
This highlights growing concerns regarding press freedom and the safety of journalists during civil unrest in India.
NEW DELHI: On a day SC said lawyers, journalists and other professionals should not be impeded from carrying out their professional duties, several journalists covering the protests were detained for a second day running Sunday.Among those detained were those working for established media organisations as well as independent online portals.A photojournalist, who works for a news agency, told TOI: “I was covering the AISA protest at RK Ashram when police started dispersing everyone in the area. When only mediapersons remained, they started to drag us by our necks into police vans even after we displayed our IDs, our cameras and shouted that we were from the press.The van had 7-8 journalists when they shut the doors and started moving. After a few kilometres, the van had to stop as police were removing barricades to make way.
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