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Media to boycott AAMSU following Aug 28 attack on scribes

A meeting of ten media associations held at Guwahati Press Club here also took the unanimous decision to ask AAMSU leadership to tender a public apology.

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Media associations in Assam today decided to boycott all news related to All Assam Muslim Students Union (AAMSU) for three months in protest against the attack on scribes by its members during the August 28 bandh called by the organisation.

A meeting of ten media associations held at Guwahati Press Club here also took the unanimous decision to ask AAMSU leadership to tender a public apology.

It also appealed to editors of newspapers and news channels not to entertain any kind of articles or speeches by AAMSU leaders and members during the period.

Press clubs, press guilds, journalist organizations were also asked not to support any kind of press meets organized by the AAMSU leaders and its members.

The recent Assam bandh by AAMSU, held to press the demand for scrapping Bodoland Territorial Council and arrest of its chief Hagrama Mohilary, witnessed violence in several parts of the state with about ten working journalists attacked and severely injured by bandh supporters in Goalpara, Barpeta, Samaguri and Tezpur.

In another resolution, the media organisations decided to organize protest demonstrations throughout the state on September one.

A letter highlighting the grievances of the journalists was sent to Assam Director General of Police Jayanta Narayan Chowdhury urging him to take a personal interest in the matter and nab the culprits who attacked the journalists.

The meeting was attended by representatives of Journalist Action Committee, Assam Tribune Employees Union, Guwahati Press Club, Journalists’ Forum Assam, Assam Union of Working Journalists, Electronic Media Forum Assam, Journalist Action Committee, Journalists’ Union of Assam, Assam Photo Journalist Association and National Federation of Newspaper Employees.

The delegation of editors met the Kokrajhar Deputy Commissioner Jayant Narlikar and discussed with him initiatives taken by the administration for restoration of peace and normalcy in the district.

Narlikar apprised the delegation that the administration was making all efforts to bring back peace and said the basic focus of the administration was maintenance of health and hygiene apart from ensuring security in the relief camps, the sources said. For proper identification and rehabilitation of the camp inmates a master register is being prepared containing their photographs and records of land documents, Narlikar said.

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