IMPHAL, June 27 � Newspapers in Manipur failed to hit the stands today as the All Manipur Working Journalists� Union decided not to bring out the publications in the wake of pressures by militant outfits, official reports said.
A militant organisation, Kangleipak Communist Party -Military Council (KCP-MC), which split into two factions, had threatened media houses and journalists if their diktat was not obeyed.
While one faction said their statement should be published the other said media houses would be attacked if the statement was published, the reports said. In the course of the tussle between the two factions, the AMWJU decided not to publish the papers.
A spokesman of the AMWJU appealed to the militant outfits not to put pressure on newspapers regarding the issue of publishing statements and leave the decision on the editors.
Earlier, no newspaper hit the stands for two days � June 14 and 15 � in protest against the militant threat. � PTI
IMPHAL, June 27 � Newspapers in Manipur failed to hit the stands today as the All Manipur Working Journalists� Union decided not to bring out the publications in the wake of pressures by militant outfits, official reports said.
A militant organisation, Kangleipak Communist Party -Military Council (KCP-MC), which split into two factions, had threatened media houses and journalists if their diktat was not obeyed.
While one faction said their statement should be published the other said media houses would be attacked if the statement was published, the reports said. In the course of the tussle between the two factions, the AMWJU decided not to publish the papers.
A spokesman of the AMWJU appealed to the militant outfits not to put pressure on newspapers regarding the issue of publishing statements and leave the decision on the editors.
Earlier, no newspaper hit the stands for two days � June 14 and 15 � in protest against the militant threat. � PTI
