Editors Guild condemns police action against journalists in Tripura under UAPA

The Editors Guild of India on Sunday condemned the Tripura police's action of booking 102 people, including journalists, under the Unlawful Activities Act and said the government cannot use such stringent laws to suppress reporting on communal violence incidents. Students Federation of India activists protested outside Tripura Bhawan in New Delhi against communal violence in Tripura, The Guild, in a statement, said it was deeply shocked at the police’s action against journalists and said it was an attempt by the Tripura government to deflect attention away from its own failure to control majoritarian violence, news agency PTI reported. This action came after Tripura Police registered a case against four Supreme Court lawyers under the stringent act and various sections of the Indian Penal Code for allegedly promoting communal disharmony with their social media posts on the recent violence in the state targeting Muslims. The EGI said, The Editors Guild of India is deeply shocked by the Tripura Police's action of booking 102 people, including journalists, under the coercive Unlawful Activities Act, for reporting and writing on the recent communal violence in the state.