The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), an organisation promoting Press freedom across the world, on Monday called on J&K Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha to withdraw his remarks where he described a reporter “as part of the separatist ecosystem” following his report on alleged corruption in the Union Territory (UT).
“The CPJ calls on J&K LG Manoj Sinha to immediately withdraw his October 13 remarks that the “writer” of an article on the local administration’s alleged corruption is part of the “separatist ecosystem,” compromising the safety of The Wire correspondent Jehangir Ali,” a CPJ spokesman said.
The CPJ statement came hours after a news portal, The Wire, wrote a letter to L-G Sinha to withdraw his remarks made against the reporter.
