A draft report by a Press Council of India member suggesting several measures for journalists has been rejected by the council’s chairperson Ranjana Prakash Desai, saying that she is recording her “dissent” as she is “unable to concur with all observations and recommendations”.
The draft report on the “arrests, wrongful detention, and intimidation of media personnel”, titled “journalism is not crime”, urged the Narendra Modi government to introduce a national law for the security of journalists, give more teeth to the Press Council of India Act, codifying norms for law enforcement personnel, and constant monitoring of the challenges faced by journalists at all levels.
