Committee to Protect Journalists Slams Assault by Cop on Reporter

CPJ’s Steven Butler: Authorities should swiftly discipline the police officers responsible for assaulting Bose.

Following a Delhi Police officer repeatedly slapping Meghnad Bose – a reporter at The Quint – at the Jamia Millia Islamia campus on Monday, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has condemned the attack and demanded action against the errant cop.

The following is an excerpt of the statement by CPJ on its website:

“Indian authorities should identify and discipline New Delhi police officers who assaulted journalist Meghnad Bose yesterday, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.”

“Authorities should swiftly discipline the police officers responsible for assaulting Meghnad Bose simply for doing his job,” CPJ Asia Program Director Steven Butler said from Washington, D.C. “The police should train officers to protect the legal activities of journalists, and not to harass them.”  

.@pressfreedom condemns this attack on Meghnad Bose, a journalist at @TheQuint #India https://t.co/pK3fv4TXZ0

— CPJ Asia (@cpjasia) May 2, 2017

Read the entire CPJ statement here.

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