Mangalore, March 2: Journalists came out on streets in Mangalore protesting the attack on their colleagues in Bangalore by lawyers on the premises of the city civil court on Friday.
They held a demonstration in front of the Deputy Commissioner's office and shouted slogans against the State Government for failing to protect journalists while discharging their duty.
They also submitted a memorandum to Chief Minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda through the Additional Deputy Commissioner K.A. Dayananda condemning the hooliganism and demanding stringent action against the culprits.
Earlier the executive committee of the D.K. District Working Journalists' Union held an emergency meeting to condemn the incident and demanded protection to the journalists and media offices across the State.
The journalists, photojournalists and cameramen of different media organisations tied black ribbons around their arms and displayed placards condemning the hooliganism of the lawyers and demanding the resignation of Home Minister R. Ashok
Addressing the protesters, Harish Rai, President of Dakshina Kannada District Working Journalists' Union said,” It is a black day for journalists and the journalists have been coming under attack repeatedly. Lawyers have no right to physically attack any media person,” he said.
He urged chief minister Sadananda Gowda who is from this district, to take the protest seriously and ensure that the guilty lawyers are subjected to legal action.
He also warned that the journalists have to step up their protest if the government did not take action against the culprits.
Vartha Bharathi chief reporter K.N.Pushparaj and the city editor of The Hindu Govind D Belgaumka also spoke. Naveen Soorinje, from Kasturi TV, compered the programme. The representatives of the visual media journalists also held a separate protest at the same venue.
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