Chennai, March 21 -- The Chennai Press Club (CPC) on Saturday evening expressed its strongest condemnation of the high-handed and deeply disturbing actions carried out by authorities while sealing the premises of United News of India (UNI) in New Delhi over a land dispute and demanded a through probe into the incident, while expressing their full solidarirty with the UNI journos.
"While we respect the need to implement court orders, the manner in which the operation was executed raises serious concerns about due process, proportionality, and respect for the rights of working journalists", CPC President M Suresh Vedanayagam and General Secretary Haseef said in a statement.
Reports indicate that a large contingent of police and paramilitary...