“Madras Reporters Guild condemns arrest of publisher Badri Seshadri”, India Today, July 30, 2023:
“The Madras Reporters Guild has condemned the arrest of journalist-writer and publisher Badri Seshadri and his remand in judicial custody for his comments, allegedly derogatory, vis-a-vis the Manipur violence.
Demanding the government that he be released immediately, the Guild, also known as Chennai Nirubargal Sangam, said there is absolutely no need to arrest Seshadri for his comments, however unpalatable they may be or even derogatory.
The government has the option to file a case against the writer and allow the law to take its own course, rather than take recourse to arrest, which comes in the way of freedom of speech and expression, and civil liberties…..”
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