The Editors Guild Manipur joins the various media organisations and well wishers in condemning the killing of senior journalists and Editor Gauri Lankesh and demands Karnataka Government take full responsibility for her murder.
The Editor Guild Manipur in a meeting here in Imphal, expressed shock at the gruesome killing of an editor know for her fearless views in her newspaper as well as various forums.
“ Editors of Manipur consider her killing as direct frontal attack on the freedom of expression and extends moral support to all journalists organisations protesting her killing. Such attack on journalists is not new in remote corner of the country like Manipur and we can understand the pains of the near and dear ones of “martyred’ journalist. We also stand by her media colleagues and fraternity in Karnataka as they grieve at the lost of a brave journalist”, a statement of the EGM said.