Assam Mizoram Border Row: NIFJ appeals for responsible reporting

Syllad | The Rising MeghalayaJuly 30, 2021

The Northeast India Federation of Journalists (NIFJ), an affiliate of the Indian Journalists Union and International Federation of Journalists, appealed to the journalists and media organisations to exercise restraint while reporting and covering the Assam-Mizoram border incident leading to unfortunate death of six policeman of Assam. 

While expressing grave concern over the incident, the NIFJ, in a statement issued Thursday, urged the entire journalist community to refrain from further vitiating the volatile atmosphere through their reports. 

The statement signed by NIFJ President Sajjad Ali and General Secretary Bedabrata Lahkar further appealed to the scribes to confine to factual reporting and not resort to media trials which can disturb peace and damage the age-old brotherly relations among the people of this wonderful region.