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Friday, October 17, 2008 - 05.06 GMT
Guarantee freedom of expression, deal firmly with pro-LTTE elements – Editor, The Hindu

 
N. Ram, Editor-in-Chief, The Hindu in a statement made on October 16 called upon the Tamil Nadu government to guarantee freedom of expression and deal firmly with pro-LTTE elements that attacked the offices and distributing points of The Hindu on three occasions.

“These unruly and illegal acts were an expression of intolerance of the newspaper’s criticism of pro-LTTE and pro-Eelam chauvinism in the Tamil Nadu political arena. In our considered editorial assessment, these chauvinistic, pro-separatist tendencies are deeply inimical to the interests of the Indian people,” it added.

“We expect the police and the State government to monitor and pursue seriously the prosecution of these cases, so that exemplary punishment under the law of the land is meted out to those who menace freedom of expression in the cause of a banned terrorist organization,” the statement concluded.
 

 





 
 
   
   
   
   

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