Police Case Against 4 Over Editors' Guild's Crowdfunded Manipur Report https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMUO9mBYSHQ NDTV Sep 4, 2023
A police case has been filed against three members of a crowdfunded fact-finding team of the Editors' Guild of India, who went to Manipur to look into the media's reportage of the ethnic conflict, over allegations that the report submitted by the team was "false, fabricated and sponsored". The FIR has been filed with Imphal West district police under several sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), including promoting enmity between different groups, and using as true such declaration knowing it to be false.
FIR against Editors : आखिर क्या चाहती है बीजेपी सरकार ? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LmuvuRh5go Ajit Anjum Sep 5, 2023
Supreme Court Grants Interim Protection To Editors Guild Of India Members From Manipur Police FIRs Over Fact Finding Report Padmakshi Sharma 6 Sept 20 https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/supreme-court-grants-interim-protection-to-editors-guild-of-india-members-in-manipur-police-firs-over-fact-finding-report-237128 The bench was initially inclined to dispose of the writ petition by granting a limited protection so that the petitioners can approach the High Court. However, Divan said that none other than the Chief Minister himself made allegations against the EGI in a press conference and went to the extent of saying that "EGI has stoked provocative statements". He highlighted that the Chief Minister's statement was an additional aspect which should be considered by the Court.
EDITORS’ GUILD OF INDIA REPORT OF THE FACT-FINDING MISSION ON MEDIA'S REPORTAGE OF THE ETHNIC VIOLENCE IN MANIPUR
Sep 2nd, 2023 https://editorsguild.in/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/EGI-report-on-Manipur.pdf Extracts: Much before the violence erupted on May 3, Manipur’s tribal tensions, especially between the majority Meitei community and the minority Kuki-Chin-Zo community, were already reaching their boiling point. The state government seems to have facilitated the majority’s anger against the Kukis through several seemingly partisan statements and policy measures. For example, the leadership of the state
labelled the entire community of Kuki-Zo tribals as “illegal immigrants” and “foreigners” without any reliable data or evidence.
The Meira Pabis have been accused by the Assam Rifles and Kuki media and civil society organisations of complicity in several mob On June 26, the Spear Corps of the Indian ..released a 2.12 minute video showing that Meitei women helped rioters flee, obstructed their operations, accompanied armed civilians in vehicles ostensibly going on violent raids to shield them from the security forces. attacks. They have blocked security forces from discharging their duties by surrounding soldiers so that they are unable to prevent Meitei youths indulging in violence.
Manipur Media And Its Post-Truth Narrative The media in Manipur was not left untouched by ethnic loyalties and the deepening divide between the Meiteis and the Kuki-Chin-Zo tribals. Manipur’s media is largely Meitei owned.