India: Journalists ___ Brutal attack on journalists in Kolkata
Event- Country
- India
- Initial Date
- Apr 9, 2018
- Event Description
As per the sources, on April 9, 2018, while nominations were being filed for the upcoming local body elections in West Bengal, there were violent clashes between cadres and supporters of various political parties in which many people including contestants were brutally attacked. The journalists at Kolkata were covering once such incidence of violence in Alipore, Kolkata. The violent mob suddenly started attacking journalists who were recording with cameras the attacks and clashes between supporters of political parties. The mob started thrashing the journalists, clothes torn and stripped and their cameras were damaged. Mr. Biplab Mondal from Times of India while refusing to delete the videos and photos from his mobile, was beaten up badly and stripped by the mob. They forcibly deleted all the video and photos from the mobile phones and cameras of other journalists. While they tried to snatch the camera of Mr. Manas Chatterjee, he resisted and was attacked brutally. There were reports of violence and attacks of similar kind from other districts like Murshidabad, Hooghly, Birbhum where photojournalists were facing assault. Though the journalists and media houses have complained to the police about the brutal attacks on journalists, the police did not take any action on the matter
- Impact of Event
- 3
- Gender of HRD
- Man
- Violation
- Intimidation and Threats
- Violence (physical)
- Rights Concerned
- Media freedom
- Right to liberty and security
- HRD
- Media Worker
- Perpetrator-Non-State
- Non-state
- Source
- Monitoring Status
- Pending
- Event Location
Latitude: 20.593684
Longitude: 78.96288
- Event Location
- Summary for Publications
On 9 April 2018, Mr. Biplab Mondal, Photo Journalist Times of India; Mr. Bhaskar Mukherjee, Journalist with a Bengali daily Bartaman; and Mr. Manas Chatterjee, Journalist, ETV Bangla, were physically attacked by supporters of political parties.