**Updates IFEX alert of 21 August 2000** (WAN/IFEX) – In a 23 August 2000 letter to President Kocheril Raman Narayanan, WAN and the World Editors Forum expressed outrage at the murder of newspaper editor Brajamani Singh. According to reports, two gunmen broke into the house of Singh, editor of the English-language “Manipur News”, late at […]
**Updates IFEX alert of 21 August 2000**
(WAN/IFEX) – In a 23 August 2000 letter to President Kocheril Raman Narayanan, WAN and the World Editors Forum expressed outrage at the murder of newspaper editor Brajamani Singh.
According to reports, two gunmen broke into the house of Singh, editor of the English-language “Manipur News”, late at night on 20 August, and shot him dead. No one has yet claimed responsibility for the killing, but police say they suspect the involvement of one of Manipur state’s rebel separatist groups.
Recommended Action
Send appeals to the president:
- reminding him that Mr Singh is the third Indian journalist to be murdered in three weeks, following the deaths of V. Selvaraj on 31 July in Tamil Nadu and Pradeep Bhatia on 10 August in Srinagar
- calling on him to do everything in his power to ensure that those responsible for murdering Singh, Selvaraj and Bhatia are swiftly brought to justice
- requesting that his government keep the international freedom of expression community informed of developments in these cases
Appeals To
His Excellency Kocheril Raman Narayanan
President of India
c/o H.E The High Commissioner for India
India House, Aldwych
London, UK
Fax: +44 207 240 4688
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