APWJF staged demonstration against colleague's murder Ongole, November 30. Members of the Andhra Pradesh Working Journalists Federation (APWJF) staged a demonstration in-front of the collectorate here on Saturday, in protest against the killing of a reporter M.V.N Shankar, 52, of a vernacular daily at Chilakaluripet on Tuesday.
The journalists led by APWJF district president R. Rajasekhar and general secretary S.V. Brahmam demanded that the attackers should be immediately arrested and a high-level probe be ordered into the murder of the reporter, M.V.N Shankar.
Andhra Prabha branch manager K. Ashok Babu demanded that the State government should initiate measures to protect the freedom of press and ensure that such violent attacks did not occur again.
News Posted: 30 November, 2014
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