Calling it an attack on the freedom of press, News Broadcasters Association (NBA) today condemned the assault on journalists at Patiala House court here yesterday.
"NBA condemns the assault by lawyers and others on journalists and cameramen, especially women journalists, who were reporting from Patiala House Court yesterday when the President, JNU Students' Union, was to be produced in the court," a statement by the Association said.
NBA president Rajat Sharma termed the attack "cowardly" and said it was meant to intimidate journalists carrying out their work of disseminating news and information, a service that is essential for any democratic society, the statement said.
This was, Sharma said, "an attack on the freedom of the press."
Earlier today, journalists held a protest march against the attack and demanded that the culprits be brought to book.
Representing various journalist bodies, they took out a march from the Press Club to the Supreme Court raising slogans in support of freedom of expression and against alleged police inaction during the incident yesterday.
