Guwahati: Journalists in Assam on Monday demanded a national legislation for their protection in view of the rising incidents of physical assaults on their fraternity,besides killings.

In a memorandum to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Journalist Association of Assam demanded enactment of a law protecting journalists as in Assam “at least one journalist has been fatally attacked every year during the past 14 years for refusing to file report as per the instructions of either the terrorists or the police”.