Snooping on media in Lok Sabha?

IN Media Watch Briefs | 17/03/2015

On March 16, the Delhi Union of Journalists condemned the government’s move to post security personnel in the Lok Sabha Press Gallery. This, it said, was "tantamount to snooping on journalists and interfering in their professional duties." It added that the checks and curbs on journalists have increased in the parliament, even where access is granted. The DUJ said it calls upon the entire media fraternity to rise in protest against this "illegal shadowing of the media.”

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