SFWJ strongly condemns attack on Sikkim NOW office

Sikkim Federation of Working Journalists (SFWJ) strongly condemns the dastardly attack on Office of the leading English Daily Sikkim Now, published from Gangtok by disgruntled elements. SFWJ views that failure of administration to bring to book those elements responsible for attack on Media houses in Sikkim during the past has emboldened such elements to vent their displeasure on media houses and the journalists.
Sikkim Federation of Working Journalists urges the State administration to ensure safety and security of all media persons and houses of Sikkim. While we demand the speedy arrest of all the culprits involved, the SFWJ appeals to all state governments in the Northeast, including Sikkim, to provide CCTV cameras to all media houses so that journalists and media houses in the region work in a safe and secure environment to carry out their professional duties.
The Northeast and Sikkim has a history of threats and assaults to media persons and attack on media houses. The SFWJ urges all journalists in the region to stay united and to speak up unitedly and effectively if the Press is under any kind of assault or pressure.