Journalists' body demands lifting of ban on BBC documentary

March 07, 2015 18:58

The Indian Journalists Union (IJU) today demanded that the central government immediately revoke the ban imposed on the documentary film "India`s Daughter' based on gang-rape of Nirbhaya in Delhi in 2012, saying it amounted to severe restriction on the freedom of expression guaranteed under the Constitution.

In a statement, IJU President S N Sinha, Secretary-General Devulapalli Amar and Press Council of India Member K Amarnath rejected the argument that the film glorified one of the convicts in the case, Mukesh Singh, by highlighting his 'perverse' comments slighting the feminine gender and justifying his heinous crime.

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