Editor at https://www.jhilko.com/ Phanindra Phunyal’s opinion article was removed immediately after publication from the web portal on March 14.
Talking to Freedom Forum, editor Phunyal shared that he authored an article critical to a ruling political party which was published on the portal on March 14. The article was then, deleted after an hour from the portal.
“I was neither informed nor asked about the deletion of article. As I am well-known about the ownership of the news portal, I was not surprised to see my article removed”, Phunyal added, “I feel intimidated as this act has strictly violated my rights as a journalist and an editor.”
"The media has also forcefully dismissed me out of my job but I have not resigned as an editor yet”, Phunyal informed.
Freedom Forum condemns the removal of article from the portal. This is a serious violation of press freedom and editorial independence.
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