From: Suparna Gangal <production_sms@...>
Subject: Re: [DOCUWALLAHS2] in case u missed this do add yr names. statement will go out in 2 days
To: docuwallahs2@yahoogroups.com
Date: Wednesday, 8 July, 2009, 1:09 PM

Dear Anand da Please include my name also Suparna --- On Wed, 7/8/09, vijaya mulay <vijaya.mulay@ gmail..com> wrote: From: vijaya mulay <vijaya.mulay@ gmail.com> Subject: Re: [DOCUWALLAHS2] in case u missed this do add yr names. statement will go out in 2 days To: anandpat@gmail. com, docuwallahs2@ yahoogroups. com Date: Wednesday, July 8, 2009, 5:48 AM Dear Anand Please include my name. Akka On 7/6/09, anand patwardhan <anandpat@gmail. com> wrote: Documentary filmmakers condemn the police barbarity unleashed on documentary filmmaker Gopal Menon on 3rd July when he was proceeding to Lalgarh, West Bengal while accompanying Medha Patkar and others. We understand that the police attack with rifle butts was so severe that it caused vomiting and Mr. Menon had to be taken to hospital for treatment. This is not the first time in our country that persons from the media have been attacked by agencies related to the State. The increasing frequency of such attacks and the impunity with which they are carried out is disastrous for any democracy as it directly interferes with independent reportage. By indulging in such a practice the government is clearly preventing transparency and sending out a warning to the media that only “embedded” reportage will be tolerated and all others must enter the field at their own risk. We demand an independent enquiry into the incident, the punishment of guilty officials and an undertaking from both the State and Central governments that physical assaults on members of the media will not be tolerated or condoned. Signed: Anand Patwardhan, Saratchandra, K.P.Sasi, Meghnath, Anjali Monteiro, K.P.Jayashankar, Ananya Chatterji Chakraborti, Rakesh Sharma, Rakesh Katare, Arvind Sinha, Rahul Roy, R.V. Ramani, Ajay Bharadwaj, Aditya Seth, Surabhi Sharma, Prabir Bose, Pankaj Butalia, Paromita Vohra, Gautam Sonti