Guyana Press Affiliation condemns on-line assault towards journalist
Loop Information- The Guyana Press Affiliation (GPA) has condemned what it describes as an assault towards Kaieteur Information Journalist Davina Bagot, by handlers working a sure Fb web page.
GPA stated this isn’t the primary time this medium has attacked journalists and positioned their security in jeopardy. The Affiliation famous that it stays in touch with a number of regional and worldwide organizations and has positioned its issues for the protection of journalists in Guyana as a significant concern.
The GPA is publicly urging worldwide help to combat this harassment of media operatives in Guyana and can endorse any effort by media operatives to have the Guyana Police Drive examine the violation of the Cyber Crime Act, in addition to the violation of the rights of girls by the Ladies and Gender Equality Fee.
The GPA additionally publicly seeks the solidarity of girls’s organizations in condemning this most up-to-date dastardly assault towards a feminine member of the media corps.
The GPA regards such acts as not solely an try and harass the media from asking looking questions but additionally a type of intimidation that in the end endangers the lives of media operatives by those that might really feel emboldened by such posts.