Fmp statement manipur_chaoba_18_jan_2021

The document summarizes an incident where the editor-in-chief and executive editor of a Manipur news website were charged with sedition and supporting terrorist organizations for publishing an opinion piece critiquing militant groups in Manipur. The piece traced the historical causes for the decline of such groups. The document expresses concern over the misuse of draconian laws against journalists in Manipur, noting other cases like one against a journalist charged with sedition for Facebook comments. It argues that charging everything critical of current rulers as sedition threatens freedom of speech and the constitution.