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http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/WO1308/S00233.htm
Cable TV Broadcasts Blocked as Protests Engulf Darjeeling
Tuesday, 13 August 2013, 3:27 pm
Press Release: International Federation of Journalists
Cable TV Broadcasts Blocked as Protests Engulf
Darjeeling in West Bengal State
The International
Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and partners in the South
Asia Media Solidarity Network (SAMSN) urge the authorities
in the eastern Indian state of West Bengal, to reconsider
their decision to block local news broadcasts over cable TV
in Darjeeling and its adjoining districts, after protests
erupted over demands that the region be designated as a
separate state within the Indian union.
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