Sacked DhiFM journalists protest over unfair dismissal, editorial interference
03 Oct 2010, 9:33 PM
Ahmed Nazeer
Six journalists from private radio station DhiFM launched a protest outside the media company’s offices today, claiming unfair dismissal and editorial pressure for negative coverage of the government.
The journalists began protesting this afternoon outside Champa Guest House, which houses DhiFM and DhiTV, holding up placards that read: “Protect the rights of the journalists” and “Stop using media as a propaganda machine”.
“We are all protesting because our organisation terminated its staff in violation of the Employment Act and because it has also broken media ethics,” said one of the journalists. “Four of us here were sacked and the other two resigned.”
The journalist claimed that the sacked reporters were not given notice and were owed unpaid salaries.
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