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“It is impossiple to talk about democracy in a society which is deprived of freedom of the press. Social peace can not be ensured in an environment which newspapers and journalists have been continuously singled out as targets, it said.
The Association has described the incidents as deliberate attacks targeting media, and said people have a right to learn and to be informed.
“Democracy is a system in which people have to tolerate different opinions. It is not a regime of same-type people, proto-type man and proto-type news reports," the Association said, calling on authorities to find the perpetrators as soon as possible.