Killings – Journalists

Journalist Dharmendra Singh Chauhan was shot and killed by unidentified assailants on May 18 while walking near his home in India’s northern Haryana state. The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliates, Indian Journalists Union (IJU) and the National Union of Journalists India (NUJ-I), call on the authorities to commence an immediate and transparent investigation into his murder and ensure journalists can work without fear of violence and intimidation.

Chauhan, a journalist affiliated with online media outlet Fast News India, was fatally shot on the evening of May 18 near his residence in Luhari village, in Haryana’s Jhajjar district. He sustained a gunshot wound to the head and was rushed to Ganesh Ji Hospital in Gurugram, where he succumbedto his injuries later that night.