Impunity Indicator
The Indian Express has this report on the death of TV9 copy editor Chirag Patel: TV9 copy editor Chirag Patel, 26, whose charred body was found on Saturday from near a canal on Ahmedabad’s outskirts, used to regularly file RTIs — one of them seeking details of how MPLAD (Members of Parliament Local Area Development […] Read More
Amit reported fearlessly on issues affecting adivasi communities across Jharkhand. Eleven days since he was shot dead, his murderers remain at-large. This report has been re-published with permission from Video Volunteers [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZSOMO5mIxFk] Â In the wee of hours of 8-9 December 2018, […] Read More
In the four months that have passed since the assassination of one of Kashmir’s most prominent journalists Shujaat Bukhari in June, little headway has been made to bring closure in the legal course as the charge-sheet is yet to be submitted to court. Moazum Mohammad has a special report for FreeSpeechCollective’s Impunity Indicator Name: Shujaat […] Read More
In a case that was almost forgotten but for the dogged efforts of a valiant family, the case against Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, the head of a religious cult called the Dera Sacha Sauda (Abode of Real Truth) in Haryana, for the murder of journalist Ram Chander Chhatrapati shows no signs of reaching a conclusion. […] Read More
Name: Navin Nischal, Vijay Singh Date of death: March 25, 2018 Brief synopsis: Navin Nischal and Vijay Singh, who worked for Hindi daily Dainik Bhaskar, died when an SUV (sports utility vehicle) rammed into their bike in Bhojpur district of Bihar on Sunday night. The incident occurred on the Ara-Sasaram highway under the Garhani police […] Read More
The shocking footage of a dumper truck swerving sharply to mow down journalist Sandeep Sharma in Madhya Pradesh went viral and the protests that followed forced the state’s Chief Minister to announce a CBI inquiry. But barely seven months later, Sharma’s death is a mere statistic in the record of road accidents, not a murder, […] Read More
On Sept 5, 2022, five years after Gauri Lankesh was killed, the case came up before a trial court hearing the case against the 18 persons accused of her murder. The accused are lodged in Bengaluru, Yeravada and Mumbai prisons. The next date for the hearing is Sept 14, 2022. Read More
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November 3rd, 2018
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A New Level of Audacity for Impunity and Journalist Murders