Journalists in India’s northeastern province of Assam have come under unprecedented attack in recent months, with a young reporter killed on Sept. 8 and at least another 12 assaulted and beaten.
The latest attacks appear to be a byproduct of violence between Muslims and Bodos, a local indigenous group, which has torn up the state for months. So far at least 90 people have been killed and 400,000 have been rendered homeless.
The dead journalists across India so far include Chandrika Rai of the Hitavada daily, who was beaten to death on Feb. 18 along with his wife and two children in the central Indian province of Madhya Pradesh. Rajesh Mishra of the Media Raj weekly, also of Madhya Pradesh, was killed on March 2.
The third, a young reporter named Raihanul Nayum of Gana Chabuk, a weekly newspaper published in west Assam, was killed on Sept 8 when a mob turned violent after a Hindu temple and its deity, Maa Kaali, were damaged by protesters.
Journalists complain that authorities been reluctant to safeguard the interests of the media. Certainly, none of the perpetrators involved in the killings has been identified or arrested, nor have they in other incidents where scores of journalists have been beaten and harassed. Full story...
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The latest attacks appear to be a byproduct of violence between Muslims and Bodos, a local indigenous group, which has torn up the state for months. So far at least 90 people have been killed and 400,000 have been rendered homeless.
The dead journalists across India so far include Chandrika Rai of the Hitavada daily, who was beaten to death on Feb. 18 along with his wife and two children in the central Indian province of Madhya Pradesh. Rajesh Mishra of the Media Raj weekly, also of Madhya Pradesh, was killed on March 2.
The third, a young reporter named Raihanul Nayum of Gana Chabuk, a weekly newspaper published in west Assam, was killed on Sept 8 when a mob turned violent after a Hindu temple and its deity, Maa Kaali, were damaged by protesters.
Journalists complain that authorities been reluctant to safeguard the interests of the media. Certainly, none of the perpetrators involved in the killings has been identified or arrested, nor have they in other incidents where scores of journalists have been beaten and harassed. Full story...
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