Dear Friend,
Less than three weeks after
Reporters Without Borders (RSF) urged India to put press freedom at the center
of its democratic debate, three journalists were viciously murdered for doing
their job this week. This does not include attacks that have left journalists
wounded or soldiers who target journalists working for local media outlets with
the central government’s tacit consent.
This increasingly violent trend
against journalists has led to a consistent drop in India’s ranking on RSF’s
World Press Freedom Index for the past two years.
Crimes against freedom of the press
like these are why Reporters Without Borders is working to protect journalists
around the world, and we need your help.
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An Indian journalist holds a
placard during a protest against the murder of journalists this week. SAJJAD
HUSSAIN / AFP
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“The endemic violence affecting
reporters in India has reached unparalleled levels in the past four years and
the impunity so often enjoyed by those responsible sustains an unbearable
security environment for journalism,” says Daniel Bastard, the head of RSF’s
Asia-Pacific desk. “Concrete measures must be taken at the federal level to
protect journalists.”
We are so thankful for the generous
individuals like you who have helped us enact the advocacy efforts the
reporters of India deserve, and who support our larger scale efforts to lobby
the UN for a Special Representative for journalists’ safety to help protect
journalists investigating stories which put them in danger.
Thank you so much for your support.
I look forward to keeping you updated on our progress in the fight for freedom
of the press in India and around the world.
Sincerely,
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