Gauri Lankesh was an Indian journalist-turned-activist, she was shot to death on 5 September 2017, by 3 unidentified men outside of her residence.
Freedom of the Press: Journalism under attack in India Freedom of Press is one of the main tenets of a true democracy. Journalism is known as the Fourth Estate in a democracy; thus it is one of the pillars upon which a democracy stands. Freedom of Press has been interpreted within the ambit of freedom of speech and expression under Article 19(1)(a) of the Indian Constitution.
133 in 2016. However, since 2017, it has begun yet again to decline – from 136 to 138 in 2018, 140 in 2019, to arrive at 142 in 20201.
There is another report called the Global Impunity Index prepared by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) which was released in October 2019. However, this freedom gets stifled when This index highlights countries where journalists are punished or booked for journalists are murdered in the line of duty reporting the truth, that is not palatable and the perpetrators go unpunished. to the either the government, or are killed by some anti-social elements for digging The report states that between 1992 and out truth and doing their job. 2020, 51 journalists have been killed in India and out of them 32 are cases where India’s ranking in the World Press the culprits have virtually gotten away Freedom Index has been on a constant with murder!2 decline since 2010. While in 2013 and 2014, it was listed at 140 among the 180 The New York Times also took a nations, it climbed to 136 in 2015 and deeper look into freedom of the press
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