{"id":36404,"date":"2017-09-06T15:45:00","date_gmt":"2017-09-06T15:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=36404"},"modified":"2017-09-06T15:45:00","modified_gmt":"2017-09-06T15:45:00","slug":"indian-journalist-shot-dead-in-bangalore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/en.bornomalanews.com\/?p=36404","title":{"rendered":"Indian journalist shot dead in Bangalore"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Indian-Journalist\"Internarional desk: A senior Indian journalist and activist has been shot dead outside her home in Bangalore.<\/p>\n

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Gauri Lankesh was the editor of a Kannada-language tabloid that has frequently been critical of Hindu extremists.<\/p>\n

Police said Lankesh, who was in her 50s, was shot by three assailants as she was entering the property on Tuesday evening and died shortly after. Officers said it was too early to speculate on the motive.<\/p>\n

A small group of protesters formed outside her home as news of the killing spread.Lankesh was known as a fierce critic of Hindu nationalist organisations in her state and was convicted of defamation last year for a piece accusing members of the Bharatiya Janata party of theft. She was appealing against the decision.<\/p>\n

She told the Indian website Newslaundry last year that the \u201crabid hate\u201d directed at her online had made her fear for the state of free expression in India.<\/p>\n

\u201cUnfortunately, today anybody talking in support of human rights and against fake encounters [extrajudicial killings] is branded a Maoist supporter,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlong with that, my criticism of Hindutva politics and the caste system … makes my critics brand me as a Hindu hater. But I consider it my constitutional duty to continue \u2013 in my own little way \u2013 the struggle of Basavanna and [social reformer] Dr [Bhimrao Ramji] Ambedkar towards establishing an egalitarian society,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

The Press Club of India said in a statement that it believed the murder was linked to Lankesh\u2019s work.<\/p>\n

\u201cA fearless and independent journalist who gave voice to many causes and always stood up for justice has been shot dead in the most brutal manner in order to silence her voice,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhatever differences she had with anyone, it was certainly not the way to attack an outspoken journalist who was defenceless and had nothing to offer by way of resistance. Such attacks on the freedom of press will not be tolerated.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Committee to Protect Journalists said in a report last year that 27 journalists had been killed \u201cwith complete impunity\u201d in India since 1992. It listed another 25 murders it was investigating to ascertain a connection to the journalist\u2019s work.<\/p>\n

Two years ago in the same state, Karnataka, an outspoken scholar and critic of religious groups, MM Kalburgi, was also shot dead by unidentified assailants.The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Internarional desk: A senior Indian journalist and activist has been shot dead outside her home in Bangalore. Gauri Lankesh was the editor of a Kannada-language tabloid that has frequently been critical of Hindu extremists. Police said Lankesh, who was in her 50s, was shot by three assailants as she was entering the property on Tuesday […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":36405,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2,14],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\t\n