According to a recent report of RSF, media directors, investigative reporters, and correspondents, over half of the 28 journalists who have died in last 10 years, were covering environmental-related subjects.
The world is celebrating the 30th World Press Freedom Day today. However, the condition of Press Freedom in India is alarming. According to the French organisation, Reporters Without Borders (RSF), India stands at the rank of 161st on the list of 180 nations.
When RSF released the rankings for world press freedom in 2023, the organisation also released a statement saying, “The violence against journalists, the politically partisan media, and the concentration of media ownership all demonstrate that press freedom is in crisis in “the world’s largest democracy”, ruled since 2014 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the leader of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and the embodiment of the Hindu nationalist right.”
According to a recent report of RSF, media directors, investigative reporters, and correspondents, over half of the 28 journalists who have died in India since Prime Minister Narendra Modi assumed office 10 years ago were covering environmental-related subjects.
Who are the Journalists who died working in the field?
The list of journalists killed while reporting in the last decade is long, but some of the names that have become popular are as follows:
Jagendra Singh
Jagendra Singh was a freelance journalist from Uttar Pradesh who had reported on allegations of rape against a state minister. He died from burn injuries after his home was set on fire, allegedly by police on June 8, 2015.
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