European Federation of Journalists

WSF Conference: The race against freedom of press and human rights

Brussels Press Club Rue Froissart 95, Brussels

On 6th of September, BBC was reporting that Gauri Lankesh, a prominent Indian journalist critical of Hindu nationalist politics, vocal about Kashmiri Rights and Muslim rights has been shot dead in front of her house in India. Tens of thousands of demonstrators gathered across several Indian cities on Wednesday. Media, human rights organisations and opposition party leaders also strongly condemned the shooting. Calling for a "thorough investigation" into the journalist's murder, Amnesty International in London asked the police to determine whether Lankesh was killed "because of (her) journalism". “State governments must act to protect those whose voices of dissent are…