Renewed call for protection plan after third journalist murdered

Published on Wednesday 22 July 2015.

Reporters Without Borders appeals again to the Indian government to set up a national plan for the protection of journalists amid a continuing wave of physical attacks on media personnel.

India’s journalists are favourite targets for all those opposed to freely and independently reported news and information. By repeatedly ignoring the need to protect journalists and by denying the current climate of violence, the federal government is just encouraging the enemies of media freedom.

India is ranked 136th out of 180 countries in the 2015 Reporters Without Borders press freedom index.

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