Snigdha Sharma speaks to Aliya Iftikhar, a senior Asia researcher at the #CommitteetoProtectJournalists. She speaks about the #GlobalImpunityIndex 2020, which “spotlights countries where journalists are singled out for murder and their killers go free”. The index, published on Wednesday, ranks India at 12th rank.
Explaining the thinking behind the impunity index, Aliya argues that murder is the “highest form of censorship” for the media. The index, thus, is intended to “hold countries accountable and stop this cycle of violence”, she says. “This can happen by increasing political will and making sure that such cases are swiftly seen to prosecution.”
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