India - Woman journalist critically injured in shooting attack in northeast

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders condemns a shooting attack yesterday in which Tongam Rina, associate editor of the Arunachal Times newspaper in Itanagar, capital of the northeastern state of Arunachal Pradesh, was seriously injured. “We urge the authorities to do everything in their power to shed light on this murder attempt, and not to rule out the possibility of a link to the victim's work as a journalist,” Reporters Without Borders said. “The sensitive stories Rina has covered could have been the (...)

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