India - Indian minister asked for progress report on journalist's murder

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders wrote today to the Indian home affairs minister, Sushilkumar Shinde, requesting information about the status of the investigation into the death of the Global News Network journalist Pawan Kumar in the north-western city of Hardoi on 13 August. “We should like to know if the investigation by your department has led to an arrest,” the letter said. “Have your inquiries determined the exact circumstances of the tragedy and established whether Pawan Kumar was killed (...)

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