Mumbai: Journalists pay tributes to journalist Gauri Lankesh, in Mumbai on Wednesday. PTI Photo(PTI9_6_2017_000159A) Mumbai: Journalists pay tributes to journalist Gauri Lankesh, in Mumbai on Wednesday. PTI Photo(PTI9_6_2017_000159A)A group of editors, journalists and writers from the South Asia, the UK and Australia have demanded justice for slain scribe Gauri Lankesh, saying an impartial investigation must bring her killers to book. Some of the signatories include Director, Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI), Sanjoy Hazarika; Mahendra Ved, President, Commonwealth Journalists Association, Columnist, The New Straits Times, Malaysia; Salil Tripathi, columnist, author, Chair of the Writers in Prison Committee of PEN International, London; William Horsley, Commonwealth Journalists Association, London and David Page, Commonwealth Journalists Association, London. “Justice for Gauri Lankesh must be accompanied by opposition to impunity and criminality — combined with a renewed commitment to freedom of expression and speaking truth to power and compassion in reflecting the conditions of the poor and vulnerable.

Source: Indian Express September 07, 2017 18:56 UTC