Critical television journalist shot dead in India
The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate the National Union of Journalists (India) in deploring the murder of a television journalist in Chatra of Jharkhand state in India on Thursday, May 12, 2016. The IFJ demands urgent action from the authorities to find those responsible and bring them to justice. Indradev Yadav, also known as Akhilesh Pratap Yadav, was shot dead by unidentified people near his home while he was on his motorcycle. Yadav, 35, was a local correspondent for Taaza TV, a Hindi news channel based in Kolkota. The assailants fired…Read more