Journalist Burned Alive In India For Facebook Post Exposing Corruption

Posted by Soulskill on Monday June 15, 2015 @02:20AM from the rest-in-peace dept.

arnott writes: Journalist Jagendra Singh used a Facebook page to expose corruption in the state of Uttar Pradesh in India. Though he posted under a pseudonym, he was quickly found and burned alive by police, allegedly on the order of the minister accused. He died a week later from his injuries. This is not the first case of a journalist being attacked in this state. Amnesty International had urged the local government to launch an official investigation, and now five policemen and a politician have been brought up on murder charges. What can Facebook or other companies do to help these journalists report on corruption in a safe manner?

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Re:Firewall by penguinoid · 2015-06-15 03:10 · Score: 1, Flamebait

Forgot to add, "I'll bet I get modded flamebait for this..."

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Re:Burning people? by Holi · 2015-06-15 03:23 · Score: 1, Flamebait

Yeah we are sooo much better here...
In 1993 marital rape became a crime in all 50 states. So it's not like India is that far behind us.

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