Gauri Lankesh: 'Modi Bhakts and the Hindutva brigade want me in jail'

Tue, 05 September 2017

21:56

One of the few women editors in language press was convicted on charges of defamation for writing a story against BJP workers. She says the case has more to do with her politics than the story her magazine published.

Read Lankesh's interview to Newslaundry.

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