Dear Friend,
A fellow Countercurrents author, senior journalist and fearless activist Gauri Lankesh was shot dead last night at her home. We are all shocked, grief stricken and angered.
We are not going to take it lying down.
In a spontaneous outpouring of grief, anger and disbelief, protests erupted across the country against the assassination Gauri Lankesh.
In Solidarity
Binu Mathew
Editor
www.countercurrents.org
Anti-Communal Activist And Journalist Gauri Lankesh Shot Dead
Gauri Lankesh (55) , a senior journalist and a vocal anti-communal activist was shot dead in at her residence in Rajarajeshwari Nagar in Bengaluru. According to police officials she was shot dead from close range when she was standing at her house in Rajarajeswari Nagar. According to eye witnesses, the 55-year-old journalist was standing near the gate of her house when three men on a motor bike sprayed her with bullets. The incident took place at around 8.25pm
Thousands Protest Across The Country Against The Assassination Of Gauri Lankesh
In a spontaneous outpouring of grief, anger and disbelief, protests erupted across the country against the assassination of senior journalist and activist Gauri Lankesh. Lankesh was shot dead at point-blank range at her home yesterday. Here are a few photographs of the protests that happened today.
A Tribute To Gauri Lankesh!
by K P Sasi
Gauri, you are more than a memory
You are a direction
For a world that should not be !
I Do Not Wish To Say RIP #GauriLankesh
by Rakesh Sharma
May your soul haunt us all
Shake us up deep within
Making many, many more speak out
Resist and fight their poison
How many can they kill?
Gauri Lankesh, Democratic-Secular India Will Remember And Miss You Always!
by Shamsul Islam
The assassination of Gauri is part of of SERIAL KILLINGS of fighters for democratic-secular Indian polity, rights of marginalized/minorities/Dalits/women, against religious bigotry and justice. Karnataka has become a killing field for such brave activists but Congress Government at Bangalore is oblivious of the activities of the Hindutva killing squads. Killers of Professor MM Kalburgi remain untraced so will happen in this case also.
Assassination Of Gauri Lankesh: A Cowardly Attack On Human Freedom
by Vidya Bhushan Rawat
I know yesterday’s incident has jolted all of us. Many of the dear friends have written their frustrations and fears too. We stand together. As I said, we dont know whose number is first and whose last but we know all of us are being watched and observed. We have become a country where the thugs are observing.
NAPM Condemns Assassination Of Gauri Lankesh
by National Alliance of People’s Movements
We have enough reason to believe that her political assassination is a direct consequence of her publicly expressed progressive positions as well as the lack of conviction of the murderers responsible for the calculated political killings of M M Kalburgi, Govind Pansare and Narendra Dabholkar, even after months and years! It is precisely this tacit and active support by the current regime in India that is further emboldening the right wing Hindutva forces to commit more brazen crimes, against progressive and people’s voices.
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