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NWMI’s statement of support for Teesta Setalvad and Javed Anand

29 July 2015

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Network of Women in Media
http://www.nwmindia.org/

NWMI’s statement of support for Teesta Setalvad and Javed Anand

The Network of Women in Media, India (NWMI) strongly condemns the government’s over-zealousness in pursuing and investigating charges of misdoing and misappropriation of funds against journalist-activists Teesta Setalvad and Javed Anand. These actions are disproportionate to the gravity of the charges against them that are, in any case, as yet unproven. This deliberate harassment, including the raid on their home and office and frequent summons for questioning, constitutes an attempt to intimidate and silence Setalvad and Anand in their ongoing efforts to win justice for the victims of the 2002 post-Godhra attacks and stop them from exposing the complicity of the state in communal conflict through their journal Communalism Combat. As women journalists who are part of a nationwide network, we express our solidarity with Teesta Setalvad and Javed Anand.

1. Lakshmy Venkiteswaran, Chennai
2. Linda Chhakchhuck, Shillong
3. Meena Menon, Mumbai
4. Ramlath Kavil, New Delhi
5. Revati Laul, Ahmedabad
6. Priyanka Dubey, New Delhi
7. Shruti Ganapatye, Mumbai
8. Vasanthi Hariprakash, Bangalore
9. Rupa Chinai, Mumbai
10. Padmaja Shaw, Hyderabad
11. Sharmila Joshi, Mumbai
12. Sameera Khan, Mumbai
13. Amrita Shah, Bangalore
14. Rajni Bakshi, Mumbai
15. Smruti Koppikar, Mumbai
16. Rahi Gaikwad, Mumbai
17. Bishakha Datta, Mumbai
18. Neeta Kolhatkar, Mumbai
19. Sandhya Srinivasan, Mumbai
20. Pushpa Achanta, Bangalore,
21. Laxmi Murthy, Bangalore
22. Geeta Seshu, Mumbai
23. Kalpana Sharma, Mumbai
24. Lyla Bavadam, Mumbai
25. Leela Solomon, Mumbai