UN human rights experts’ communication regarding threats against journalist Ms. Swati Chaturvedi – 11Dec2018

By SAWM Team On Feb 19, 2019

Please find here a communication dated 11 December 2018 issued to the Government of India jointly by the UN Special Rapporteurs on cultural rights; extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions; the right to freedom of opinion and expression; violence against women; and the Working Group on the issue of discrimination against women in law and in practice. The communication draws the government’s attention to threats, including death threats, against Ms. Swati Chaturvedi, a journalist and columnist at NDTV and TheWire.in.

UN Communication – Swati Chaturvedi

SAWM Team

South Asian Women in Media (SAWM) is a network of women media professionals in South Asia. SAWM works for freedom of press, increased participation of women in the media, a gender-sensitive work environment and a gender-equal outlook in the media. Launched in April 2008, SAWM’s central secretariat is in Lahore, Pakistan and the association has country chapters in eight members of SAARC. SAWM helps women working in media to network across borders, and with international rights organizations, to assert their rights and defend their interests.