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sedition charges before his release in 2009.
479
Days behind bars for Lingaram Kodopi, held on anti-state charges since September 2011.
699
Days Sudhir Dhawale
Committee to Protect Journalists
the sedition law. Sudhir Dhawale,
who was arrested in January 2011, and Lingaram Kodopi, jailed in Chhattisgarh
since September 2011, were charged in connection with their
year, according to an activist, Lenin Raghuvanshi, who was tracking the case.
Lingaram Kodopi, freelance
Imprisoned: September 10, 2011
Police said they arrested Kodopi, 25, in
for criticizing a
state-supported anti-terrorist militia in Chhattisgarh state. Freelancer Lingaram Kodopi also exposed police violence
in Chhattisgarh, according to CPJ
research.
New York
City's Union Square to protest the imprisonment of freelance journalist Lingaram Kodopi and his
aunt Soni Sori, who were
arrested one year ago in
active in Chhattisgarh. The journalist continues to await trial while in prison.
Lingaram Kodopi, a freelance journalist, was arrested on September 10, 2011, on anti-state
The New Delhi-based Tehelka magazine published an open letter by imprisoned freelance journalist Lingaram Kodopi on Monday. Kodopi, one of the two journalists CPJ documented in prison in India on December 1, 2011, has been held without charge since September 2011 as a suspected associate of insurgent Maoists in Chhattisgarh. His...
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10. Pakistan
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Freelancer Lingaram Kodopi documented anti-Maoist violence
by police in Chhattisgarh. Mumbai magazine editor Sudhir
a trial date had yet to be scheduled as of late year.
Lingaram Kodopi, freelance
Imprisoned: September 10, 2011
Police said they arrested Kodopi in a
penalty he faces remains unclear.
"Chhattisgarh police should substantiate the charges against
Lingaram Kodopi," said CPJ Deputy Director Robert Mahoney. "It is cause for
concern when
