Meghalaya

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A screenshot of The Shillong Times. The Meghalaya state High Court fined the paper's publisher and editor over an opinion piece published in December. (CPJ)

Indian court issues fine, threatens jail time over opinion piece

New York, March 11, 2019 — The Committee to Protect Journalists today strongly condemned a fine imposed by the Meghalaya state High Court on the publisher and editor of Meghalaya-based daily The Shillong Times.

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Passengers walk along a platform carrying luggage at a railway station in New Delhi, India in April 2018. Two unidentified persons on April 17 threw a gasoline bomb at the house of Patricia Mukhim, editor of the local Shillong Times newspaper, according to reports. (Reuters/Saumya Khandelwal)

In India, gasoline-filled bottle thrown at journalist’s home

New Delhi, April 19, 2018–Authorities in India’s northeast Meghalaya state must identify and bring to justice those who attacked the house of Patricia Mukhim, editor of the local Shillong Times newspaper, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Two unidentified persons on April 17 threw a gasoline bomb at Mukhim’s house in Shillong city, according…

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