1.0Committee to Protect Journalistshttps://cpj.orgKunal Majumder‘I feel like a weight has been lifted’ freelance journalist Santosh Yadav says as Chhattisgarh court ends four-year legal nightmare - Committee to Protect Journalistsrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="resNtj0ZD8"><a href="https://cpj.org/2020/01/freed-india-santosh-yadav-acquitted-journalist/">‘I feel like a weight has been lifted’ freelance journalist Santosh Yadav says as Chhattisgarh court ends four-year legal nightmare</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://cpj.org/2020/01/freed-india-santosh-yadav-acquitted-journalist/embed/#?secret=resNtj0ZD8" width="600" height="338" title="“‘I feel like a weight has been lifted’ freelance journalist Santosh Yadav says as Chhattisgarh court ends four-year legal nightmare” — Committee to Protect Journalists" data-secret="resNtj0ZD8" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/India_CPJ_rs.jpg750563On January 2, freelance journalist Santosh Yadav got his life back when the National Investigation Agency court in Jagdalpur acquitted him of charges of helping Maoists militants. The ruling marked the end of a legal nightmare that lasted over four years for Yadav, who says that he was threatened and beaten in custody, before being…