Kavitha Lankesh’s documentary feature, Gauri, on her slain journalist-activist sister Gauri Lankesh, has won Best Human Rights film at the recent Toronto Women’s Film Festival, and is expected to be part of several international film festivals this season. The film, supported by Free Press Unlimited and Reporters Without Borders, comes out even as the trial in Gauri’s case is underway, …
The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Wednesday a petition by Kavitha Lankesh, the sister of murdered activist-journalist Gauri Lankesh, in connection with the dropping of criminal charges against Mohan Nayak, one of the accused in the case. The murder of Gauri Lankesh triggered a massive outrage across India with citizens voicing their protests against the alleged repression of …
The outcome of the plea filed by slain journalist Gauri Lankesh’s sister, challenging the dropping of charges under the Karnataka Control of Organized Crime Act 2000 against one of the accused in the murder case, holds the key to the future of the murder investigation, say police officers and lawyers in the know of the developments. Kavitha Lankesh, a filmmaker, …
