Reporters Without Orders Reporters Without Orders Ep 335: #MeToo crisis, no accountability for death after police brutality
This week, host Shivnarayan Rajpurohit is joined by Newslaundry’s Sumedha Mittal, The News Minute’s Sukanya Shaji, and independent journalist Nidhi Suresh.
Nidhi and Sukanya reported on Kerala’s #MeToo storm and the exploitation of female actors in the Kerala film industry. They also reported on the recently published Hema Committee report, which revealed that the industry’s top male actors, directors, and producers were involved or complacent in the matter. They discuss the report’s findings and fallout.
Sumedha reported on the death of a 23-year-old Faizan after alleged police brutality during Delhi riots in February 2020. A viral video of him lying semi-conscious on the road, battered, taunted, and forced to sing the national anthem by cops was widely circulated then. She found out that despite clear duty charts, no police official was held responsible for what the high court termed a hate crime. The probe was eventually transferred to the CBI after the court issued a stinging indictment of the “tardy” police investigation.
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Timecodes
00:00:00 - Introduction
00:02:42 - AMMA and the Malayalam industry
00:08:37 - Hema Committee Report
00:46:15 - Faizan and Delhi cops
00:01:04:45 - Recommendations
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Produced and edited by Saif Ali Ekram, recorded by Anil Kumar.
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