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Bhavya Dore and Jyoti Yadav, members of the Network of Women in Media, India, were recognised at the 25th Annual PoleStar Awards. Bhavya Dore won the Best Feature in Good News for her story, “Buried Beneath a Mountain”, published in Reader’s Digest India, and Jyoti Yadav was given the Jury Special Mention Award for her story, “2 men raped Bhanwari Devi for trying to stop 1992 child marriage. ‘I curse her daily,’ says bride” published in The Print.
The Network of Women in Media, India, strongly condemns the brutal assault on students participating in protests, and mediapersons covering the protests, over the Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019, in Assam as well as in Delhi, Aligarh and other cities. The it attacks, by both government security forces and unidentified protestors, serve to curb citizens’ freedom to express their opinions on current affairs and journalists’ freedom to report events fairly and accurately.