Hyderabad: Unless the powerful are made to understand that people will punish them if those who speak truth are not protected, the number of journalists killed — 220 in the last seven years — will continue to grow, retired Supreme Court judge Justice B. Sudarshan Reddy said on Monday.
He was speaking at a seminar, ‘Freedom of Expression for Whom’, which stressed on the importance of public spaces to encourage exchange of views.
“As experts, we tend to become limited in our perspectives. The range of ideas, concepts and structures of events that journalists and lawyers can discuss is vast and should be encouraged,” said Justice Sudarshan Reddy.
Press Council of India member K. Amarnath spoke about how easy it was to dispose of people who spoke against the powerful, in the context of the murder of journalist Gauri Lankesh.
