After the government’s failure to respond to its communication for 60 days, a letter from UN rights experts to the Union government – on concerns regarding the death threats received by journalist Meena Kotwal and the failure of the police to take cognisance of the same – has been made public.
The undersigned include UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights defenders, Mary Lawlor; Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, David Kaye; Special Rapporteur on minority issues, Fernand de Varennes; and the Working Group on the discrimination against women and girls, the members of which include Melissa Upreti (chair), Dorothy Estrada-Tanck (vice-chair), Elizabeth Broderick, Ivana Radačić and Meskerem Geset Techane.
