10 Journalists who signed Mercy Petition for Ajmal Kasab: Exclusive List Accessed
News Tap Global has accessed a list of 203 Indians, who signed the mercy petition for the Pakistan based terrorist responsible for 26/11 Mumbai Attacks, Ajmal Kasab. Out of these 203 Indian Citizens, 11 were journalists. Yes, they were journalists who had a social responsibility of telling you the truth, these 11 journalists openly and officially chose to side with a terrorist who took dozens of lives in the 26/11 attacks. Though, there were many who unofficially supported Ajmal Kasab, but these 11 chose to sign his mercy petition. His mercy petition was rejected by the then president Pranab Mukarjhee.
Here are the Names:-
1. Meenal Baghel: She was an editor with Mumbai Mirror when she signed the mercy petition. Now she is with the Hindustan Times as its Executive Editor.
2. Aakar Patel: Patel has worked with Deccan Chronicle as its Deputy Editor, he also had a short stint with Divya Bhaskar, a Gujarati Newspaper as its Editor-in-chief. He has also worked for Mid Day Multimedia Ltd as its Editor-in-chief. He has written several articles for Mint Lounge. Patel has served as the head of Amnesty International’s Indian unit from 2015 to 2019. He is also on its board.
3. Swastayan Roy: No information available about this individual.
4. V Venkatesan:He currently an editor with The Leaflet, before which he wrote for The Wire, Frontline India and Times of India.
5. Shivam Vij: Vij is a journalist, who has worked with the BBC, HuffPost, MSN India, The Washington Post, The New Yorker, The Times of India, Die Welt, NDTV and many other organisations.
6. Jyoti Punwani: She is a journalist, who has worked with Indian Express, The Times of India, The Hindu, DNA, Scroll.in, The Hoot and may other organisations.
7. N Jayaram: He was a journalist based out from Hong Kong and Bejing for 23 years, now based in Bengaluru. He has worked with Press Trust of India (PTI) for 15 years and Agence France-Presse (AFP) for 11 years. Now he is off tracked from Journalism and is currently involved in translating for NGOs and academic institution.
8. SOURCED BASED INFORMATION: PAKISTAN BASED JOURNALIST JAWED IQBAL ALSO SIGNED. HE HAS WRITTEN FOR THE WIRE.
Other journalists – Sonal Shah, Dilip D’Souza
Images sourced from the respective social media handles of the above listed individuals.
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