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Podcast: Reporters Without Orders
Episode: Reporters Without Orders Ep 181: Meghalaya violence and Afghanistan crisis
Description: This week, host Nidhi Suresh is joined by Newslaundry’s Supriti David and independent journalist Samrat X.Samrat discusses his piece analysing the recent violence in Shillong, Meghalaya. He details how the police’s killing, allegedly in a fake encounter, of a surrendered militant leader sparked widespread protests that culminated in violence on the streets. Samrat also analyses the trajectory of insurgency in the state and how a militant group that had not been heard of in Shillong for over a decade and a half appears to come alive again.Supriti talks about her report o...