Hi Daniel,
As a person who tracks this sector closely, the alleged attacks, if any, are
a) few and far between,
b) directed at especially vexatious (and/or stupid and/or professional) troublemakers (the generic media created label for them being "RTI activist") who would have been attacked with or without RTI. In our view RTI is only another cover for such misguided / frustrated / remote-controlled people to operate under. As a result the RTI process itself gets a bad name, and plain-Joe citizens who use RTI get tarred with the same brush as these 'haraamis'.
c) We have many members on this group who claim to have been physically assaulted due to their use of RTI.
Sarbajit
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>
> Hello,
>
> I am an American journalist based in New Delhi, writing an article about
> attacks upon RTI activists in India. I would like to know if anyone on this
> list is familiar with any recent incidents of bullying, intimidation,
> threats or physical violence against RTI campaigners. Any assistance would
> be much appreciated.
>
> Thank you for your help.
>
> Very best,
> Daniel
>
>
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