The Guardian has asked the Indian news website OpIndia to stop its “online attacks” on the British newspaper’s reporter Aina J Khan over her coverage of the violence involving Hindu and Muslim groups in Liecester, England.
“There’s no basis for you to accuse Aina, without any evidence whatsoever, of being ‘Islamist’ or biased in her reporting,” the paper said in an email to the Hindu supremacist website’s chief editor Nupur J Sharma and the editor of its English site, Nirwa Mehta. “At a time when risks to journalists’ safety are rising around the world, it is highly irresponsible to encourage hate against a young female reporter, whether online or in person. Moreover, doing so risks undermining your credibility as a media organisation.”
