Kerala journalist faces threats for writing about madrasa child abuse

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Stating the incident;
Kozhikode based VP Rajeena is a senior journalist with a prominent Malayalam newspaper. On November 21, she wrote about the abuse on her Facebook page. And shortly afterwards, she started receiving threats online. She claimed to have witnessed the alleged immoral conduct of madrasa instructors in her Facebook post. She came under fierce attack on social media and even her profile has been deactivated by Facebook.

Author’s view:

Social media gives platform for free expression. The journalist expressed her suppressed anger of so many years through social media. So many other personalities also came out with their experience in madrasa through social media. Social media is peoples’ media.