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Mathrubhumi's redacted front page on World press freedom day, 2017

 

Readers woke up to something unusual on the World press freedom day, 2017. The entire front page was redacted. Headlines, photograph columns, news... Everything. The first reaction was one of surprise, but when they turned the page, there was a message waiting for the readers that said that this was a sample of how censorship of news is a serious issues everywhere in the World and through this strong statement, the newspaper is showing its strong solidarity towards every journalist in the World whose freedom is being curbed.

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Agency: Maitri advertising works Pvt. Ltd.

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This went up on social the same day.

 

And the World responded....

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