WATCH: 16×9’s Bus Rape Outrage
TORONTO – Global’s investigative news and current affairs program 16×9 has won the prestigious Amnesty International Media Award for a November story investigating flaws in the justice system in India following the brutal 2012 gang rape and murder of Jyoti Singh on a bus in New Delhi.
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The short form winner in the video/audio category, “Indian Bus Outrage”, was produced by 16×9’s Brennan Leffler and freelance producer Nisha Pahuja. 16×9 director of photography, Kirk Neff, was the cinematographer and the editor was 16×9’s senior editor, Jonathan Wong.
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The story examines the horrible crime that sparked worldwide outrage over Singh’s death and the high incidence of rape in India. But it also investigated troubling questions about how convictions were obtained in the case and whether there was a rush to justice that obscured the truth. “The people the government convicted may have been given the rubber hose treatment,” wrote Leffler in a blog post talking why 16×9 examined the case.
“The team on this story exposed some very troubling realities about the treatment of women and about the failings of the justice system,” said 16×9 Executive Producer Laurie Few. “However difficult it may be to question the convictions of men accused of such a brutal crime it is the job of investigative journalism to pursue the truth at all costs.”
The Amnesty International Canada’s annual Media Awards aim to recognize outstanding reporting about human rights issues in the Canadian media, and apply to national print, video/audio pieces, local/alternative print articles, and online media published from Oct. 1, 2013 to Sept. 30, 2014.
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