Advocacy For Journalist Welfare And Safety
- Though less documented in public sources, ABPSS aligns with national efforts to protect journalists from threats, assaults, and harassment—a pressing issue in India, where CPJ reports at least 15 work-related murders since 2014 with high impunity rates. ABPSS may participate in broader coalitions, similar to the Patrakar Suraksha Kanoon Sanyukt Sangharsh Samiti (a 2014-formed group advocating for a national journalist safety law).
- Potential involvement includes raising awareness about assaults (e.g., the 2020 attack on senior journalist Kamal Shukla in Chhattisgarh, linked to a related safety committee) and pushing for state-level protections, such as Chhattisgarh's 2019 draft journalist safety bill.