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10 Facts About Neha Dixit

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Neha Dixit is an Indian freelance journalist, covering politics, gender and social justice.

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Neha Dixit is a visiting faculty at Ashoka University and has been awarded with the Chameli Devi Jain Award as well as CPJ International Press Freedom Award.

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Neha Dixit began her career as an investigative journalist with Tehelka, before switching to the Special Investigation Team of India Today.

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Neha Dixit's works have been published in The Wire, Al Jazeera, Outlook, The New York Times, The Caravan, Himal Southasian, and The Washington Post among others.

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In 2016, Neha Dixit chronicled the abduction of 31 girls from Assam by a Hindu nationalist organization to infuse them with "nationalist ideologies" — a criminal defamation suit was filed against Neha Dixit, in what was condemned by Committee to Protect Journalists as a tool of intimidation.

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In 2019, Neha Dixit documented a range of extrajudicial killings by police forces in Uttar Pradesh and other states, getting threats from high ranked police officials, in the process.

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Neha Dixit's reports prompted a note of concern by Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.

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In 2016, Neha Dixit was one of the first Indian journalists to use a graphic format for reportage.

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Neha Dixit is married to Nakul Singh Sawhney, an Indian documentary filmmaker.

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Neha Dixit has been charged with "inciting hatred" by the Government of India, a move that has been criticized by the Committee to Protect Journalists.

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