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Tongam Rina
Human rights activist from India
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Tongam Rina in 2019 | |
| Occupation | Journalist |
| Notable credit | The Arunachal Times |
Tongam Rina (born 1979) is an Indian journalist and human rights activist.
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She is currently (2020) the Deputy Editor of The Arunachal Times and former president of the Arunachal Pradesh Union of Working Journalists. She has been repeatedly threatened, and in 2012, was near-fatally shot outside her office after she wrote critical articles about corruption, militants and dam projects in Arunachal Pradesh.[1][2][3]
Career
Rina started as a journalist in 2003.
She has been writing about the insurgent group National Socialist Council of Nagaland (IM), corruption, hydropower projects, and the injustices that the tribals face.[1] Some of the topics covered include corruption in kerosene and food distribution.
She also led the Siang People's Forum as its vice-president, campaigning ag