The Canadian city of Burnaby declared that Sep 5 will be observed as \u2018Gauri Lankesh Day\u2019. It will be a tribute to the journalist and activist on her death anniversary. On Thursday, September 2, her sister Kavitha Lankesh said to PTI that she has received a proclamation regarding the same. Gauri Lankesh was shot outside her Bengaluru residence in 2017<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The proclamation issued by the office of the Mayor of Burnaby Mike Hurley said Gauri Lankesh was a courageous Indian journalist who stood up for truth and justice, challenged superstition and social ills, and dedicated her life to serving the poor and oppressed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Gauri Lankesh, a left-leaning journalist who brought out a magazine \u201cGauri Lankesh Patrike\u201d, was shot dead by two assailants on September 5, 2017 evening just outside her house in Bengaluru allegedly for her anti-Hindutva stand.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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