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☆ India’s free press is not so free after a decade of Modi
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-22 | by ( Analysis Aishwarya S. Iyer | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

And as Modi looks to win another five years in power in an ongoing nationwide election, critics fear further erosion of the protections afforded to India’s free press. “I think many times before I write stories,” Kappan told CNN. Since his bail, Kappan has struggled to find a permanent job to provide for his family. Kumar told CNN he resigned because Adani’s proximity to Modi and the BJP would leave him unable to continue asking tough questions of the government. “They gave no reasons nor any justifications for why they denied my permit,” she told CNN from Paris.

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☆ Terror Probe, Tax Raids: Journalists See Efforts to Silence Dissent in India
▼ + stars: | 2023-10-18 | by ( Tripti Lahiri | Shan Li | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Security officers carry boxes of material confiscated after a raid at the office of news website NewsClick in New Delhi early this month. Photo: Dinesh Joshi/Associated PressNEW DELHI—At around 6:30 a.m., dozens of police fanned out to an office and private homes in India’s capital earlier this month. When one of them subjected to a search pressed them for a warrant, he said a policeman whispered that the search didn’t require one—it was happening under a stringent antiterrorism law. “I was shocked,” said Urmilesh, the subject of the search and a former executive editor of the TV channel of India’s upper house of Parliament. The 67-year-old, who uses just one name, watched dumbfounded as police rummaged through his books, journals and his daughter’s stuff.

Persons: Dinesh Joshi, “, ”, Urmilesh Organizations: Associated Press, DELHI Locations: New Delhi

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