Thu 05 October 2023:
Police in India have carried out raids against dozens of reporters, drawing outrage from journalists and rights groups over a growing crackdown on the media under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government.
A planned protest in the capital, New Delhi, on Wednesday was prevented by police.
Activists and rights groups have sounded the alarm on press freedoms since Modi of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) took office in 2014.
India has fallen to 161st in the World Press Freedom Index from 150th last year, its lowest ever. Modi’s government has rejected the group’s findings, questioning its methodology and claiming India has a free press.
Presenter: Emily Angwin
Guests: Rana Ayyub, global opinions writer for The Washington Post and author of ‘Gujarat Files: Anatomy of a Cover Up’.
Shoaib Daniyal, political editor of Scroll News in India.
Beh Lih Yi, Asia program coordinator for Committee to Protect Journalists.
-Source: Al Jazeera
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