India - Start of 2012 marked by violations of freedom of information in world's biggest democracy

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders is concerned about a series of breaches of press freedom and attacks on journalists since the start of the year. “We call on the central government to respond as quickly as possible to abuses by local authorities and officials towards the press. It is also essential that the authorities scrap their policy of monitoring the Internet, which is disproportionate and jeopardises press freedom,” the organization said. Unwarranted desire to control the Internet The (...)

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