India - Media freedom threatened by violence, censorship and curbs on access to information

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders is concerned by a steady decline in freedom of information in India since the start of the year. Journalists and Internet users are often the victims of violence and censorship. In the past few weeks, journalists and netizens have been physically attacked, prevented from covering military activity and arrested for disseminating information online. At the same time, the government has rejected a plan for protecting journalists that was proposed at UNESCO, courts (...)

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