India - RWB condemns the hunt for French journalists' confidential sources

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders is outraged by Indian authorities' brutal search, aimed at members of the Karen community in the Andaman Islands, for those who helped two French documentarians gain access to the prohibited lands of the Jarawa tribe. Journalists Alexandre Dereims and Claire Beilvert entered the reserve of the aboriginal tribe in order to report on a largely unknown people who are facing extinction. In October, a trailer for the documentary went up on the web, along with photos (...)

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