As many as 21 Indian diasporic organisations from across the globe saw the raids on 'The Wire' as part of an "ongoing deterioration of journalistic and press freedoms in India".
"Suspension of all norms of justice and gross violation of human and civil rights represents a state of undeclared emergency in India," the statement reads.
"For standing up fearlessly and collectively against the government’s aim to rewrite the sanctity and inclusivity of citizenship to India, these 18 have been charged as instigating the mass violence that broke out in India’s capital city, Delhi, in February 2020.”