India Raids 'Pro-China' News Site With US Link Amid Press Freedom Scrutiny
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government is under the spotlight after another raid on a news organization.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government is under the spotlight after another raid on a news organization.
The crackdown this week came in the wake of a New York Times report in August associating NewsClick and other outlets with Chinese propaganda, Zoe Alexandra reports for Peoples Dispatch, a targeted publication. By Zoe Alexandra Peoples Dispatch The homes of dozens of journalists, contractor
Invoking the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), the Delhi Police's Special Cell arrested the founder and editor-in-chief of NewsClick, Prabir
Police in New Delhi have arrested the editor of a news website and one of its administrators after raiding the homes of journalists working for the site, which has been critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Hindu nationalist-led government. The arrests were made late Tuesday after some journalists associated with NewsClick were detained…
Karnataka IT and BT minister Priyank Kharge said the move showed the state government was serious about "tackling misinformation, disinformation, malinformation and fake news."