Shah faces trial on spurious terrorism charges in relation to a 2011 article published by his online magazine The Kashmir Walla. All have been targeted under draconian security laws.
The ongoing detention of six journalists– Aasif Sultan, Gautam Navlakha, Sajad Gul, Fahad Shah, Rupesh Kumar Singh, and Irfan Mehraj–in retaliation for their work.government to urge India to act on the following press freedom violations: The panelists discussed the deterioration of press freedom over the last decade, with Seshu detailing the rise in censorship and “vicious” attacks on the media, while Shahina shared her ongoing battle to fight terrorism charges filed nearly 13 years ago by the Karnataka state government, then led by Modi’s BJP party, in retaliation for her investigative reporting.īhasin spoke about the “effective silence” that Kashmiri journalists have dealt with since the Modi government unilaterally revoked Jammu and Kashmir’s special autonomy status in 2019, with multiple cases of reporters being detained and interrogated.ĬPJ calls on the U.S.
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On Wednesday, June 14, CPJ convened an online panel, “ India’s Press Freedom Crisis,” with opening remarks and moderation by Ginsberg alongside panelists Geeta Seshu, founding editor of the Free Speech Collective watchdog group Anuradha Bhasin, executive editor of the Kashmir Times newspaper and Shahina K.K., senior editor for Outlook magazine. India is the world’s largest democracy, and it needs to live up to that by ensuring a free and independent media–and we expect the United States to make this a core element of discussions.” “Journalists critical of the government and the BJP party have been jailed, harassed, and surveilled in retaliation for their work. “Since Prime Minister Modi came to power in 2014, there has been an increasing crackdown on India’s media,” said CPJ President Jodie Ginsberg. government to urge India to end its media crackdown and release the six journalists arbitrarily detained in retaliation for their work: President Joe Biden, the Committee to Protect Journalists on Wednesday issued the following statement calling on the U.S.
New York, June 14, 2023-Ahead of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the U.S.
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