Why journalists in India are under attack?

[Lonewarrior]

A month after taking office in the summer of 2014, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said India's "democracy will not sustain if we can't guarantee freedom of speech and expression".

Six years on, many believe, India's democracy looks diminished, by what they say are persistent attacks on the freedom of the press.

Last year India dropped two places and was ranked 142 on the 180-country World Press Freedom Index, compiled annually by Reporters Without Borders. It's an unflattering commentary on a country that often prides itself on a vibrant and competitive media.

The latest crackdown has happened after violence during a recent rally by farmers to protest at a raft of agriculture reform laws. One protester was killed and more than 500 policemen injured in the clashes.

Now police have filed criminal charges - including sedition and making statements inimical to national integration - against eight journalists who covered the protests in Delhi.

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-55906345

 

[Extra_Cover]

The coverage of these protests are gaining momentum in international media outlets and even within international celebrities.

Indian government will now act quickly to shut these protests from further international limelight.

 

[Bilal_103]

worlds biggest democracy huh

 

[Itachi]

worlds biggest democracy huh

We are the biggest democracy because we have the largest population among the democratic countries. Only one country can overtake us which is China but it doesn't follow the system hence won't be regarded as one.

You should check the definition of a word before using it in my opinion.

 

[Lonewarrior]

We are the biggest democracy because we have the largest population among the democratic countries. Only one country can overtake us which is China but it doesn't follow the system hence won't be regarded as one.

You should check the definition of a word before using it in my opinion.

in real democracy theres a right for free press and freedom of speech for media .....

 

[Bilal_103]

We are the biggest democracy because we have the largest population among the democratic countries. Only one country can overtake us which is China but it doesn't follow the system hence won't be regarded as one.

You should check the definition of a word before using it in my opinion.

You should go and look up the fundamentals of democracy in my opinion.

 

[Bewal Express]

India has become a basket case in front of our own eyes.

 

[Cpt. Rishwat]

India has become a basket case in front of our own eyes.

Even when it wasn't a basket case it wasn't much of a country. Patriotic delusions are no match for cold, poverty stricken reality. India needs to offer the world something new, or even something old which only India can give.

We don't need Bollwood wives speaking in English or low cost factories churning out British vaccines. Al that could be done in Bangladesh or Romania.

Just show us who you really are. Make these arrogant and ignorant Pakistanis regret the day they ever split off and took half the country with them.

 

[guna]

Even when it wasn't a basket case it wasn't much of a country. Patriotic delusions are no match for cold, poverty stricken reality. India needs to offer the world something new, or even something old which only India can give.

We don't need Bollwood wives speaking in English or low cost factories churning out British vaccines. Al that could be done in Bangladesh or Romania.

Just show us who you really are. Make these arrogant and ignorant Pakistanis regret the day they ever split off and took half the country with them.

You are wrong in saying that Pakistan took half the country. India is 4 times the size of Pakistan.

I do agree that India has always been a joke with its boatload of issues.

I hope Pakistan shows how to be a great country as it is headed for a bright future

 

[JaDed]

Not having a uniform law itself is pretty undemocratic..considering it goes against equality..

 

[Colorblind Genius]

Even when it wasn't a basket case it wasn't much of a country. Patriotic delusions are no match for cold, poverty stricken reality. India needs to offer the world something new, or even something old which only India can give.

We don't need Bollwood wives speaking in English or low cost factories churning out British vaccines. Al that could be done in Bangladesh or Romania.

Just show us who you really are. Make these arrogant and ignorant Pakistanis regret the day they ever split off and took half the country with them.

Sometimes I feel that Modi is an ISI agent. I mean he is doing everything to destabilize India which ISI won't mind at all.
Or perhaps ISI did plan long term decades ago, and managed to radicalized a big chunk of Indian population?

I always thought Indians were usually very smart, especially the Gujraties. But this guy is unreal. He has let hate and greed of power, take over. Lies and deception with his own nation, fake news and cyber trolls, IT cells and whatsapp groups to spread propaganda. It's amazing to see India being put on this slippery slop of fascism.

 

[OldWarHorse]

Make these arrogant and ignorant Pakistanis regret the day they ever split off and took half the country with them.

Should we really need to?? I mean the only Pakistanis who can maybe call us out are the ones who made their way out of their own section of this supposed hell hole to a first world nation and would rather be recognized as such.

The rest of us can just continue ridiculing the incompetence of each other, dont need to try any harder.

 

[Hornbill]

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