NewsClick

What the NewsClick Raid Says About India’s Press Freedom

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Journalists and media outlets across India are raising questions about press freedom and their ability to work without the “threat of reprisal” after police raided the offices and homes of journalists working for NewsClick, an independent digital news outlet in the Indian capital on Tuesday, Oct. 3. Launched in 2009 by veteran Indian journalist Prabir … Read more

India raids journalists linked to NewsClick amid China funding row

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Comment on this storyComment Police in Delhi on Tuesday raided the homes and seized the phones and laptops of journalists and contributors of NewsClick, a left-leaning news outlet critical of the Indian government, amid an intensifying crackdown on media under Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Indian authorities have for years accused NewsClick of financial impropriety, and … Read more