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Delhi Police FIR on NewsClick alleges bid to ‘sabotage’ 2019 polls, project Arunachal as ‘disputed’ | Mentioned | FIR, filed 17 Aug under UAPA, says ‘secret inputs’ suggest ‘foreign funds in crores… infused illegally in India by Indian & foreign entities… to threaten unity, integrity, security’. |
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NewsClick Accused 'Undermined Sovereignty Of India, Used Chinese Funds To Publish News Critical Of Government': Delhi Police Claims In FIR | Mentioned | NewsClick journalists have been accused of undermining the unity and territorial integrity of India, according to Delhi Police special cell's FIR. A total of 46 journalists and contributors to the NewsClick were questioned on Tuesday and their mobile phones and other electronic gadgets were seized for alleged connections to China-linked entities to broadcast Chinese propaganda. |
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Why is India targeting NewsClick journalists? | Quoted | ||
Indian Police Raid Journalists' Homes, Arrest Website Editor | Mentioned | 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. |
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Press bodies urge CJI to intervene | Mentioned | “Today, a large section of journalists in India finds themselves working under the threat of reprisal. It is imperative that the judiciary confronts power with a fundamental truth." |
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Protesters in Bengaluru condemn NewsClick raids as ‘attack on press freedom’ | Mentioned | They demand that the UAPA charges invoked in the case be revoked and the journalists be released. |
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This Is the Biggest Crackdown on the Indian Press by the Indian State | Mentioned | And yet, none of the drastic actions taken by the police made much sense. |
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NewsClick founder arrest: Journalists, students stage protests | Quoted | A number of journalists, holding banners, gathered at the Press Club of India while student organisations got together at Jantar Mantar. |
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Throttling What Remains of Independent Media in India | Mentioned | The propaganda cry of catching terrorists and Chinese agents is for the gullible. The real game is to bring opponents of any stripe, persuasion, or profession, to heel. |
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Media groups write to CJI Chandrachud, say ‘journalism cannot be prosecuted as terrorism’ | Quoted | 'When journalists are summoned and their devices seized in the name of investigation, there is an inherent malice in the process that must be checked' |