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India is one of the deadliest countries for journalists in the world: @danbast of @RSF_inter

#PressFreedomDay

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What has changed under the Modi government is that imprisonment, judicial harassment have become common, which is a very new phenomenon in India: @danbast of @RSF_inter

The pressure on the media has forced journalists to self censor themselves:: @danbast of @RSF_inter

It's not surprising that there is a sharp drop in the media index. It's evident since the last 8 years. : Journalist @paranjoygt

In India, section of media has become subservient to the corridors of power today : Journalist @paranjoygt

Indian media is not asking the questions to government. State agencies are being used to target the critics of this government: Journalist @paranjoygt

#CongressionalBriefing

Siddique Kappan has been behind bars for 575 days for writing an article that he was never able to write: Journalist @paranjoygt #CongressionalBriefing

SLAPP suits are being used to ensure that journalists and owners of media houses who are critical of the government are entangled in litigation. The process is used as a punishment: Journalist @paranjoygt #CongressionalBriefing

The current regime in India is not just intolerant but vengeful against journalists who are trying to do their job: Journalist @paranjoygt

#CongressionalBriefing

All the democratic institutions are being bulldozed in India. Hindutva forces want to take us towards the barbarism of the medieval era: Journalist @Bhashak

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I salute the way Kashmiri journalists are reporting despite the crackdown: Journalist @Bhashak #CongressionalBriefing

What is happening to Muslim journalists, Dalit journalists, Women journalists, and other critics is the mirror image of what is happening to democracy in India: Journalist @Bhashak #CongressionalBriefing

In India, whoever writes or talks about the government is labeled anti-national: Journalist ​​@niranjan_takle

#CongressionalBriefing

A publishing house had offered to publish my book on Judge Loya, but they told me that they couldn’t publish it a few months later. No publisher was ready to publish the book: Journalist ​​@niranjan_takle #CongressionalBriefing

The independent voice of journalists is being shut in India:: @pamelaphilipose

#CongressionalBriefing

@pamelaphilipose It is a great shame that India has slipped to 150 in the latest press freedom report: @saliltripathi

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India doesn’t need state broadcasters because Republic TV and Times Now are precisely doing the same job: @saliltripathi

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