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The attack on free press in India
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The attack on free press in India

Mohd Zubair, Asif Sultan, Siddique Kappan and many other journalists are being arrested in a new trend that seeks to silence the free press.

My colleague, Mohd Zubair has been arrested for a tweet he posted in the year 2018. His tweet, a screenshot from a popular Hindi film had hurt the religious sentiment of a twitter handle with one follower. The Delhi police has arrested Zubair based on the complaint by this twitter handle whose account now stands deleted. Is this an unprecedented time for journalism in India ? And what can we do to protect free speech and democratic values. Listen in to the podcast here.

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