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have a look. have a mobile phone is literally an extension of our life these days. and come to think of somebody sitting in a father will have access to your private or to your private emails and just financial transactions. not only that and the peak office, but they could actually see what they're doing in your bedroom. so it really onset of me and it was disconcerting not only as a journalist, but as a woman i pink, my privacy has been violated. whether you're on twitter or you're watching on youtube, you can be part of this conversation as well. is india war with a journalist? if you want to comment section, wait, ca be part of today's discussion next? mean, i guess we have offer. we have may have, we have rada nice to see. do all 3 journalists talking about the experience of journalism in india, also 1st of all, introduce yourself to international. did you what you to hi,

my name is adam. she had bonnie, i work as a senior editor with the news i called the y a dot in i color politics, policy and issues of social justice. i have been a journalist for the last 2 decades and i've been using the life of the marginalized communities. but in the last decade, by paying the 70, i would say, have been very different for me out of these 2 decades. welcome more about that in just a moment. welcome to the strain, please introduce yourself. i international audience. hi, my name is me. i'm an independent job based and deli, another quality justice agenda and south asia. get to have you run a welcome to the stream, introduce yourself to our audience watching right now my name is, ron, are you? i'm a global opinions writer with the washington post and i am a journalist with club jack. i do, but i reported politics, criminal investigations, going on to go,

or amongst other things. and journalism is a challenge in india and independent job right now as a backlash against the backlash. the peeping from the majority regime it's, it's an unpopular job right now, but the right thing to do, i'm wondering john is at what point that you were very, very aware to your work with be money to do you were being monitored or some agile pressure being put on you as john and it's running, you thought well, for me to do this government, everybody has been reacting in already surprised mine. and this should because we are assembling a surveillance team. we're not doubling. actually. we are a civilian beach right now, but here is a government here is the cim with the prime minister in the movie on her home is from a shop who how during the 10 your as group, and she'll minister and good youth snooping. mcgann resumes on, not just journalists, but also civilians. so this does not come as a surprise,

but the fact that they have to woodley, and recently used almost every, every mechanic, every tool that is available with them to get been picked up in june. this will work, they do not appreciate unlike, i mean i am. somebody was used to this 2010 when i got the homeless rope in there who with not only stroke which was not on the trip in the artist. did i get a full time phase 2 new thing looked like call up with you being followed around the details of your family members, being out in public intelligence officials coming down to your house and asking you about your bank accounts. all of this is happen. it's happening to me as i speak to you yesterday. i spent 12 hours at the income tax office in mom buying another big question. i was being asked about my affiliation with international organizations. why do i write but i'm not the y d o speak to the b b c. what is my for the?

this is piper court, it's not something we chose, but it is something that has been inflicted or not that the speak. now you can share with us some of the ways that you have made headlines or, or the way that surveillance is made headlines of u. n. g and journalists. now we see certainly cause break in attempt this, this is scary. ok. and then we move on to the next story and let me just show you here. this is when it becomes really serious. you will die. journeys may have the she's facing death threats and stalking. they how, how does this happen? what journalism will you doing? where your life is being put at risk. oh, thank you. first for giving me the job to talk about this. i do want to say that something like i said that the last 7 years it has me put a lot of independent jordan. and i do want to say, thought, make any government is fond of doing this. questioning them,

it's not like the earlier government did not send us the commission. water change in the last 7 years is that the government actually implicates joining us in cream . wouldn't keep the enjoy order really just cases and which is i the, the punishment, the average becomes all the more significant because the big bod, long book to actually change in the course. and i for one also have to be committed against me theater. you just do the pieces that would not be in, in prison for all 7 years, and they keep on all of them. so my report dodge to the particular report that i did was one of the major investigation that i did was i dug out documents and i dug out too many. and that's how the fund commitment, right ring has been shot picking, choosing between the 3 to 11 from lafayette, india,

to job and which door to the city for the purpose of indoctrination. invalid to do with them. and that is something that got me criminal pieces, a bottom that i've also didn't investigate to how to get in and off pollution 1000 popping up on the encounters. and i found out that out of the city many seek we pseudo most men and people from muslim communities like like that. and this is something that has that not only got me, i thought for my i believe, but also for myself, john, buddy, after 5 months of being stopped. and i said that somebody would say some people deeply checking my location and setting me holiday after that me and how. 7 i'm particularly pointing out i be fully, but i just mentioned somebody actually take

a break into my house. and i also want to say that i knew supposed been living in delhi, and i think in english like international my vision, you wouldn't benefit for me to get the district something. so the people who are doing it, i didn't hand in love with the machinery and the machinery actually took him to be kind of the kind of a back on joining that. something i would say, again, like i said, i will both. and i live in the same guy in those situations because all the more different put you on this wouldn't do wouldn't. what would also be thing with this situation, but they have more often let me try this headline with you. i know you are very familiar with his headline, but i want you to see if you can on packet for an international audience to explain exactly what is going on here. the stories that we are hearing all stories of

intimidation. here's a headline. news list has 40 indian john, it's forensic tests confirm, precedence of pack of packet, this spyware, on some. this is by where that is often brought allegedly by governments in order to keep a check up of what it citizens are doing. usually via mobile phones. your organization was on this list. what is this telling us about? injury is government right now and how comfortable they are with publications journalists doing their work. yeah, definitely said that in, in the last 2 decades, these 7 years have been, i will say the most difficult years for me as a journalist and also as a citizen of india where journalism itself has become a crime. you know, it has become so dangerous to be a political journalist sitting and working out of new daddy and reporting on them.

or do you government as to what my friends have already said there? how, you know, the thing, the indian into media into obedience had already become kind of a project partnering with the government. but even the vice on standards, what's happening now, this whole snooping business and also income tax reads on newspapers that i would say it kind of, you know, sense of scary, a new bar for journalists and in them. but remember, when you were talking about the whole snooping ping, the why it is also part of the consortium that conducted the investigation. and they will friends and family people who are coming. that one is going to be the next grade on your office, a new and will you a couple of days ago i was at home, i was about to report my show and i got a call from office, from one of my colleagues saying that there is a policeman asking for me, asking for my number and my address, et cetera. he had a list of people he had missed with him, which had people like by former colleague and indian actress for sort of that is

another person who documents you know, these widens against the minorities and me. and he insisted that you wanted to talk to me. i'm sitting at home with my family about to go to report my show and i get this call from the man who says, this is nothing madam, this is just run up to independence date. you know, we are just doing the routine check and then we see the deputy, a police commissioner, he's tweets. he's applies to the wires that the tweets and he says that there's just a routine check. and this is part of the n t, tell them extra sites. imagine now policeman walking into news rooms for and be them checks and then to before independence day. so, you know, the way the indian government is trying to project boys, journalists who are asking questions of the government, was speaking to power, asked the enemy of the people as the enemy of the states. so you don't, i wouldn't be hesitant in saying that now

a large part of that section which supports the ruling b, j b and the auditors and our prime minister, you know, a notch section i would say actually kind of don't dislike people. bid they dislike people like me. what's the last question? packets. he has been to a position of some kind of maybe a god that you can be off the question of him. so all 3 journalists sitting here, incidentally, all women in a very patriarchal society like in the us, we are the time. but i think it also says a lot about the indian media also, which is already given up to do so let me share with you some of the comments we're getting on youtube right now. this is sophia and anyone that believes press freedom exist in india, just look at the number of journalists that murdered up to i have a case followed against them. another comment here from youtube right now. thank you. audience. if taking part in the show journalist getting arrested every time they say something or publish fax, the problem with india is the b j. p. government is becoming like

a dictatorship or so a terry and government let us go to that government. this is the 18th of july. this is the 18 minister pushing back on the allegations of surveillance. take a look. in the past, similar pails were made regarding the use of record on what can go. they both have vector. this is jessica recently denied my on part is including and it will be me for the president for perfect in july. i'm also appear to be in our lives in democracy in 122 to june. as you can tell from the noise level that not everybody was in agreement run, what impact is this having on journalism? in india, from your perspective? so quickly, i mean, you found him on the list of, you know, potential i was coming to that. this is the most bizarre thing offer,

so that was really vashon, who is the t minister, the i t minister was found on the list of people who have potentially pegasus spyware on that phone. that is bizarre. alright, let's move on. a couple of indicts meant scientific vindictive government for him. he does not just keep a job on his enemies, but also keep the job job on his allies. and that's the last explain it. majority the the g. it's been dictate majority regina that they are constantly. so railing, people who are getting opinions about them, the gentleman who was just talking about, about whatsapp and what's up seeing that there's not many such evidence the same the, the move in the, into parliament. what's up the fact that the report about the guesses snooping if something's a dummy scare them? so i think it's just kind of contradict what exactly the minutes just sit in the

parliament. but like i said, india, india is taking every book that exist, bought a car data, richie, and john list have always been the enemy of the state. i remember since the d, i think governor of the time magazine that kind of host a lot of tools on to show media start talking about me receiving funding. i want to just take a little step back because not everybody would have seen this magazine cover. so start at the beginning of the story, but make it a brief story, go ahead. right. and so during the 2nd wave of go with 19 the devastating 2nd we will go with 90. i work doing multiple reports for the washington portion for the time, not being gullow that the time has been covered. 2 days later, mr. moody's lackey goes on, goes on television channels and called me a y to john list with a pretty good with the c. i a and 3 days later i get a notice from the income tax. then my director said, my father gets

a notice my sister gets the notice. my brother gets a note from the income tax department. so all, and what did i do? i just want the cover story for di, max, the indic, regina. this is and i wanted to say the 2 ladies steeping india's covert 19 crises . so is it the critique of the government? the got you into trouble? it doesn't critique. you see what, what happened with danny parker and other publication for these because these are the publications that would images of dead bodies floating on began juice. and then the, the income tax department to be was there's a so many or, or the case a legit case against the publication. it does the same. but john, listen for these journalists calls to be government has been, has been jesus for the last 7 months for just reporting on the gang greek open. lord, god, good. he also happens to be a muslim who are the condemned in india. so you're, you're a woman, you're john,

you must clim your anti movie. you're critical of movie, i mean that takes all the boxes and this is what we have to face on a daily basis. so big gas is just one more big model of what the government has not done to lead or possibly was playing all the flight with the us. it's not the 1st time that india has discovered by just being used to move on to this 2 years ago. there was a doubling, expose the on how software is being used to monitor the activities of multiple journalists to be are the enemies of the state. unfortunately, we should not be living like this, but this is how it has now come about. net income will be, is coming across as a b when big man a man was not taking a thing to this conference in 70 years. all up his regime in which he has been leading the country not doing with a more devastating good wave. i think has detained for journalists could not be

more clear, clear with the fact that i hear you. and i just guess just give me just a little slip of a moment here cuz i want to bring in the voice of repression because i want it's around the world may be thinking, well, what's the worst that can happen? your phones are being tapped, you're being monitored. this is ruth ashe telling the story. what happened when he was doing his journalism, it landed him in prison. taken up my me. in my reporting, i shall state oppression against the citizens of this country. that is why the central i p has put pressure on me to stop my reportage. when i didn't listen to them, i was put in jail under the unlawful activities prevention act. they could not file a chart sheet against me. so 6 months later, i was really highly talking bought were precious finishing of his comment that thank you, repressed,

appreciate you. i knew he wanted to pick up that, but i'm going to focus you in on what you choose. audience is also asking which is india is pretty low down on the press. freedom index. pretty low down, i think is 180 and and it is like a 142 or something has if says, what does india need to do to get a better higher press freedom in depth? how do conditions improve the author ahead? you know, whatever donna had said, i think i completely agree with both of them, but also to remember the tall and noblest this government is. and this shows the sign of desperation to when they are coming after this, one of the 2 largest selling newspapers in india, you know, the dennis pasco and site says it has the readership of 66000000 reduce. can you imagine the size of their leadership? so what i was trying to say is it is like in the newspaper, in the heartland newspaper, which consists of not in the world bank. and this is no small website. this is no nice news channel in english speaking the channels. so if the government doesn't

even think that these large scale newspapers, the major newspapers are not even giving him and his back in government favorable coverage, which means the government is there anybody just put it and no, but now you're saying that what we really can do i think i would like to dick you a little back to what's this whole i do, you do is i do have been in india which now have been implemented. the wire in my organization is one of the leading lead practitioners in the court, and which says the government is actually, you know, making rules for journalists, which means you know, the government that i am reporting on, on their function. they are the ones who are making goods for me. so this is, this is hilarious and this is tragic. and you know, it gives the emergency fall was to even be lead or pulled on any new items. now, i did these, i have been contested, not just by this is something called the alternate media or just the nice english speaking new media. but by almost all of these new channels,

which manufactured this whole image of the movie, the larger than life. you know, a leader who's been waiting for the last 7 decades. so i think what needs to be done is already being done. the journalist who was client, the journalist, who were almost an extension of that the more the public relation machine to be even they have realized that this is not good enough. they will have to protect their rights. i think this time for journalists, respectable who they are rich language, which obligation which medium the working to come together and see media freedom. and i want to squeeze in a ha, ha ha, i want to play this to you. effect is just give me a moment, hey, just so i can get in a hallway before the end of the show me how i'm, i'm looking at what maybe the action should be from the government. have a listen to this video comment and then briefly comment on the other side of it immediately. let's take a look. this is really concerning because we're going to right from the start to be

the federal government issue, a large number. and the reason for the falling on being often targeting jenny and media active, and even if she knew what she was of the cheapest. and i think the biggest project revolution where unity a lot. but a hi fi, a company is being used by government doctors to intruder on individuals in all our government offices, democracy in many others. and that's why we need the action beyond the spirit. we need to actually responsibility from the federal government in india as well as any given back. i want to make sure that this happens again. ne, how go ahead. ne, ha. oh i to be, oh, you with what is being said. i also want to add that this is not the government

just created. just to give you an example. the bare minimum reporting that just required is inviting criminal cases, particularly against independent journalists. because also i just see the corporate political in mainstream, you know, as part of the goal setting measure the euros have shut down. and so the entire responsibility is on independence. turn this into more to the 4th. and once the keys are filed against them, it's fine for them to go back it. having said that, i also want to say that this is also apart from the prime minister, not holding a press conference, a cabinet, mr. b kissing was the person who coined not just coin, but nominate the was calling for john, this would be in their job. so for instance, let me give you an example of followed by a jaundiced in mid double district provision. and they bring their maintenance a sentence, go ahead, go ahead. so i just wanted to say that this is that this,

this government is not holding is not interested in being in the thing that them off the seats. and the reason why the best we don't in india is limited and falling down is because i've been able to see i've been weakened by the got and i hear i can tell from what you've been saying and what you've been sharing, that even being on the show put you in some jeopardy, i appreciate your commitment to journalism and for appearing here on the stream. audience have a look here on my laptop. you can follow the journalism of offer of ne ha on runner, on twitter and, and their various publications as well. thanks for watching. thank you. youtube, for your comments and questions. always appreciate them. i will see you next time. take everybody. ah

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