the 13 years of the selling, also 0 will tell us the 2 part stores, no wage war and the also a call. let us to lose the government of norway warrants remarkable role in nurturing this again. the secret negotiations. and why it's promising peace as remain unfulfilled is strong, decided the terms of the negotiations. nobody could show sack or go home detroit. so was look on those as you in general, as the change in police lives in india, the beach i paid government says it wants to count a chinese influence for media rights groups say it's for the state of oppression. so how free is india is media and more precious to generalist, type this side story, the

hello and welcome to the program. i'm emily angry and the detention of dozens of people working in the media in india has been condemned by journalists organizations as well as press freedom and civil rights groups. but the beach i paid government says the rights were carried out to protect national security. claiming media organizations are using secret chinese funding to undermine the states. it'd be j pays opponents say the police action is a sign of a 3rd, a version of press freedom. in a country often prized for being the world's largest democracy. so what is happening to india is media, and just how free is journalism then? we'll be discussing all that and more without guess shortly. but 1st,

this report from baghdad making g, the media office rates and journalists questioned scenes that are becoming common in india. on tuesday, it was the turn of a news portal, critical of the government. police search the office of news, click, and the homes of several of its writers. dozens of them were detained, interrogated and released. their laptops and mobile phones were seized. use clicks, editor and a senior executive had been arrested and held. well yeah, i mean, why do i have you thought of me with a we have not been given any reason nor the grounds or the offence committed for which the journalist has brought here? no such information has been given to either of his family members nor to us that the government defends its move, saying the rates are part of an investigation. it is suspected illegal for an funding of the media company. police registered a case against news clicked in august after the new york times reported the website received funds from a us millionaire report accused neville roy single of working closely with beijing

to push chinese propaganda worldwide. a charge the tech mogul denies diagnose it best couldn't help, but if some portal agency would run china's agend after taking money from them, such things cannot be allowed to happen in the country. i leave you this has happened earlier to the investigation was going on against them. and now we have concrete evidence that money is coming from china and america. and that money is being used to promote china here. the opposition accuses authorities of cracking down on voice is critical of the government of prime minister in your under moody. this is an attempt to tie in, missouri, the media and the ballistics. that the, that the, the, i'm in the media has the physics the then those who i needed. but what is it, what is the, that the country was no of the crack down comes months after indian texas. doherty's rated the offices of the bbc in new delhi, and by the channel air, the documentary critical oven to render modi's role in the good drug riots in 2002

more than a 1000 people were killed and thousands injured in the unrest between communities in that state body was then its chief minister, other independent outlets have also been targeted. most of the searches are carried out under so called anti terror powers, that critics say, or draconian, and a misuse of the law. the shops up into the police are not listening to us. we have no application as being exempt in what time our clients are not being allowed to sign their legal authorization letters. this is an act of terror. joe, this is an effort to silence people on question the government in any form the degree of press freedom in india has plunge since and are under moody. took charge as prime minister in 2014. in this year's world press freedom index of a 180 countries, indeed has dropped 261 from a 150 last year. it's lowest ranking on record reporters without borders that conducts the annual ranking warrants press freedom is in crisis in india. big admin

he cheat for inside story. the let's bringing out guess now in room by is ronda a huge global opinions ride from the washington post and also of the food gerad files and asked me on a cover i'm a new jelly is show as danielle political editor of the scroll news in india, and in frankfort is by me asian program coordinator for the community to protect general as a warm welcome to you all. and thanks for joining us on the program, ron, i'm going to stop with you and it's a simple question. is press freedom in crisis in the world's largest democracy. a little emily to begin with, you introductions, book about the boys press. freedom in dick's reading. the india now clicked on the 161st position of the was best freedom index of that speaks one use. and the fact that i'm at this point of time during the start, the new enemies of the state,

the fact that solution on you would be unlawful activities prevention act as being used against your most just your whole regional nustar. and as far as the what all was not just democracy um, oh, the thing is what happened can use click yesterday has become a norm um uh, in at this point of time and being time a big issue especially independence subdivision somebody is critical of the government the boards publishes something of which goes against the state of the line of the government. we've seen this kind of reprisals against the journalist whether does the income tax know does money laundering? um oh yeah, it used to be just definition, but now we have better doors being moved against joining us. so yes, we are not as the, as you'd like to be. in fact, this is probably one of the most times to be just as an independent journalist of good to go up. the more the government in india right now, run out. i want to pick up on what you said in terms of the laws that they were

arrested or detained under show a, these journalists were arrested and what's known as the unlawful activities prevention act. what is that, and why is it so dangerous to press freedom to the unlawful activities? preventative accident connect to actually an antique dental, and using that justification is extremely difficult in one of his most zip code in actually measures or features is that be, is nearly impossible. under the law, so you are basically jean without trial. so the quote is actually forced to accept the version of the prosecution by sealing unexcused. so which is why it is being wide, widely used, widely employed. by the more the government decided critics or the way they'd be civil rights activists and yesterday resorted be used against to extremely expedient. journalist, one of the donors picked up today was also, you know, in a very. 5 i don't think moment onto picked up in the image in c,

97 decides to be and he has been picked up to be under the 9010 or not. so this is, this is, it's such a cool new law that it's impossible to get jane. so we, the government actually imprisoned people for yo's, chosen and without science. and this is why it's such a favorite for the government to use it. give me this. it didn't send anybody who 14 or any active is tools. funeral organizing and mobilizing means the government lea, this isn't anything new. the ways that the indian government has been cracking down on journalists critical of prime minister and arranger moody for some time. now, what has your organization been documenting? indeed, this is not the 1st time uh we heard just now, you know, earlier this year we have seen similar rate, the time of the office of news, click at home, the general, what was the rate of 2 years ago? so this is monique human to paula in 2014. so as to the day we have

documented us, they are growing up number of cases alternate as be harass jill. and also deal because of the ordering off the dollars and of the party. but what is most pleasant to uh, the day of the phone, just so they the action taken against new to the us? yeah, yes, we got to read the news, the editor and one of the saw. this is the latest off to button i ration of security low against generous for getting work to run a your generalized working in india from a personal perspective. can you describe to us what it's like to be a journalist day today in your country? without me, i can still see i'm a very innovative disposition to the extent that i have access to grades on the set of lawyers. i have access to international platforms that show sort of dynasty with me all but yes, it is a difficult job at this point of time because i spend more time to my lawyer that i

could i as much as i wanted to doing my job reports, having said that i think i'm, but it's very important to point doubt that they're joining us in the country who are still behind bars under you. it is especially joiners. english need a full bible. there was 2 behind bars on the radio. just didn't know if not just you wouldn't be, but also the national security act and the public safety at some of them have been behind by some more than 2 years without be just a big government was a district for more than 2 years was behind box and wanted to use part of it because he was on his way to the board, the gang deep or lower cost goods. so that was due to affairs of journalism and it . yeah. and i'm, what i'm really concerned about, as somebody was been in the profession for our most do more than continuous know, is a chilling effect this. this will have on a young generational journalist, independent journalist. specifically,

one of the profession were already in the profession when they see this kind of, you know, been victim. i can deal with the government. the book read that the so with the families to read them from doing that, just because nobody boards, uh nobody wants to go to the doorstep. first thing in the morning, no big ones have gone on on below, blending up. and it was meant to be paid on monday. northern charges against you or members of your family is not a pleasant size to have books if your doorstep. i think it does kind of cheating effect without that you didn't get that done in the engine original. jones is what it was. largest doesn't work because he'd be the cornerstone of fort very liberal ideas and values, the kind of questions which are being off to when i go to the media reports. but musically, john and this is about the edge of the videos for desks and india. you're the almost protest or other citizenship purpose. so basically the government this time, but definitely should link that anybody was the same thing on the because the

government is, is a problem. again, this was looking at because of the nicely forces. oh, but then it is. so we're just trying to find a more subtle this is the new, this is the new back to which i was. i wanted to jump in there cuz i wanted to pick up from what you just said the show up. do you think that part of the issue is that any critique of the government is saying is at the national unpatriotic? is that part of the issue? he is already part of the issue and you know whatever. and i mention the media, the media is a big, thoughtful politics to the nearest. the more the government has made it one of its main proud of these to control the media. part of it is i'm using the data so, so that allows me to also switch deductible, critically and unworthy governments at all. but for the others, you know, for this part of me down so such as you've picked or do report critically will do report on the ground on the situation on the ground. and i mentioned, you know, they'd be number number to protest, which shouldn't be to be in the morning for the more the government. so it's

smaller portals services that are reported critically, that what voice is on the ground that disseminated these views. and so for them business to and which is a very large stick, which is the end to get an over to just absolutely, just my employment. a journalist who's been working for the past decade is reporting on the ground will be now call the dentist. and in the, as, as you mentioned, there is an abundance of media outlets. lee, if i can direct this question to you, is that an abundance in india able to conceal the concentration of ownership? and what impact is that concentration of ownership have on press freedoms? well, it's one of the largest use industry and so what we're seeing right now um approximately issues of concentration of video and issues as well. but what we're seeing is really the communications of journalism. and y'all, which is very well, especially true tactics, learning using financial,

trying to to time media outlets. or maybe you just talk to the economy, see, or talk with you in the g use. but increasingly is also being used in india and india as a country where you don't want to see just bear with me on the constitution. so this is not the 1st part of the thing that the mother it's being used. and yet it could be aligned to the right now and measures about the follow for tasks and the benefits as well. there's an issue of 5 people in india and this is, you know, they are just reporting about what's going on in the grow. and that really comes on to run a just staying on the concentration of media ownership for just a moment before we brought in and out the concentration of media. ernest, you've been the country's leading language is henzy. but what do you agree that it's even more locked at a regional level for local language publications?

the 2 sides of it. so there are these big headed on legacy media houses today and job big names, big publications. so you know what, depending on the government, a big business houses for the ads and revenues out of the other thing is they don't want to lose access to the government. so i think because of some of the biggest videos has been ended up there in the on english are now by big business houses who do not want to dig cartoons with the coverage. on the other hand, we have independence, news outlets like like sure, sure. well, that's cool, is that what you said? it was closed on the independent. i'll just like cool articles looking and there are the publications that can be like move and i want to, oh there isn't, there isn't that kind of funding that these organizations are sure to have and, and been, i mean that they don't have that kind of beach so the, each of these mainstream, mega seem media outlets, which is basically it, you're,

most of them are joining out the that much, that is a student by the government. so at this point of time, we had this job and you'd be the ones, those district exactly. indeed, the one of the independent of so the say, independent media, how this, what being critical of the government under what size they cover up the end. you did go by the dani up by the identity of similarly with, with all the other english news. johns with him, the news channels and skin be news publications, a big part of the censorship am in the use of the ownership of these populations on them and then addition to but those and pablo so i think that is a big problem in the dr. fixed and nobody at the end of the day, nobody wants an enforcement dictate. notice as they do is the one is that on 2nd, nobody wants to lose access to those involved show ever noticed you knowing that, do you think journalists who work for a particular medium, say,

print versus television or radio, or do you think one of those mediums i'm a journalist that work for them. i'm more vulnerable than the others. yes, for this complex of tv i think is the most by little. but that's because tv has the biggest reach. so it's where the government is most invested in, think of as low as it has the biggest point to to get in fact sort of tv. yeah. unless there's a lot of pressure on you to conform to a certain point. it again line. so it does play out along those lines to some extent, just because tv has a bigger each unit. i'm coming back the old. oh you question around how it plays it . all national regional levels, you know, sort of, ironically, i think that these new media is actually somewhat clear then the measuring media, the big media house is just because of what brought up pointed out the fact that the corporate control and that is more them also if it's more mixed, but when it comes to the measuring media, which i'm more, the government is very, very invested in controlling. there's a lot of corporate top down control and especially languages such as india and i

shouldn't even english uh, way of it's, it's actually very difficult to do now to run an independent english of indian new shannon, which supports particular government. just because of all the cabinets and sticks separately. so wanted to know if you knew so late. would you agree with that sentiment that it's that it's television journalist. so do you think that old journalist, no matter what the communication method method are on the thresh, i think the feed into the number of cases of fact in the, you know, journal is not just in general, but also uh for any useful cause of increasing maybe also getting reports about foreign correspondents having facing a lot of restrictions and tools. a trouble um, based on these are uncertainties, but i think you know, uh overall, um of course there is, um, an indian uh indian you know, is i still facing the biggest track, especially those in the region of looking for the region to run

a police said that $37.00 men and 9 women have been questioned in these racing. rives, i know you've been quite vocal about online violence against female general is how does gender play a role if any, in this particular issue? really, emily, i hate to bring myself in the situation, but as a woman of those muslim women, critical of the government, the ages more gender to speak against me. i mean, i just posted a picture of, well, you know, somebody from, you know, all these rights when shoulds, what they do is pick up your image from, from the internet and say, oh, she's a more than just the woman who advocates for the job and ended up as an online ruling against a woman, i think it's a little more harder and then it comes to music on the box, you know, when they're sexualized with the twitter twins are more to do with their sexuality . but the agenda already are very image is often more to it all to create

a negative about do to just credit your work, visit online, and none of them the on. so you, there's one thing for the government, develop it in the mainstream media, the dog and, you know, use the government additive. but the other, in the clear and this is the social media, not it did that was be used to diamonds, the condition of just quite critical of the government. i mean, you know, but never just new political or whether just the bbc over the independence on this or fund enjoying this, you know, that, i mean, you have the winter time. so again, they may be damage on who's just something just kind of got off the golf and you will see when the best buy bought an open heart. everybody has the best book to go to. but everybody has meant the best way to find something like this. so it does show a lot of people don't i know woman journalist in india who have gone quiet because of the gender, but also when that gets them, not everybody has the best way to to fight the engine. in george, i'm in dire need of social media. i'm a student, be there what's going on when it gets there? so there's also the back of nodded. they've been been just starting on the back

clean agencies. there's also backlink. this means the media and the social media now that they've shown delta gets them either be that that is a very, very effective medium. you know, you have lots of course for instance, right? so you can dep side. so we fact took the news, but in fact, you can get the sites already a very nice concept by design a joy. this is just created that information as going to why don't in the country one step forward. so that jonas has made an enemy of the state. so right now the opposed to get an agency can prosecute arthur just be able to get to join this. she just wanted to make us page. but before that, you've described in the journalist i'm there, which is good to go out. the government does that as somebody does, government has done effectively. and that brings me to my next question. so i have how can journalists find back? i think journalist can find back using the only 2 journalist soul, which is difficult. and i think yesterday was a tough being falling into

a list. and it's i think less community shaking the fact that it's so easy to imprison a senior member of senior colleagues such as people abuse take. but i think all we can do is just for the heads down and report and do a job and hope that the country would turn on for the better. and we can get a smaller part of the lane. what do you think the future holds for journalism? in india, specifically to the, um, you know, the best way for us to, um, the future to, to, to continue reporting. uh, i wanna say just now that now this is what we do best. and i truly believe that how we once i, um i know, so i think um new one is that is very strong permissions off of the past. uh in less than 2. this is who really wants to talk to the patients in the address. i'm

crestline, which goes well beyond the visual actions as to the indian dollar to this guy wants to be kind of be the model is the only company the graveyard advocacy who run up the united states as cold for respect for the media, but has declined to weigh in on reports of news, clicks, relationship with china. do you want washington to step out what you want from the international community move broadly? i'd be what to expect just for the journalism organizations internationally and not as much governments, but more journalism organizations to kind of speak and sort of data data joining this. it'd be great because you know i have the profession is longer dock. i don't think governments, because governments, apple can be, you know, something like this i think is it is just a moment versions of joseph publications that need to speak up are the needs everyone in the way just like, you know, joining the spoken sort of data. the rent event been jamal gashodi was more good,

and you wouldn't be need that kind of sort of data from john this globally over what is happening because, you know, astray of said yesterday was, or yesterday was a very depressing, deeper just listen like i again, i want to say that i wonder if this is good, disagreeing young children, listen to it. yeah. right. how do we create a sim was best for them? how do we make sure that they do not feel imprisonment or even we think something against the government? so i think it's the national jones and body sense in the national media should stay or you don't should still have the bad. oh, bid up there just we're moving into an independent john list in india. we're looking at a great rest of their life. they don't, the deluxe is, i think jonathan barbee should do more to predict these independent john, this one will be a great list of the advice show up. how has the indian public reacted? what have you heard? anecdotally, or when you're going out on the streets in new delhi. well,

how is people reacted to these rides and these arrest? so does he actually tell me, but one thing that i want to sort of put solid is the distortion of media and you know, yeah, has had a really impacted 1000000 public and it hasn't been, it doesn't have a very bad back for reporting staffing that people have lost stuff in the media. so people right now because they don't trust a lot of what they need to be just putting out because the, their lives at the know the last parts of the media, acting as both pieces of the government. this is something that you will hear often . in fact, sometimes you wouldn't even get it from people who are supposed to be thankful that way, many people with what it means you'd be maybe so they would also not believe uh what program in general sort of putting up. and you know, we might sort of get lost in the, the give doesn't, but honestly, this is the very best we need to know because you can't have a democracy. you get simply cannot have a democracy in which the media is not really. i mean it's, it's, it's

a submit ticket out of it, and i hope that the political conditions can pull us back from the campus so that we don't people and, and run up the next indian general election is expected to be held in a few months time. about 6 months time, potentially, between april and may of 2024. i was expecting if the correct down by the indian govern government in the coming months. but i don't want to sound like a cynic, but the reaching started looking right now. i expect for the, for, i don't know just june this, but civil rights activist. defend just about members of the opposition. i think it is going to be a very, very tough time here to put you in elections because what be up with missing now the 6 months into the gender election has given, given the view on working life ahead. and that is what is extremely distressing. as well, i think the state of journalism is in strong hands with the 3 of you. we appreciate your time on this edition of the inside story. thank you so much. thanks to all

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