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threat and can build. yeah. as well as the government shot stone and independence read your outlet for allegedly slandering the prime minister. sudden and focused on titans already stringent blasphemy laws. critics upholding the new legislation barring ah, i, british manager, welcome to d. w. a news asia ledger to join us. indian tax authorities have been searching the offices of the b, b. c for a 2nd day in the cities of demi and mom by on tuesday for me seemed off the british broadcasters, deleon moved by offices, preventing anyone from leaving b, b. c. employee said phones were being confiscated in a statement. the bbc said it was fully cooperating with authorities, the official action game just weeks off to the b. b. c. s. a documentary, critical of prime minister under their movie. that police prevented from being

shown across the country. did i lose all the pot, spoke to canal module dot india representative of the committee to protect journalists for a response to the such as quite frankly, when i heard about the rid on b, b, c. i was shocked because i never thought that government of india would go after our international, you know, outlet and back to a public broadcaster major european country. maybe nothing comes of it. you know, that is this whole argument that sometimes the ruling party and politicians generally any. i'm not specifically related to just be to be. there's always have nothing to hide. then what, what's the problem. but people don't understand that a journalist job is not to be sitting down and answering questions and helping, you know, i feel food shows and cops scanned their computers. their job is to do journalism. and when you are bringing in these kind of harassment into the news room, you are actually hampering and you know, hindering

a pre flow of information and press freedom. and does this is actually a part of a larger trend that we already observing in india. and it's a very disturbing trend, and now we talk, i mean at least as journalist, we always thought that government would never blocked international publications. but now they have, we don't know the searches are still going on. we still don't know what's going to come off. it, but as far as we know so far, it does not based it's almost seems like quite frankly, it almost seems like a fishing exercise because the government doesn't have any specific allegation against bbc pound in the media being subjective to div back searches in the past as well, unfortunately, in the last couple of years we actually do, we've been documenting that how this broadly becoming a trend. you know, we recently had police going to the offices of wire before that we had the same id service taking place in the offices of news, laundry news, click,

and the one common factor among all these organisations have done some of the other critical work on the ruling party and their policies. so one has to see this in that context and it's not just one off. it's not that in the last, in this is 2014 who's the 1st such read that's happening on, on our, on an institution. and interestingly, you know, the income tax laws have been amended to bring about these different phrases, you know, soviet is and then a, so choose and read. they seem to have different meanings, technical meanings. but at the end of the day, when you have bunch of government of officials entering into a news room and spending or whatnot, almost 48 hours, going to be 48 hours in a couple of hours. it disrupt journalism method of creating harassment and intimidation into the journalists. and kind of there is also kind of signaling like, you know, if you do things against i'll against us, i'll give the ruling dispensation. will find some of the other technical loophole

to come after you. meanwhile, in cambodia the government has shut down a well regarded media outlet voice of democracy radio. with what human rights activists are calling and outrageous and ridiculous order. the outlet was shut down after the dryness story, alleging that long time prime minister hon send son had signed a donation on behalf of his father for earthquakes relief in turkey, hans and called the story slammed up the outlet acknowledged it made a mistake, but hunter and said it hadn't apologized properly. the old be shattered. rang the headlines in cambodia on monday proposal the rio de found themselves overnight without a license to broadcast. and without a job. i feel like i'm with lee who has been playing a payroll hot in community and bringing the boys to that was nice and also

wonderful. but people and by bringing all the issues a government. so we don't really, we just afraid that this could be a big step back or breastfeeding a look at the cambodian government has said it cancelled. we'll do to protect the dignity of the government. in july there will be fresh elections. and prime minister consent is expected to hand over the reigns to his son, whom manette. v. o. d on occasion has been critical of both. they tried to attack me and my son, who manette. bolt reporters and viewers of rio, d came out to protest. dome in the fab. i'm in really with it. i get only your di speaks about the truth. okay. i'm like, i'm young. you know what? i want you to continue in cambodia. know what this my thought get, man, i need beauty. obviously the government must not shut them down ma'am,

but what come up, what, what, what a, as a template gas, it was the closure has sparked international concern, especially as this is not the 1st newsroom to be shut down in the country. well, i think a number of the journalists here actually are perhaps in their 3rd newsroom. that's been shut down by hans. and because some of them are former journalist from the pen on pen post and from the cambodia daily. so what we're seeing is a persistence by some very brave journalist to continue their work ah, despite all the obstacles at once and is trying to throw in front of them. but it's certainly discouraging. the united states has called for the decision to be rolled back. and the decision is particularly troubling, due to that shilling impact it will have on freedom of expression and on access to information ahead of the national elections in july for more than 20 years, v o d has provided objective back based reporting on issues that serve the interest of the cambodian people we urge emani authorities to reverse this decision.

cambodian authorities, i get to respond to that. but to journalists of free or d, it seems pretty clear that it is time to find a new job. ah, to pakistan next for last month, parliament tightened already stringent blasphemy laws. the new laws prescribed punishment for insulting any one connected to the prophet, muhammad capital punishment is already in place for insulting islam or the prophet muhammad. sometimes merely being accused of blasphemy can lead to mob justice, as was the case last week, a mob descended on a police station in non con our district in eastern punjab province and lynched a man detained for legibly disagreeing the port on at least 50 suspects for subsequent the arrested by the police and the double reporter beneath java jones been off for more context on this venetian just at the outset. what happened in

this present instance british, according to the police, they had in custody. a man named la, much by this. he was accused of death to creating the features of the holy book of flimsy could on and for the state. the news of his custody spread at under 80 and hundreds of men gathered at the police station, the jack, this man out of the police station district, glory jagged him on the streets and beacon to death. now, the prime minister of the country has condemned. the incident has asked for an investigation. police say that they have for splendid senior officials who couldn't control the mob. and they said they also have reduced 50 men, arrested who they suspect were involved in the act. i mean, it's just the brutality of the crime is shocking. and it leads one to think that merely being accused of blasphemy in pakistan is extremely dangerous in its own right. yes, it is extremely dangerous. so if you are accused of last for me,

that is a high risk that you would become a target of love, justice and past been have been incidents with people who were accused of last from me were gone down, were burned alive, torture to death in 2020, because on the american was killed was short in a courtroom. and in 2021. excellent, good man who was a manager at the factory in pakistan was also tortured by a law because he was accused of blasphemy. no human rights defend us. see that in most cases, blasphemy laws are used to integrate bit and target minorities and also used to settle that people. one person been dead and they don't. scores hasn't always been like this when it comes to blasphemy laws. and so blasphemy last day back to the colonial era. but they were made much more strict under

a military dictatorship in 1980 s. but the number of extra judicial killings have increased in the last decade. and to understand that we have to go to 2011 when governor of pockets and most, populated by john robbins was shocked by his own belief particular to be gone to use table a him of blasphemy. now the governor to month i said, wanted to change a black, let me know as an under block, if any noise be charges, you can get the death penalty if you're charged under blasphemy noise. and he also stood up for a christian woman. ultimately, best security guard was hand to death, but his big recreation led to creation of an extreme rugged art being pockets and said he can effect the fee. he has since then become a part of focus on quality, consistent critic say that the money and speeches by leaders of this are the inspired people to take law into their own hands, especially when it comes to blasphemy. so vinnish with this being the background

vide parliament need to further tighten these laws. despite the fact that human rights organizations in august and want the government to use these laws, we see that the government is for the trending these laws. now, number one please, and if no one wants to touch this topic, because politicians and buckets on fear that they will house, they will feel the same feel as those politicians who spoke about this issue in the past. so that is a real fear and even making a proposing amendments to the dock and put your life after just having said that human rights organization do say that it developmentally the responsibility of the government to ensure that these laws are not recognized against minorities. and also that has been criticism that, that the establishment in the country has used extreme a writing these and that from the noise to divide the work back on it. because part these and even political parties have used last,

i mean doors and religion to undermine each other and disconnects the environment for right. 3 parties to, to ask and demand for more strict laws finish of it. thank you very much for bringing us a context and that does it. so today is most orders from the region on our website, the w dot com, forward slash asia. and as always, you can follow us on facebook and twitter back again at the same time to morrow event. with nico, he's in germany to bury jermel lewis, pinnacle. why not learn with him. d, w e learning course, eco's, vague tooth and visual am i don't but a good push to me today. but the, it's marcia, this is the consequentialist settlement. folks,

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