Attacks on Civil Liberties and Democracy Continue in India

Attacks on Civil Liberties and Democracy Continue in India

Global Indian Times staff

May 5, 2024

Prime Minister Narendra Modi often attends mass gatherings of diaspora supporters of his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the United States, Europe, Australia, and elsewhere to celebrate Indian democracy. Meanwhile his government targets people it claims are “tarnishing the image” of the country, according to Human Rights Watch.

Last week, for instance, Avani Dias, South Asia bureau chief of Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), “had to leave India abruptly,” she posted on X. “The Modi Government told me my visa extension would be denied, saying my reporting ’crossed a line’. After Australian Government intervention, I got a mere two-month extension ...less than 24 hours before my flight,”

"It felt too difficult to do my job in India…(Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s) government wouldn't even give me the passes I need to cover the election," Dias said in an episode of her podcast, Looking for Modi.

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