The ABC’s lead India correspondent Avani Dias has returned to Australia after a campaign of intimidation by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government.
The ABC’s lead India correspondent Avani Dias has returned to Australia after a campaign of intimidation and bureaucratic meddling by the nationalist government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.about Sikh separatism aired last month and before the final instalment of her podcast investigating the life of Modi.
“But it felt too difficult to do my job in India. I was struggling to get into public events run by Modi’s party. The government wouldn’t even give me the passes I need to cover the election. Weeks later, while the Australian government was working behind the scenes, India’s Press Information Bureau told the ABC she would not be granted election accreditation because of a direct order from External Affairs.Journalists in India say they are increasingly subject to state intimidation, or worse. Some have been jailed.
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