Australian journalist Avani Dias leaves India over visa delay, censorship
by @pressfreedom
@pressfreedom— New Delhi, April 23, 2024—Indian authorities should safeguard press freedom and stop using visa regulations to prevent foreign journalists covering sensitive subjects, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Tuesday. Avani Dias, South Asia bureau chief for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC), left India on April 19, the first day of India’s election, after being told
Scroll.in—Australian journalist leaves country amid visa troubles, says ‘too difficult to do my job in India’. The South Asia bureau chief of ABC News said she was told by a foreign ministry official that her reporting on a Sikh separatist’s killing ‘crossed a line’.
The Guardian—Reporting in India ‘too difficult’ under Modi, says departing Australian journalist. Despite eventual visa backflip by authorities, ABC’s south-Asia correspondent Avani Dias left after being made to ‘feel so uncomfortable’Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastThe south-Asia correspondent for Australia’s national broadcaster, Avani Dias, has been forced out of India after her reporting fell foul of the Indian government, in a sign of the increasing pressure on journalists in the country under...
Scroll.in—Foreign correspondents protest Australian journalist being ‘effectively pushed out’ amid visa row. ABC News’ Avani Dias said she was told by a foreign ministry official that her reporting on a Sikh separatist’s killing had ‘crossed a line’.