Reporting in India ‘too difficult’ under Modi, says departing Australian journalist
by The Guardian
The Guardian— 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—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’.
Scroll.in—The real reason why Modi says what he does – Hindu India accepts it. The prime minister’s bigotry is who he is. Whether Hindu society can or wants to change is the big question that will be answered in these elections.
@pressfreedom—Australian journalist Avani Dias leaves India over visa delay, censorship. 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