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Delhi Police Detain Journalists Covering New Delhi Voter-List Protests
Press groups said more than 35 reporters were held for hours, and some were assaulted and had phones seized, during the crackdown.
- On October 10–12, Delhi Police detained nearly 30 journalists covering Cockroach Janta Party protests in New Delhi, seizing equipment and using force against reporters identifiable as press.
- The youth-led movement demanded the resignation of Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, alleging authorities deleted more than 130 million voter names from electoral rolls since last year.
- Newslaundry reporter Anmol Pritam told Reuters, "I was dragged, my phone was snatched and I was forcefully detained along with my producer," while Delhi Police claimed protesters posed as journalists.
- Journalists gathered at the Press Club of India on Tuesday to condemn the detentions, with press bodies calling the police behavior a "blatant attack on the freedom of press."
- India now ranks 157th out of 180 countries in press freedom indices per Reporters Without Borders, as veteran journalist Rajdeep Sardesai warned of a "Delhi model" of suppression extending nationwide.
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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Yoo Chang-yeop = Indian police obstructed journalists from covering a protest demanding the resignation of the election commission chairman and temporarily detained about 30 journalists...
·Seoul, Korea (the Republic of)
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Journalists accuse Indian police of suppressing press freedom during youth protests
Journalists and press freedom groups are accusing Indian police of obstructing reporters covering youth protests in New Delhi.
·New York, United States
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Anti-CEC protests: Police assaulting media professionals amounts to attack on their livelihood, say senior journalists
At a press conference in Press Club of India, several journalists narrate first-person accounts of assault and detention at the hands of the Delhi Police and demand safety of their livelihood
·Chennai, India
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Total News Sources48
Leaning Left19Leaning Right4Center8Last UpdatedBias Distribution61% Left
Bias Distribution
- 61% of the sources lean Left
61% Left
L 61%
C 26%
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