The attack on Newsclick must be resisted by those who care about journalism – and democracy in India
This week’s raids on the independent news site aim to stifle free speech and dissent. Newslick founder Prabir Purkayastha. | Prabir Purkayastha via Facebook.
I have been reading about the attacks on journalists, arrests of activists, writers and watching how all democratic space for dissent are closing.
More than 150 journalists have been arrested, detained and interrogated between 2010 and 2020, a study by journalist Geeta Seshu has documented. Of these cases, 40% were reported in 2020 alone.
are a part of that attack on free speech, dissent and democratic space. But the political significance of the raids on Newsclick are of much greater political significance than attacks on individual journalists.