The National Democratic Alliance has introduced two labour codes that threaten journalism by abolishing the wage board and removing the Working Journalist Act.
This statement was originally published on ifj.org on 26 July 2019.
IPI global network noted that press freedom has deteriorated dramatically under the first two terms of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The two writers are being prosecuted over comments made more than 13 years ago.
Eagerness to regulate new technologies is understandable, but measures may infringe upon civil rights or fail to resolve the issues they were designed to tackle. Brazil and India’s 2024 electoral processes exemplify this tension.