Wednesday, June 11, 2008

Attacking on the press

Given the history of protection of freedom of the press in India, to charge the editor, reporter and newspaper with sedition casts a pall over the media in India

On 1 June 2008, the Times of India and two of its employees were charged with sedition and criminal conspiracy for a series of investigative articles that questioned the competence of the police chief in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India.

The charges stemmed from the newspaper’s investigative reports that showed alleged links between Ahmedabad police chief O.P. Mathur and organized crime.

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