Seven JOURNALISTS are imprisoned in India, Total 320 Cross the World
7 columnists in jail in India, 5 charged under UAPA: CPJ
RAJESH SURYAVANSHI
A sum of 320 columnists across the world are in jail, and seven of these mediapersons are imprisoned in India, according to the 2023 jail enumeration report by the Board of trustees to Safeguard Writers.
The report which gathered information until December 1 last year said the complete count of imprisoned writers is the second-most elevated since the enumeration started in 1992, showing the “dug in tyranny and the bitterness of state run administrations” against free voices.
The seven writers imprisoned in India is likewise a record high for the country for the third continuous year. The report said three writers were delivered last year, yet three more were additionally imprisoned.
Four out of these seven mediapersons are from Jammu and Kashmir, and five out of the absolute have been charged under the severe Unlawful Exercises (Avoidance) Act.
India “keeps on drawing analysis” over its utilization of hostile to dread regulations, including the UAPAand the Jammu and Kashmir Public Security Act to “quietness the media”, said the report.
The detained writers are Aasif Ruler of Kashmir Storyteller, who has been in prison since August 2018; Sajad Gul of The Kashmir Walla, imprisoned since January 2022; autonomous columnist Rupesh Kumar Singh, imprisoned since July 2022; free writer Gautam Navlakha, under confinement since April 2020; Prabir Purkayastha of NewsClick, who has been imprisoned since October last year; and free writers Majid Hyderi and Irfan Mehraj, in detainment since September and Walk last year, separately.
It likewise noticed that positioned 6th close by Iran, Israel has arisen as “one of the world’s driving prison guards of writers” since the Israel-Hamas war started on October 7. The main five nations imprisoning writers are China, Myanmar, Belarus, Russia, and Vietnam.
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