IPI urges India’s Rajasthan state to withdraw ‘gag’ ordinance
The government of the northwestern Indian state of Rajasthan must reverse a “draconian” ordinance that bars the media from covering allegations of wrongdoing involving public officials in the absence of a government-sanctioned criminal investigation, the International Press Institute (IPI) said today in letters sent to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje. Passed on Sept. […]
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