The international journalism watchdog Committee to Project Journalists (CPJ) urged India to renew Farcis’s journalism permit and to stop using legal technicalities to prevent journalists from carrying out their duties. https://thewire.in/media/second-french-journalist-forced-to-leave-india-this-year-as-permit-not-renewed
Earlier this year, Vanessa Dougnac, who had been longest serving foreign correspondent in India, left on February 16, after the Indian government had issued a two-week notice for revoking her OCI over alleged concerns about her reporting. The Indian government’s action had been seen as an attack on press freedom.
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