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Press Freedom in India
![How India Uses National Interest as a Smokescreen to Muzzle the Media How India Uses National Interest as a Smokescreen to Muzzle the Media](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat_2024-05-06-135634.jpg)
How India Uses National Interest as a Smokescreen to Muzzle the Media
By Simran Agarwal
The Indian government is weaponizing “national interest” measures to close down reporting it deems critical of the Modi government.
![COVID-19 and Shrinking Press Freedom in India COVID-19 and Shrinking Press Freedom in India](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-02-26-8.jpg)
COVID-19 and Shrinking Press Freedom in India
By Bansari Kamdar
Amid the pandemic, India’s crackdown on press freedom continues unabated.
![Press Freedom in Kashmir: Local and International Journalists Under Pressure Press Freedom in Kashmir: Local and International Journalists Under Pressure](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-2020-03-12.jpg)
Press Freedom in Kashmir: Local and International Journalists Under Pressure
By Bilal Hussain
One local journalist alleges that he was “made a human shield” by Indian soldiers.
![Foreign Journalists Still Awaiting Permission To Visit the Indian State of Assam Foreign Journalists Still Awaiting Permission To Visit the Indian State of Assam](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/11/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-an-nrc-facilitation-centre-in-assam-credit-manash-das-1.jpg)
Foreign Journalists Still Awaiting Permission To Visit the Indian State of Assam
By StoriesAsia
The move is in reaction to Indian government concerns over foreign media coverage.
![Press Freedom Under Siege: The Jailing of a Kashmiri Journalist in India Press Freedom Under Siege: The Jailing of a Kashmiri Journalist in India](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-srinagar-2707004_960_720.jpg)
Press Freedom Under Siege: The Jailing of a Kashmiri Journalist in India
By Adnan Bhat
In Kashmir, freedom of expression and the press are under attack by the Indian government.
![The Death of a Journalist in Kashmir The Death of a Journalist in Kashmir](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/sizes/thumbnail/thediplomat-srinagar-2707004_960_720.jpg)
The Death of a Journalist in Kashmir
By Priyanka Borpujari
Shujaat Bukhari's killing casts a pall over Kashmir at a difficult time.
![India's Trivializing Media India's Trivializing Media](https://thediplomat.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/sizes/thumbnail/15875_527c4af71169c.jpg)
India's Trivializing Media
Distracted by non-stories about celebrities and the moon, India’s press were an embarrassment this week.
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