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Claim 540

The government's stated legal basis for the cancellation.

Published 2026-09-23. Last reviewed 2026-09-22. 1 source.

Statement: The government's stated legal basis for the cancellation.
Field: stated_justification
Value: Ministry cites father's Pakistani nationality
About: incident 2019-india-revokes-taseer-oci-status
Source: Indian government threatens to cancel journalist Aatish Taseer's overseas citizenship
Publisher: Committee to Protect Journalists
Method: outlet report
Checked: 2026-09-22
Confidence: medium
Status: current
Source date: 2019-11-07

Quotation from the source

Taseer was "ineligible" for such citizenship