The War On News

How governments have limited journalists, 1900 to today.

Claim 645

CPJ's assessment of the government's action.

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

Statement
CPJ's assessment of the government's action.
Field
action
Value
CPJ says targeting immigration status shows intolerance of criticism
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

Targeting a journalist's immigration status after the publication of a critical article shows that the Bharatiya Janata Party is intolerant of criticism and freedom of the press