# 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](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2019-india-revokes-taseer-oci-status)
- Source: Indian government threatens to cancel journalist Aatish Taseer's overseas citizenship. https://cpj.org/2019/11/indian-government-threatens-to-cancel-journalist-a/
- 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

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