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Claim 71

Ravi Nair was sentenced to one year in prison over the defamation case.

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

Statement
Ravi Nair was sentenced to one year in prison over the defamation case.
Field
occurred_on
Value
2026-02-10
About
incident 2026-india-journalist-sentenced-adani-defamation
Source
India: activists arrested, journalists targeted and laws tightened to increase control
Publisher
CIVICUS Monitor
Method
outlet report
Checked
2026-09-22
Confidence
medium
Status
current

Quotation from the source

investigative journalist Ravi Nair was sentenced to one year's imprisonment for defamation over social media posts critical of the Adani Group.