# 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](https://thewaronnews.com/incidents/2026-india-journalist-sentenced-adani-defamation)
- Source: India: activists arrested, journalists targeted and laws tightened to increase control. https://monitor.civicus.org/explore/india-activists-arrested-abducted-and-tortured-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.

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