Imprisonment of journalists India 1992-2022, by charge

Published by
Tanushree Basuroy,
Feb 14, 2023
In the 30 year span between 1992 and 2022, about 25 journalists were sentenced to prison in India. The majority of journalists, amounting to 18, were arrested on anti-state charges. This was followed by the group of journalists imprisoned under retaliatory charges. Press freedom in India has increasingly been curtailed with the country ranking 150th on the World Press Index in 2022.

Reports of journalists imprisoned in India between 1992 and 2022, by charge

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February 2023

Region

India

Survey time period

1992 to 2022

Supplementary notes

Note: Some journalists were charged on multiple counts. Therefore, the count of charges may not be the same as the number of journalists imprisoned.

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