India draws flak for 'official harassment of journalists'

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India has drawn severe flak from an international media rights body for
"official harassment of journalists" and using "draconian laws" to silence
the press. "(Indian) government remained sensitive to criticism in the
press... Officials harassed journalists through lawsuits, using restrictive
laws governing criminal defamation, contempt of court and national security
to silence reporters' accounts of corruption", says the Committee to Protect
Journalists's (CPJ) latest report on attacks on journalists throughout the
world.

Source:
http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/181_626824,0008.htm