Amid a massive police crackdown in Delhi to thwart a youth protest demanding Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar’s resignation over large-scale deletions of names from electoral rolls, which has seen several thousand detentions, many journalists covering the protests were also detained at several locations. Some were picked up from near their homes, far from the protest site.
This is how Delhi Police is treating journalists. Even those who have press badges on them. Hear the account of the journalist in the next tweet. https://t.co/7uzvno572A The detentions took place even though they identified themselves as journalists to the police and displayed their press cards, as in the case of Ayush Tiwari. their detention while covering a public protest raises questions about the grounds for restricting their liberty and the safeguards available to them under the Constitution While journalists are not immune from lawful police action.
Freedom of the press is protected under Article 19(1)(a) of the Constitution, which guarantees freedom of speech and expression.
