Ahead of Modi visit, journalists' group urges US to press India on media crackdown

FILE PHOTO: India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi arrives on the first day of the budget session in New Delhi, India, January 31, 2023. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/File Photo

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Committee to Protect Journalists on Wednesday called on the U.S. government to urge India to end a media crackdown and release six detained journalists.

A statement from CPJ President Jodie Ginsberg ahead of a state visit to Washington next week by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said there had been an increasing crackdown on India’s media since he came to power in 2014.