The decline in India’s democracy is perhaps now a permanent trend. In particular press freedoms are increasingly being eroded in the country. An article published by Deutsche Welle (DW) reports the recent arrest of a Muslim fact-checker by authorities. Here is an excerpt:

Authorities in India’s capital city of New Delhi on Monday arrested Muslim journalist Mohammed Zubair for a 2018 tweet that allegedly hurt religious sentiments and promoted enmity. 

Zubair, who is the co-founder of fact-checking website Alt News, has been a vocal critic of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government.

He also routinely calls out hate speech by Hindu fringe groups on the internet and writes about the marginalization of India’s Muslim minority.

Read the full article here.