Gujarat High Court refuses to release journalist Ravi Nair from custody

…on his challenge to the warrant. Digipub News India Foundation asked why a journalist was being kept in custody before the final outcome of his appeal. The case must concern the media community, the foundation said. “ The same corporate entity pursuing criminal defamation proceedings against a journalist also ultimately controls a major news organisation whose journalists operate in the same profession and ecosystem ,” the organisation said. It added: “This is not merely about Ravi Nair. It is about the chilling message such a case can send to every independent journalist investigating or questioning powerful corporate interests.”…

…detained simply for doing their jobs” and that the authorities should “respect journalists’ right to report freely and without fear of reprisal”. On Tuesday, Amnesty International raised concerns about Nair’s arrest. “ It poses serious questions around people’s freedom of expression and fair trial rights in the country ,” the organisation said in a social media post. The case pertains to a series of social media posts made by Nair between October 2020 and July 2021 about the Adani Group relating to allegations by United States-based…

…holding powerful institutions to account is imprisonment, it added. The Committee to Protect Journalists said that it was monitoring the continued detention of Nair. The New York-based global media watchdog said that journalists “should never be targeted, harassed or detained simply for doing their jobs” and that the authorities should “respect journalists’ right to report freely and without fear of reprisal” . On Tuesday, Amnesty International raised concerns about Nair’s arrest. “It poses serious questions around people’s freedom of expression and fair trial rights in the country,” the organisation said in a social media…