Why India banned the BBC’s Modi documentary | The Listening Post
Author: mgp
Published: January 28, 2023
38,295 views Jan 28, 2023
The Indian government’s decision to ban a BBC documentary about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s role in the 2002 Gujarat riots, which left more than a thousand people dead, has become its own story.
It has drawn global attention to Modi’s record in office and the subsequent decline of media freedom in the world’s largest democracy.
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