The blocking of Tamil website ‘Vikatan’ for displaying Prime Minister Modi’s cartoon affronts critical journalism

Earlier this month, the 125 year old website published a cartoon of Prime Minister Modi shackled, with U.S. President Donald Trump ridiculing him, as a satirical commentary on the Indian government’s silence over undignified deportation of various Indians from the U.S. Days later, the website went invisible. The government’s blocking of the website without supplying any reasoning is another blow to press freedom in the country.
The blocking of Tamil website ‘Vikatan’ for displaying Prime Minister Modi’s cartoon affronts critical journalism
S.N. Sahu

The author was Press Secretary to President of India late KR Narayanan.

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