Loading ...After Muslim riots, Indian journalists arrested
flockwoodTwo Calcutta journalists were arrested this month, accused of “outraging religious feelings.” The arrests followed riots by Muslims who objected to an article which had appeared in Calcutta’s The Statesman.
The editor and publisher of the publication have been released on bail.
The Committee to Protect Journalists has posted an article about the arrests.
The controversial article originally appeared in London and was reprinted in Calcutta. It can be read here.
