New Delhi: A total of 194 journalists, including seven women journalists, were targeted across India in 2022, according to the Rights and Risks Analysis Group (RRAG).
These journalists were targeted by state agencies, non-state political actors and criminals, and the armed opposition groups.
Jammu and Kashmir experienced the highest number of targeted journalists (48), followed by Telangana (40).
Other regions affected included Odisha (14), Uttar Pradesh (13), Delhi (12), West Bengal (11), Madhya Pradesh and Manipur (six each), Assam and Maharashtra (five each), Bihar, Karnataka, and Punjab (four each), Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, and Meghalaya (three each), Arunachal Pradesh and Tamil Nadu (two each), and Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Haryana, Puducherry, Rajasthan, Tripura, and Uttarakhand (one each).
As many as 103 journalists were targeted by the state actors, while 91 journalists were targeted by the non-state actors including political activists, said RRAG.
Out of 103 journalists, 70 were arrested or detained, 14 had first information reports (FIRs) filed against them, and four were summoned by the police and Enforcement Directorate. Fifteen journalists faced physical attacks, threats, and harassment from public officials and police, and they were also stopped from flying abroad by immigration officials…
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