A BBC documentary inspecting PM Narendra Modi’s position within the 2002 Gujarat riots causes a media maelstrom in India. Plus, the UK press vs the labour motion.
The Indian authorities’s choice to ban a BBC documentary about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s position within the 2002 Gujarat riots, which left greater than a thousand individuals lifeless, has turn into its personal story.
It has drawn international consideration to Modi’s report in workplace and the next decline of media freedom on the planet’s largest democracy.
Contributors:
Maya Mirchandani – Journalist, The Wire
Mitali Saran – Author and columnist
Shruti Kapila – Professor of Indian historical past and international political thought, College of Cambridge
Sanjay Kapoor – Editor, HardNews Journal
On our radar:
Investigations by Open Democracy and the Monetary Instances have uncovered how libel legal professionals in London helped Yevgeny Prigozhin, the pinnacle of the Wagner mercenary group and one in all Vladimir Putin’s key allies, to go after his critics, together with journalists, within the British courts. Producer Tariq Nafi talks us by way of the findings.
Putting Again: United Kingdom’s unions vs the media
With the UK in a state of political disarray, a wave of labor stoppages has put commerce unions, and the media’s therapy of them, into the highlight. One specific union chief, Mick Lynch, has flipped the script, placing journalists on the defensive for his or her routine anti-union method. Daniel Turi studies on the protection of labour points within the British media.
Contributors:
Aditya Chakrabortty – Senior economics commentator, The Guardian
Julia Langdon – Former political editor, The Sunday Telegraph; former political editor, The Day by day Mirror; chairwoman, British Journalism Overview
Nicholas Jones – Former industrial correspondent, BBC
Mick Lynch – Basic secretary, RMT Union