{"id":3369,"date":"2023-01-23T01:01:27","date_gmt":"2023-01-23T01:01:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonpost.news\/?p=3369"},"modified":"2023-03-23T18:51:17","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T18:51:17","slug":"india-blocks-broadcast-of-bbc-documentary-about-indias-modi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/politics\/india-blocks-broadcast-of-bbc-documentary-about-indias-modi\/2023\/01\/23\/admin1\/","title":{"rendered":"India blocks broadcast of BBC documentary about India’s Modi"},"content":{"rendered":"

MUMBAI<\/span> (Reuters)<\/span> –<\/span> India<\/span> has<\/span> blocked<\/span> broadcasts<\/span> of<\/span> a<\/span> BBC<\/span> documentary<\/span> questioning<\/span> Prime<\/span> Minister<\/span> Narendra<\/span> Modi’s<\/span> leadership<\/span> during<\/span> the<\/span> 2002<\/span> Gujarat<\/span> riots,<\/span> and<\/span> even<\/span> cut<\/span> clips<\/span> shared<\/span> via<\/span> social<\/span> media.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> directive<\/span> to<\/span> block<\/span> the<\/span> sharing<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> clip<\/span> was<\/span> issued<\/span> using<\/span> emergency<\/span> powers<\/span> available<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> government<\/span> under<\/span> the<\/span> country’s<\/span> information<\/span> technology<\/span> regulations,<\/span> government<\/span> adviser<\/span> Kanchan<\/span> Gupta<\/span> said<\/span> on<\/span> his<\/span> Twitter<\/span> account<\/span> on<\/span> Saturday.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>The<\/span> BBC<\/span> has<\/span> not<\/span> aired<\/span> the<\/span> documentary<\/span> in<\/span> India,<\/span> but<\/span> the<\/span> video<\/span> has<\/span> been<\/span> uploaded<\/span> to<\/span> several<\/span> YouTube<\/span> channels,<\/span> Gupta<\/span> said.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Gupta<\/span> said<\/span> the<\/span> government<\/span> has<\/span> ordered<\/span> Twitter<\/span> to<\/span> block<\/span> more<\/span> than<\/span> 50<\/span> of<\/span> his<\/span> tweets<\/span> linking<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> documentary<\/span> video,<\/span> and<\/span> YouTube<\/span> has<\/span> been<\/span> ordered<\/span> to<\/span> block<\/span> all<\/span> uploads<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> video.<\/span> Both<\/span> YouTube<\/span> and<\/span> he<\/span> Twitter<\/span> are<\/span> following<\/span> the<\/span> instructions,<\/span> he<\/span> added.<\/span> Mr<\/span> Modi,<\/span> who<\/span> was<\/span> chief<\/span> minister<\/span> of<\/span> the<\/span> western<\/span> state<\/span> of<\/span> Gujarat,<\/span> said<\/span> more<\/span> than<\/span> 1,000<\/span> people,<\/span> mostly<\/span> Muslims,<\/span> were<\/span> killed,<\/span> according<\/span> to<\/span> the<\/span> government.<\/span> Riots<\/span> erupted<\/span> after<\/span> a<\/span> train<\/span> carrying<\/span> Hindu<\/span> pilgrims<\/span> caught<\/span> fire,<\/span> killing<\/span> 59<\/span> people.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>India’s<\/span> Adani<\/span> Group<\/span> plans<\/span> to<\/span> spin<\/span> off<\/span> more<\/span> businesses.<\/span> refuse<\/span> to<\/span> worry<\/span> about<\/span> debt<\/span>
\n<\/span>India’s<\/span> HPCL<\/span> expands<\/span> production<\/span> capacity<\/span> from<\/span> late<\/span> June<\/span> when<\/span> he<\/span> puts<\/span> Vizag<\/span> refinery<\/span> into<\/span> operation.<\/span>Human<\/span> rights<\/span> activists<\/span> estimate<\/span> that<\/span> at<\/span> least<\/span> twice<\/span> as<\/span> many<\/span> as<\/span> him<\/span> died<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> riots.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Modi<\/span> denies<\/span> his<\/span> claims<\/span> that<\/span> he<\/span> failed<\/span> to<\/span> stop<\/span> the<\/span> riots.<\/span> A<\/span> special<\/span> investigation<\/span> team<\/span> set<\/span> up<\/span> by<\/span> the<\/span> Supreme<\/span> Court<\/span> to<\/span> investigate<\/span> Mr<\/span> Modi’s<\/span> role<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> riots<\/span> said<\/span> in<\/span> a<\/span> 541-page<\/span> report<\/span> in<\/span> 2012<\/span> that<\/span> it<\/span> could<\/span> find<\/span> no<\/span> evidence<\/span> to<\/span> indict<\/span> the<\/span> then<\/span> prime<\/span> minister.<\/span> rice<\/span> field.<\/span> Modi<\/span> was<\/span> nominated<\/span> as<\/span> prime<\/span> minister’s<\/span> candidate<\/span> for<\/span> his<\/span> party,<\/span> the<\/span> Hindu<\/span> nationalist<\/span> Bharatiya<\/span> Janata<\/span> Party,<\/span> in<\/span> 2013<\/span> and<\/span> led<\/span> the<\/span> party<\/span> to<\/span> power<\/span> in<\/span> the<\/span> 2014<\/span> and<\/span> 2019<\/span> general<\/span> elections.<\/span>
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\n<\/span>Last<\/span> week,<\/span> a<\/span> spokesman<\/span> for<\/span> India’s<\/span> Ministry<\/span> of<\/span> Foreign<\/span> Affairs<\/span> called<\/span> the<\/span> BBC<\/span> documentary<\/span> a<\/span> “propaganda<\/span> piece”<\/span> designed<\/span> to<\/span> spread<\/span> a<\/span> “discredited<\/span> narrative”.<\/span>ndia<\/span> blocks<\/span> broadcast<\/span> of<\/span> BBC<\/span> documentary<\/span> about<\/span> India’s<\/span> Modi.<\/span>
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MUMBAI (Reuters) – India has blocked broadcasts of a BBC documentary questioning Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership during the 2002 Gujarat riots, and even cut clips shared via social media. The directive to block the sharing of the clip was issued using emergency powers available to the government under the country’s information technology regulations, government […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":3371,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":""},"categories":[280,779,2407],"tags":[57,110,878,879,880,881,882,883],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/MODI.webp","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3369"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3369"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3369\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3372,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3369\/revisions\/3372"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brusselsindependent.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}