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International Press Institute asks US secretary of state to raise issue of press freedom on India visit

27 July 2021
Antony Blinken, the US secretary of state, arrives in Amman, Jordan, on 26 May 2021. On 27 July, Blinken began a two-day visit to India. The International Press Institute urged him to raise the issue of press freedom during his bilateral meetings with Indian leaders during the visit.
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Antony Blinken, the US secretary of state, arrives in Amman, Jordan, on 26 May 2021. On 27 July, Blinken began a two-day visit to India. The International Press Institute urged him to raise the issue of press freedom during his bilateral meetings with Indian leaders during the visit.
Ron Przysucha / U.S. Department of State / Wikimedia Commons

On 27 July, the International Press Institute—a global network of media executives and leading journalists formed to defend press freedom—wrote a letter to Antony Blinken, the US secretary of state, about the hostile climate towards independent journalism in India. The IPI asked Blinken, who began a two-day visit to India on 27 July, to raise the issue of press freedom during his bilateral meetings with Indian leaders. The statement is reproduced below.

His Excellency Anthony Blinken

Honourable Secretary of State

United States

27 July 2021

Keywords: Freedom of Press independent media Indian journalism journalism Journalists' arrest
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