https://civicusmonitor.contentfiles.net/media/documents/GlobalFindings2023.pdf INTIMIDATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS
DEFENDERS AND JOURNALISTS
The use of intimidation as a tactic to silence HRDs and journalists was documented in at least 22 countries in Asia and the Pacific. Among the methods deployed were the surveillance of activists and civil society groups, raids on the homes and offices of activists and journalists, and vilification and threats against their lives and safety.
https://monitor.civicus.org/country/india/
In India, activists have faced intimidation from the National Investigating Agency and are often accused of being security threats while others have faced abductions and attacks https://pucl.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/PUCL-28.09.2022.pdf.
Media outlets such as the BBC and NewsClick have faced raids for their critical reporting while activists and journalists https://monitor.civicus.org/explore/india-raids-on-journalists-and-activists-escalate-while-those-reporting-on-manipur-and-kashmir-are-silenced/
in Indian-administered Kashmir have increasingly been targeted. https://documents.un.org/doc/undoc/gen/g22/606/71/pdf/g2260671.pdf
https://pucl.org/reports/