Journalist hit by arrest warrant due to Adani defamation move
Geoff Law Oct 20, 2022 Extracts The Adani Group has mounted a defamation case against freelance journalist Ravi Nair ostensibly pertains to 26 tweets, but his hard-hitting contributions to AdaniWatch also feature in Adani’s complaint. ..The Delhi Union of Journalists condemned said ‘these attacks constitute a continuum of attacks and threats to independent journalists and journalism in India today’.
According to the CPJ Committee to Protect Journalists., the Adani Group, which is controlled by Gautam Adani, the fourth richest man in the world, has previously filed defamation suits against journalists including Bodhisatva Ganguli, Pavan Burugula, and Nehal Chaliawala of the Economic Times, Latha Venkatesh and Nimesh Shah of CNBC TV18, freelance journalist Paranjoy Guha Thakurta, news website Newsclick, and the news magazine Economic and Policy Weekly.
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