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Journalist Rana Ayyub stopped from leaving India at Mumbai airport

NRI Affairs News Desk by NRI Affairs News Desk
March 30, 2022
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Indian authorities stopped renowned journalist Rana Ayyub from boarding a flight to London on Tuesday at Mumbai airport.

On Tuesday, Indian journalist Rana Ayyub said that the authorities stopped her from travelling to London.

“I was stopped today at Mumbai immigration from travelling to deliver this address and onwards to International Journalism Festival to deliver the keynote speech on Indian democracy. I had made this announcement public over weeks, yet the ED (Enforcement Directorate) summon very curiously arrived in my inbox after I was stopped,” Ms Ayyub tweeted.

The Enforcement Directorate is investigating the alleged violation of foreign funding rules by Ms Ayyub after she raised funds to help the Covid victims. The UP police registered a case against her in September after one Vikas Sankrityayan – the founder of an NGO called “Hindu IT Cell” and a resident of Indirapuram filed an FIR.

A critic of the Narendra Modi government claims the “entire donation received through Ketto is accounted for and not a single paisa has been misused”.

This is unconscionable. And it will ultimately fail in its purpose. @RanaAyyub's message can't be stopped at the border, and her warnings about press freedom in India will if anything be amplified by the effort to bar her person. https://t.co/QKgBS6deLq

— Nicholas Dawes (@NicDawes) March 29, 2022

And next week, @RanaAyyub is due to give the keynote address @journalismfest in Italy 🇮🇹 I will be moderating. If the Modi government wants to challenge the key message that the Indian State is a #pressfrredom abuser, it would be wise to #LetRanaFly https://t.co/4AzSeskk19

— Dr. Julie Posetti (@julieposetti) March 29, 2022
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Several international organisations, including UNHCR, have supported Ms Ayyub. International Press Institute tweeted on Tuesday, “IPI joins the wave of solidarity with Rana Ayyub. The prominent journalist and critic of Modi’s govt have been detained when she was to board her flight to London. We urge India to #LetRanaFly to Europe where she is scheduled to speak on online harassment at several international events.”

PEN America stands in solidarity with journalist @RanaAyyub, who was recently prevented from traveling to London to speak about the impact of #OnlineAbuse and the growing threats to #pressfreedom in India. We demand Indian authorities #LetRanaFly and drop the charges against her. https://t.co/PlAd0ekrVt

— PEN America (@PENamerica) March 29, 2022

We @IndexCensorship condemn this obviously politically motivated action by the Indian authorities. Preventing journalists from such travel is a suppression of #mediafreedom. We hope the Indian authorities rethink & allow @RanaAyyub to attend @journalisfest. https://t.co/QfruWaqdEz

— Index on Censorship (@IndexCensorship) March 29, 2022

Another organisation PEN America also expressed solidarity with the author of the book ‘Gujarat Files’.

“PEN America stands in solidarity with journalist  @RanaAyyub, who was recently prevented from travelling to London to speak about the impact of #OnlineAbuse and the growing threats to #pressfreedom in India. We demand Indian authorities #LetRanaFly and drop the charges against her,” it tweeted.

Hello @instagram , shame on you ! https://t.co/LBGZUUywUP pic.twitter.com/IajK9Lvijh

— Rana Ayyub (@RanaAyyub) March 29, 2022

Rana Ayyub has received online death and rape threats by Hindu nationalists.  

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