"A CLIMATE OF FEAR"

One Caravan freelance journalist, Mandeep Punia who was arrested and jailed for more than two days after posting a video of the farmers' protests interviewed farmers who had been jailed with him and, in the absence of a notebook, took notes on his legs so he could file a story after his release on bail. These attacks on the free press come after years of growing repression from Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government. "The Modi government has created a climate of fear," says Aliya Iftikhar, who researches Indian freedom-of-the-press issues for the Committee to Protect Journalists. For both Indian outlets and non-Indian outlets, the situation has become more dangerous, while new legislation makes it more difficult for remaining independent outlets to continue doing their work.