French Journalist Says She Has Been Forced to Leave India

FILE - French journalist Vanessa Dougnac, center, is seen in Nepal, with some local nomads, in 2021. (Photo courtesy of Vanessa Dougnac)

A French journalist who called India home for more than two decades has been forced to return to France after Indian authorities accused her of writing “malicious and critical” reports, “inimical to the interest of the sovereignty and integrity of India.”