Indian police raid news website over alleged China ties, sparking concerns for press freedom
Fox News
Indian police conducted raids on the premises of a news website currently being probbed for alleged financial ties to China, as well as the residences of several of its journalists.
NewsClick, founded in 2009, is known as a rare Indian news outlet willing to criticize Prime Minister Narendra Modi. A number of other news organizations have been investigated for financial impropriety under Modi's Hindu nationalist government, as international monitors warn that press freedom is eroding in India.
Indian authorities registered a case against the site and its journalists on Aug. 17, weeks after a New York Times report alleged that the website had received funds from an American millionaire who, the Times wrote, has funded the spread of "Chinese propaganda." NewsClick has denied the charges.