NEW DELHI: Indian students are defying a ban on a BBC program examining Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s past, despite arrests and attempts by authorities to prevent them from organizing screenings. The two-part program, “India: The Modi Question,” examines claims about Modi’s role in the 2002 riots in Gujarat that left more than 1,000 dead, most of them Muslims. The government banned the documentary over the weekend using emergency powers under information technology laws, but students continued to organize screenings across the country. HIGH LIGHTS • Documentary investigates Narendra Modi’s role in the deadly Gujarat riots in 2002. On Friday, the Jamia authorities shut down all the facilities for students,” one of the arrested, Azeez Shareef from the Students Federation of India, told Arab News.

Source: Ethiopian News January 27, 2023 22:54 UTC