White House condemns harassment of WSJ reporter Sabrina Siddiqui who questioned PM Modi on human rightsWASHINGTON: The Biden White House has condemned the purported online harassment and intimidation of Wall Street Journal reporter Sabrina Siddiqui whose question to Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a press conference last week on the alleged discrimination against religious minorities in India has triggered fury among his supporters, who support with his contention that such reports are motivated and overblown. White House spokesperson John Kirby said in response to a question, even as cabinet ministers in India joined right wing trolls in attacking former President Barack Obama, who also appeared to criticize the prime minister on the issue. It’s not going to be determined by the United States,” Biden's National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said.On Monday, the White House confirmed that the matter featured in the Biden-Modi talks. He has done that throughout the past two years and through his career as a vice president and certainly as a senator. I’m not going to get into private conversations, but I think we have made ourselves very clear here on — on our view," White House Press Secretary Karine Jean Pierre said.

Source: Wall Street Journal June 28, 2023 00:43 UTC