New Delhi: More than 230 journalists, news organisations, academics and artists have condemned the Delhi police’s raid on NewsClick, saying it constitutes a “worrying attack on the democratic principles of press freedom and freedom of expression”.They said that media outlets like NewsClick strengthen democracy by “shining a light and giving a voice to those marginalized and silenced sectors of society which clamour for dignity and change”.Expressing solidarity, they demanded the immediate release of NewsClick editor Prabir Purkayastha and HR head Amit Chakravarty, who have been arrested under the draconian Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act [UAPA].Read the full statement, along with the list of signatories, below.§We, the undersigned journalists, progressive news publications, academics, artists, and political leaders, from around the world, join together to condemn the horrific repression faced by our colleagues at Newsclick and Peoples Dispatch in India on October 3, 2023. The mass raids and detentions unleashed against journalists, commentators, cartoonists, and comedians associated with the outlet, as well as the arrest of its editor-in-chief Prabir Purkayastha and administrator Amit Chakraborty under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act constitute a worrying attack on the democratic principles of press freedom and freedom of expression.NewsClick is exactly the kind of media outlet which strengthens a democracy, shining a light and giving a voice to those marginalized and silenced sectors of society which clamour for dignity and change.We stand with our colleagues at Newsclick and Peoples Dispatch and demand the immediate release of those arrested.Signatories:Andrea Ross, Frente Patria Grande, ArgentinaErika Gimenez, ARG Medios, ArgentinaFacundo, Comuna, ArgentinaFernando Rule Castro, ArgentinaFrancisco Rodrigo Farina, Editorial El Colectivo, ArgentinaFrancisco Vértiz, Editorial Batalla de Ideas, ArgentinaJulián Pilatti, Arg medios, ArgentinaLautaro Rivara, ArgentinaPaula Klachko, ArgentinaSofia Urosevich, ARG Medios, ArgentinaGabriel Shipton, AustraliaSalami Nidol, SamSin TV, BéninJuan Espinoza del Villar, Midia Ninja, BoliviaAndrés Huanca, Abya Yala Tv, BoliviaAbdon Franklin de Meiroz Grilo, BrazilAssociação Catarinense de Rádios Comuitárias, BrazilAline Tatiane Adolphs, BrazilAna Marta Resing, BrazilClaudio Antonio Ribeiro, Aposentado, BrazilEliane Silveira, Sindicato dos Jornalistas do Rio Grande do Sul, BrazilGabriella Petroni, Brazil de Fato, BrazilJoão Carlos Santin, Jornalismo RadCom, BrazilJoão Costa, Jornalista, BrazilJoaquim Soriano, BrazilKatia Camargo, BrazilKatia Marko, Brazil de Fato RS, BrazilLara Sfair, ABI, BrazilLaura Santos Rocha, Sindicato de Jornalistas Profissionais do Rio Grande do Sul (SindJoRS), BrazilLeandro Melito Ferreira, Freelancer, BrazilLeda Beck, APJor, BrazilLeila Tais Vicari, Verdeperto Comunicação, BrazilLetícia Castro, Imprensa, BrazilLuiz Fernando Taranto, BrazilMarcos Ferreira, BrazilMaria, Brasil de Fato, BrazilMartha Raquel Rodrigues, Jornalistas Livres, BrazilNiara de Oliveira, freelancer, BrazilNina Fideles, Brasil de Fato, BrazilRosimer, BrazilVivian Neves Fernandes, BrazilVladimir Sacchetta, Porviroscópio Projetos e conteúdos, BrazilWevergton Brito Lima, Site i21.org.br, BrazilDavina Bhandar, CanadaKaushalya Bannerji, Artist, CanadaRita Kaur Dhamoon, Associate Professor, CanadaSubho Basu, CanadaTyson, Rebel Youth Magazine, CanadaTaroa Zúñiga Silva, Globetrotter, ChilePablo Abufom, Revista Posiciones, ChilePatricia Silva Soto, ChileTings Chak, Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research, ChinaAna Vracar, Peoples Health Dispatch, CroatiaRosa Miriam Elizalde, Dominio Cuba, CubaIrene León, REDH, EcuadorAnabel, EcuadorMahmoud Hashem, Africavoices.net, EgyptFabien Tarrit, FranceSevim Dagdelen, German Bundestag, GermanyKwesi Pratt Jnr., Managing Editor of The Insight Newspaper and founder of Pan African Television, GhanaOscar Gálvez, Voces de Iximulew, GuatemalaJean Waltès Bien-Aimé, Radio Resistencia, HaitíIndia and Global Left, IndiaMrinal Kanti Das, IndiaRajarshi Adhikary, IndiaSoumyaneel Dasgupta, Jadavpur University, IndiaSubhabrata Roy, IndiaSuchetana Chattopadhyay, IndiaVijay Prashad, Globetrotter, IndiaChris Hazzard, IrelandBianca Maria, ItalyGiuliano Granato, ItalyGiuseppe, ItalyMaurizio Coppola, freelance, ItalyNicola, ItalyNicoletta Manuzzato, ItalyPartito della Rifondazione Comunista – Sinistra Europea, ItalyRoberto Evangelista, ItalyRuggiero Alessandro, ItalyNick Deane, JamaicaJennes Anderson, JamaicaAhmed Kaballo, African Stream, KenyaRania Khalek, BreakThrough News, LebanonKai, MalaysiaDaniel Kent, MexicoAlina Duarte, De Raíz, MéxicoAmílcar Guerra, Personal, MéxicoColectivo Editorial Incendiar el Oceano, Colectivo Editorial Incendiar el Oceano, MéxicoMaria Celi, PerúLuis de Jesús, BreakThrough News, Puerto RicoSelena Nadal, Exprimiendo La Calle, Puerto RicoEdda López Serrano, Independiente, Puerto RicoArtemiy Semenovskiy, RussiaEfemia Chela, Inkani Books, South AfricaMqapheli, AbahlalibaseMjondolo, South AfricaPretty Sinenhlanhla, South AfricaRichard, Academic & journalist, South AfricaS’bu. 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