Reporters Without Orders Ep 194: Tripura violence, arrests and unrest

This week, host Nidhi Suresh is joined by Newslaundry’s Ayush Tiwari.

They discuss the violence in Tripura and Ayush’s report on how the state is encountering a communal clash that has never been an issue in their history.

“Religious differences were never an issue in Tripura, it was always regional differences that created clashes in the past,” Ayush says. “So, it’s all new for the state as well.”

He also details the arrest of two HW News journalists in Tripura and how he sympathises with them on professional grounds. “They were doing journalism, that’s what led to their arrest,” he says.

This and a lot more as they talk about what made news, what didn’t, and what shouldn’t have.

Tune in.

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