In the ** year span between 1992 and 2022, about ** journalists were sentenced to prison in India. The majority of journalists, amounting to **, were arrested on anti-state charges. This was followed by the group of journalists imprisoned under retaliatory charges. Press freedom in India has increasingly been curtailed with the country ranking on the World Press Index in 2022.
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CPJ. (February 2, 2023). Reports of journalists imprisoned in India between 1992 and 2022, by charge [Graph]. In ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Retrieved July 31, 2026, from /statistics/1364771/india-number-of-imprisoned-journalists-by-charge/
CPJ. "Reports of journalists imprisoned in India between 1992 and 2022, by charge." Chart. February 2, 2023. ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ. Accessed July 31, 2026. /statistics/1364771/india-number-of-imprisoned-journalists-by-charge/
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