{"id":200875,"date":"2026-05-18T09:34:52","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T04:34:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/?p=200875"},"modified":"2026-05-18T16:59:06","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T11:59:06","slug":"dutch-pm-raises-concerns-over-press-freedom-minority-rights-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/05\/18\/dutch-pm-raises-concerns-over-press-freedom-minority-rights-in-india.html","title":{"rendered":"Dutch PM raises concerns over press freedom, minority rights in India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-200917\" src=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/05\/Rob-Jetten.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"957\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/05\/Rob-Jetten.jpg 957w, https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/05\/Rob-Jetten-312x220.jpg 312w, https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/05\/Rob-Jetten-666x470.jpg 666w, https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/05\/Rob-Jetten-768x542.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 957px) 100vw, 957px\" \/>New Delhi: Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten has raised concerns over press freedom and minority rights in India.<\/p>\n<p>According to Kashmir Media Service, Jetten, speaking to the media in The Hague, expressed concern over a perceived slide in freedom of expression in India. Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant reported that Jetten, ahead of his meeting with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, told reporters that \u201cthe Dutch government, too, has concerns regarding developments in India\u2026 It is not just about press freedom, but also about the rights of minorities, which are under severe pressure there.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The newspaper added that these concerns are \u201cregularly raised\u201d with the Indian government.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; New Delhi: Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten has raised concerns over press freedom and minority rights in India. According to Kashmir Media Service, Jetten, speaking to the media in The Hague, expressed concern over a perceived slide in freedom of expression in India. Dutch newspaper De Volkskrant reported that Jetten, ahead of his meeting &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":200917,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-200875","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-india"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/05\/Rob-Jetten.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200875","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=200875"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200875\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":200918,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/200875\/revisions\/200918"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/200917"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=200875"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=200875"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=200875"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}