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\"\"New Delhi: Delhi Police have detained several journalists, including reporters from independent media outlets and international news agency Reuters, as part of a mass crackdown on protests against Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar, drawing calls for their immediate release from press freedom organisations.<\/span><\/div>\n
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The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and Digipub, a collective of digital news platforms, have called on Delhi Police to immediately release all detained journalists.<\/p>\n

In the days leading up to the protests, Delhi Police had issued a controversial set of guidelines for journalists, directing reporters working on the ground to display their press cards prominently. However, on October 10, police disregarded press credentials and detained several journalists despite their identifying themselves as media personnel.<\/p>\n

The Quint published a video showing journalists inside detention buses despite displaying their press cards. The organisation\u2019s journalist Sarthak Jaiswal was also detained.<\/p>\n

The Scroll\u2019s Executive Editor Supriya Sharma said on X that its reporter Ayush Tiwari had been detained despite showing his press card. Hours later, the outlet\u2019s political editor, Shoaib Daniyal, was also detained from C.R. Park. \u201cHe was not even in Central Delhi,\u201d Sharma wrote.<\/p>\n

Three Newslaundry reporters \u2014 Anmol Pritam, Ashwine Kumar Singh and Astha Savyasachi \u2014 were also detained by Delhi Police, according to a statement issued by the news organisation.<\/p>\n

\u201cDelhi Police have also seized Newslaundry\u2019s official phones, which our reporters were using to carry out their reporting duties. When the journalists identified themselves as media personnel, they were reportedly told, \u2018Koi media nahin hai\u2019,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n

\u201cAround 30 people have been put into a single bus, including protesters and journalists. Our reporters have identified Inspector Dhan Singh Malik as the officer who snatched the phones,\u201d it added.<\/p>\n

Journalist Shyam Meera Singh shared a video showing that journalists covering or recording police detentions were themselves being detained.<\/p>\n

Delhi Police also detained Navbharat Times journalists Hritik Joshi and Rahul Charas while they were working and were taking them to Dariyaganj, the newspaper\u2019s editor, Ashish Pandey, said in a post on X.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey misbehaved with Rahul too,\u201d Pandey wrote.<\/p>\n

Reuters journalist Saurabh Sharma was also detained by Delhi Police on Friday (October 10) while covering the protests.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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