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“Everyone is absolutely terrified”: Inside a US ally‘s secret war on its American critics - Vox

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A foreign government is trying to silence US critics of its authoritarian turn — and it's succeeding. by Zack Beauchamp I met Raqib Naik, a journalist who had fled his native India, at a coffee shop in suburban Maryland. We sat at the same metal table where he once discussed the prospect of his assassination with FBI agents. Naik is a Muslim from Jammu and Kashmir, India’s only Muslim-majority state. In August 2019, Prime Minister Narendra Modi revoked the state’s longstanding self-determination rights and temporarily imposed martial law. Indian officials arbitrarily detained thousands of Kashmiris, including many journalists. Through it all, Naik did his best to convey the reality in Kashmir to the outside world — a firsthand account of what was really going on in what’s often termed “the world’s largest democracy.” On August 15, 10 days after the crackdown in Kashmir began, Naik received the first of three visits from Indian military intelligence officers who interrogated him about h

Politics / World Politics “Everyone is absolutely terrified”: Inside a US ally’s secret war on its American critics A foreign government is trying to silence US critics of its authoritarian turn — and it’s succeeding. by Zack Beauchamp May 22, 2024, 10:00 AM UTC Christian Blaza for Vox Zack Beauchamp is a senior correspondent at Vox, where he covers ideology and challenges to democracy, both at home and abroad. His book on democracy, The Reactionary Spirit , was published 0n July 16. You can purchase it here. I met Raqib Naik, a journalist who had fled his native India, at a coffee shop in sub

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