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โ€œInternal Matter,โ€ Says India As German Foreign Ministry Invokes Zubairโ€™s Arrest

The Indian government, reacting sharply to the criticism by German Foreign Minister over journalist Mohammed Zubairโ€™s arrest, today said it was Indiaโ€™s โ€œinternal issueโ€ and it was needless to comment on a case that is before the court.

Arindam Bagchi, spokesperson for the Indian foreign ministry, said: โ€œThis is our internal matter. The matter is before the court. Our legal system is independent. Any comment on it is unhelpful. Itโ€™s not right.โ€

Earlier, German foreign ministry had given a strong statement on the detention of Mohammed Zubair.

A German foreign ministry spokesperson, while answering questions from mediapersons, had said: โ€œFree reporting is beneficial to any society and restrictions are a cause for concern. Journalists should not be persecuted and imprisoned for what they say and write. We are indeed aware of this specific case and our embassy in New Delhi is monitoring it very closely.โ€

The spokesperson further informed that the European Union had an ongoing human rights dialogue with India and โ€œthe freedom of expression and freedom of the pressโ€ are a focus of those discussions.

โ€œIndia describes itself as the worldโ€™s largest democracy. So one can expect democratic values like freedom of expression and freedom of the press to be given the necessary space there,โ€ the German Foreign Ministry spokesperson had asserted.

 

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