"Days after India blocked a BBC documentary that examines Prime Minister Narendra Modi's role during 2002 anti-Muslim riots and banned people from sharing it online, authorities are scrambling to halt screenings of the program at colleges and universities and restrict clips of it on social media, a move that has been decried by critics as an assault on press freedom."
"Tensions escalated in the capital, New Delhi, on Wednesday at Jamia Millia University, where a student group said it planned to screen the banned documentary, prompting dozens of police equipped with tear gas and riot gear to gather outside campus gates. Police, some in plain clothes, scuffled with protesting students and detained at least half a dozen, who were taken away in a van."
"Jawaharlal Nehru University in the capital cut off power and the internet on its campus on Tuesday before the documentary was scheduled to be screened by a students' union. Authorities said it would disturb peace on campus, but students nonetheless watched the documentary on their laptops and mobile phones after sharing it on messaging services such as Telegram and WhatsApp."
India's federal government blocked a two-part BBC documentary titled "India: The Modi Question" and banned sharing it online. Authorities are trying to stop screenings at colleges and universities and limit social media clips. Police in New Delhi gathered outside Jamia Millia University in riot gear, scuffled with students and detained at least half a dozen. Jawaharlal Nehru University shut off power and internet before a planned screening, yet students viewed and shared the documentary via messaging apps. University of Hyderabad opened a probe after a screening, and BJP workers protested screenings in Kerala. Critics called the actions an assault on press freedom.
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