India journos sent to jail

India - Indian media expressed outrage on Saturday after a state assembly sentenced five journalists of a top daily to 15 days in jail and sent police to the newspaper office over articles critical of the government.

The assembly in the southern state of Tamil Nadu late on Friday ordered the jail terms against top journalists of The Hindu after the paper ran articles and an editorial that said the provincial government showed "rising intolerance."

After the vote, more than 20 police entered the newspaper's headquarters in the state capital Madras, but an editor told them he would not let them enter without a warrant, newspaper staff members said.

Police returned with a warrant and looked into the offices of top editors, but did not carry out the arrests.

The state assembly ordered jail for The Hindu's publisher, editor, executive editor and two other journalists for "breach of privilege" over articles and an editorial about Chief Minister Jayalalitha Jayaram's government.

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the journalists' point about "rising intolerance" by sending them to jail. :eyes:

I hope Ashcroft doesn't pick up on this one.