“Guess we will never know.” SUBSCRIBE AND FOLLOW POLITICS Get our top news delivered to your inbox every morning, Monday to Friday. “What kind of a democracy is this?” STATE VERSUS DISSENT The police first came for Wangkhem in August 2018. As word of his arrest went out, the journalism community in Manipur protested and a day later, Wangkhem was released. He was told that the All Manipur Working Journalists Union had ‘apologised’ and secured his release. The next day however, the head of the journalists union told him to go to the Chief Minister’s house to apologise for his Facebook post.

Source: Huffington Post April 18, 2019 03:45 UTC