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A man walks in front of the seat of the Karnataka state legislature in Bangalore, India, April 2, 2017. (AP/Aijaz Rahi)

Indian state assembly sentences two editors to prison for defamation

June 23, 2017 1:53 PM EDT

New Delhi, June 23, 2017–The elected assembly of India’s Karnataka state should revoke one-year jail sentences it imposed on two editors in Bangalore, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.