French journalist says permit not renewed, forced to leave India
This comes four months after Dougnac — also a French journalist — had stated that she was “forced to leave India”. Like Dougnac, Farcis has Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) status.
French journalist leaves India, claims MHA revoked work permit. (X/sebfarcis) Shortly after two foreign journalists — Vanessa Dougnac and Avani Dias — exited India owing to permit refusals, French journalist Sébastien Farcis, who was the India correspondent for Radio France Internationale and Libération, has alleged that he was forced to leave the country as authorities declined to renew his journalist permit.
This comes four months after Dougnac — also a French journalist — had stated that she was “forced to leave India”. Like Dougnac, Farcis has Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) status.
In a statement on X Thursday, Farcis said: “On June 17, I was forced to leave India, a country where I had lived and worked as a journalist for 13 years, as a South Asia correspondent for Radio France Internationale, Radio France, Libération and the Swiss and Belgian public radios.”
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