Norwegian journalist Helle Lyng says she is denied entry to India despite holding a visa, just before a planned appearance in Hyderabad for the Bharat Summit. According to her account, India’s embassy informed her shortly before departure that she would not be allowed in, and she describes receiving the notice by phone as she was preparing to travel.
Lyng links the decision to her recent public questioning of Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his visit to Oslo. Several outlets report she says her visa was cancelled ahead of the November 14 event, and that she received little or no official explanation. The Hindu reports she appeals to Amit Shah to permit her entry, while others frame the episode around her allegations that the cancellation followed inquiries she made in Oslo.
Taken together, the coverage centres on Lyng’s claims about the timing of the visa revocation and the lack of clarification, as well as her planned focus on media and press freedom at the Hyderabad summit.
