The government is suing researchers – including some affiliated with the American Enterprise Institute, where I’m a visiting fellow — for uncovering the truth about the country’s pharmaceutical industry. The researchers respond:

Not even North Korea or Russia have ever taken the illiberal and foolish step of suing scholars for publishing academic research, but India is poised to become the first government to do so. Is that really how India wants to be viewed in the world: as illiberal, hypersensitive, and more concerned about shooting the messenger than responding to our message to improve drug quality and save lives?