India’s political parties urged to adopt 10-point press freedom program ahead of elections
RSF asks India’s political parties to commit to press freedom by adopting ten key recommendations that aim to defend the right to reliable news and information and protect journalists.
Kashmiri journalist Aasif Sultan re-arrested hours after arriving home from jail
Indian authorities urged to immediately cease harassing Kashmiri journalist Aasif Sultan in retaliation for his work.
Terrorism charges still used to persecute journalists in Jammu and Kashmir
Majid Hyderi’s detention has brought the number of journalists currently held in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir to six.
India blocks “The Kashmir Walla” website and social media accounts
‘The Kashmir Walla’ described the blocking of its accounts as “opaque censorship” and “gut-wrenching.”
India: Internet shutdowns hurt vulnerable communities
Human Rights Watch interviewed more than 70 people, including those directly affected by internet shutdowns in several locations.
Asked to stop by “for five minutes,” Kashmiri reporter now facing possible life imprisonment
Kashmiri journalist Irfan Mehraj, who runs Wande Magazine, is facing the possibility of life imprisonment following his arrest by the National Investigation Agency.
Police in India-administered Jammu and Kashmir raid homes of seven journalists
Police seized electronic devices including laptops, mobiles phone, memory cards, and pen-drives during the raids.
‘An open-air prison’: Kashmiri journalists on how travel bans undermine press freedom
Several Kashmiri journalists have reported that they are being barred from traveling abroad.
Kashmir: Unabated attacks against journalists exacerbate media repression
“The region’s independent journalists and media outlets have come under intense pressure, facing arbitrary detention and arrest as well as internet shutdowns, which have prevented them from communicating and publishing their work.”
Who will be next in Indian police persecution of Kashmir magazine’s journalists?
The “Kashmir Walla”‘s journalists are being sent to jail one after another.
Kashmiri journalist Aasif Sultan granted bail, then re-arrested under preventative detention law
Detained since 2018, Kashmiri journalist Aasif Sultan was granted bail on 5 April but was rearrested again five days later under the 1978 Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act.
CPJ, rights groups, and publications call for release of Fahad Shah and other Kashmiri journalists
58 groups have signed a letter calling for the urgent release of Fahad Shah, editor of the online news portal “The Kashmir Walla”, and the withdrawal of all police investigations launched into his journalistic work.
Kashmir journalist Fahad Shah arrested over ‘anti-national content’
Fahad Shah, editor of ‘The Kashmir Walla’, was arrested for publishing “anti-national content”. The Committee to Protect Journalists calls for his unconditional release.
Pressure on Kashmiri journalists intensifies as government intimidation grows
Journalists worry about the state of press freedom after government detains a journalist and shuts down press club.