Kashmir journalist arrested under India’s anti-terror law
2 years, 10 months ago

Kashmir journalist arrested under India’s anti-terror law

Associated Press  

SRINAGAR, India — Police in Indian-controlled Kashmir said they arrested a prominent journalist on accusations of publishing “anti-national content,” in a widening crackdown against media in the disputed region. They described the fourth slain teenage boy, the house owner’s son, as a “hybrid” militant, a term authorities began using last year for alleged militants with no police record and who operate as civilians. On Saturday, police tweeted that Shah was wanted in three cases for “glorifying terrorism, spreading fake news & inciting general public for creating L&O situations.” The award-winning journalist has also reported for several foreign publications. The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists asked Indian authorities to “immediately and unconditionally” release Shah and “drop any investigation into his work and cease detaining members of the press.” Steven Butler, CPJ’s Asia program coordinator, said in a statement the arrest “shows Jammu and Kashmir authorities’ utter disregard for press freedom and the fundamental right of journalists to report freely and safely.” “Authorities must immediately release Shah, and all other journalists behind bars, and cease detaining and harassing journalists for simply doing their jobs,” he said.

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In Modi’s India, opponents and journalists feel the squeeze ahead of election
8 months, 1 week ago

In Modi’s India, opponents and journalists feel the squeeze ahead of election

LA Times  

Mihir Desai, a lawyer at his office in Mumbai, India, is defending a dozen political activists, journalists and lawyers jailed in 2018 on accusations of plotting to overthrow the Modi government. The 65-year-old lawyer from India’s financial capital Mumbai is now working on one of his — and the country’s — most high-profile cases: defending a dozen political activists, journalists …

In Modi’s India, opponents and journalists feel the squeeze ahead of election
8 months, 1 week ago

In Modi’s India, opponents and journalists feel the squeeze ahead of election

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government are increasingly wielding strong-arm tactics to subdue political opponents and critics of the ruling Hindu-nationalist party ahead of the nationwide elections that begin this week. Here are their stories: DEFENDING MODI’S CRITICS Mihir Desai has fought for the civil liberties and human rights of India’s most disadvantaged communities, such …

Kashmiri journalist Aasif Sultan rearrested days after release
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Kashmiri journalist Aasif Sultan rearrested days after release

Al Jazeera  

Aasif Sultan, a former editor of Kashmir Narrator magazine, has been rearrested under ‘anti-terror’ law days after his release following five years in jail. A Kashmiri journalist, who was released after spending more than five years in jail earlier this week, has been rearrested by police in another case under India’s stringent “anti-terror” law, according to his lawyer. Pandit said …

Kashmiri journalist arrested two days after being released from 5-year detention
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Kashmiri journalist arrested two days after being released from 5-year detention

New Indian Express  

SRINAGAR: Two days after Kashmiri journalist Asif Sultan was released from a five-year detention, he has been rearrested here in another case, officials said on Friday. The journalist was arrested for "allegedly providing logistical support to a banned militant group." In April 2022, the Jammu and Kashmir High Court granted him bail in the case on the grounds that investigative …

Journalist arrested from Sandeshkhali remanded to police custody
10 months ago

Journalist arrested from Sandeshkhali remanded to police custody

The Hindu  

A sub-divisional court at Basirhat in West Bengal’s North 24 Parganas on Tuesday remanded a television journalist from Sandeshkhali to three days of police custody. Additional Director General of Police, South Bengal Supratim Sarkar, said that the journalist was arrested after the police received a complaint and did a preliminary inquiry. The complainant, a woman, had made a statement before …

Kashmiri journalist Fahad Shah walks out of jail after 600 days
1 year, 1 month ago

Kashmiri journalist Fahad Shah walks out of jail after 600 days

Al Jazeera  

Shah is the owner and editor of independent news portal Kashmir Walla, banned earlier this year by the Indian government. Prominent Kashmiri journalist Fahad Shah has been freed from jail after more than 600 days of confinement after a court granted him bail, saying there was “not enough evidence” to try him for terrorism. In its bail order last week, …

Kashmiri journo Fahad Shah arrested in Feb.'22 on terror charges granted bail
1 year, 1 month ago

Kashmiri journo Fahad Shah arrested in Feb.'22 on terror charges granted bail

Deccan Chronicle  

SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court has granted bail to Peerzada Fahad Shah, the founding editor of news portal 'The Kashmir Walla'. The court quashed certain charges Shah was facing including “abetting terrorism, waging war against the country and promoting enmity” under the Unlawful Activities Act, 1967. 35-year-old Shah, was arrested by the police on February 5, …

As Rana Ayyub laments arrest of 6 'journalists', details of their anti-India activities
1 year, 2 months ago

As Rana Ayyub laments arrest of 6 'journalists', details of their anti-India activities

Op India  

Scam-accused alleged journalist Rana Ayyub has a history of spreading propaganda against Hindus and defending ‘journalists’ accused of involvement in anti-India activities. Rupesh Kumar Singh, Fahad Shah, Asif Sultan, Irfan Mehraj, Majid Hyderi, Gautam Navlakha, Manan Dar, Sajad Gul…… — Rana Ayyub October 3, 2023 In her apparent attempt to garner support for the abovementioned ‘journalists’ Rana Ayyub forgot to …

What is NewsClick? A look at India’s media crackdown
1 year, 2 months ago

What is NewsClick? A look at India’s media crackdown

Al Jazeera  

The raid on NewsClick has raised international concerns about the media in India, where press freedom has plummeted. Police in India have carried out raids against dozens of reporters, drawing outrage from journalists and rights groups over a growing crackdown on the media under Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government. In 2021, India’s domestic law enforcement agency, the Enforcement Directorate, launched …

NewsClick editor arrested in India after raids over alleged foreign funding
1 year, 2 months ago

NewsClick editor arrested in India after raids over alleged foreign funding

Al Jazeera  

Website’s founder Prabir Purkayastha and another staff arrested following raids over allegations of receiving foreign money for pro-China propaganda. “A special investigations team launched a search operation to identify all those individuals who were possibly getting funds from overseas to run a media group with the main agenda of spreading foreign propaganda,” said a home ministry official overseeing the raids …

Indian police condemn BBC for article on press freedom in Kashmir
1 year, 3 months ago

Indian police condemn BBC for article on press freedom in Kashmir

Al Jazeera  

Police in Indian-administered Kashmir threaten to initiate legal action against the British broadcaster for reporting on media crackdown in disputed region. Police in Indian-administered Kashmir have “strongly objected” to an article published by the BBC on press freedom in the Muslim-majority region and threatened to take legal action for “unfairly castigating” its work. “The article unfairly castigates efforts of J&K …

Editor of news channel held for social media post
1 year, 4 months ago

Editor of news channel held for social media post

Hindustan Times  

A 50-year-old editor of a Hindi news channel was arrested on Friday for allegedly posting a misleading post against Gurugram police commissioner Kala Ramachandran, said police. Editor of news channel held for social media post Gurugram police said a case was registered against Mukesh Kumar, resident editor of Noida-based Sudarshan News channel and a resident of Sector 17 on Thursday …

As India holds G20 meet, ‘brutal’ Kashmir media crackdown slammed
1 year, 7 months ago

As India holds G20 meet, ‘brutal’ Kashmir media crackdown slammed

Al Jazeera  

The Committee to Protect Journalists demands ‘immediate release of four arbitrarily detained Kashmiri journalists’. “CPJ calls on the Indian government to end its brutal crackdown on the media and immediately release the four arbitrarily detained Kashmiri journalists,” the group said in a statement shared on Twitter on Monday. CPJ calls on the Indian government to end its brutal crackdown on …

Journalists and human rights defenders in Kashmir face increasing assaults
1 year, 7 months ago

Journalists and human rights defenders in Kashmir face increasing assaults

The Hindu  

Published : May 18, 2023 11:00 IST - 10 MINS READ In Kashmir, detention of journalists no longer comes as a shock, with the State apparatus increasingly brazen in assaulting press freedom and cracking down on any form of civil society dissent. Fahad Shah, founding editor of The Kashmir Walla, an online magazine that captured police brutalities on several instances, …

Pakistan launches online propaganda in support of anti-India journalists
1 year, 8 months ago

Pakistan launches online propaganda in support of anti-India journalists

Op India  

On April 1, Jammu & Kashmir Counter Disinformation Centre detailed multiple campaigns being run by Pakistani handles in support of so-called Kashmiri ‘journalists’ arrested by security agencies for their involvement in anti-India activities. The accused, including Irfan Mehraj, Fahad Shah, Aasif Sultan, and Sajad Gul, are being projected as innocent journalists arrested by security agencies as they reported on “India’s …

India arrests Kashmir journalist Irfan Mehraj on ‘terror’ charges
1 year, 9 months ago

India arrests Kashmir journalist Irfan Mehraj on ‘terror’ charges

Al Jazeera  

Irfan Mehraj, who worked with a prominent human rights organisation, was accused of funding ‘terror’ activities. Kashmiri journalist Irfan Mehraj has been arrested by India’s National Investigation Agency under “terrorism” charges as New Delhi continues its crackdown on journalists in the Muslim-majority Himalayan region. NIA, India’s top “anti-terror” agency, in a tweet on Tuesday said the arrest took place a …

NIA court frames sedition charges against ‘The Kashmir Walla’ editor
1 year, 9 months ago

NIA court frames sedition charges against ‘The Kashmir Walla’ editor

Op India  

A special National Investigation Agency court in Jammu has slapped sedition and UAPA charges against The Kashmir Walla editor Peerzada Fahad Shah. The case was filed after the news website The Kashmir Walla, the editor-in-chief of which is Fahad Shah, published an article written by Abdul Ala Fazili- The Shackles of Slavery Will Break. The Kashmir Walla editor Fahad Shah …

Facing detention under PSA, Kashmiri journalist Fahad Shah gets bail in two cases
2 years ago

Facing detention under PSA, Kashmiri journalist Fahad Shah gets bail in two cases

The Hindu  

Journalist Fahad Shah, incarcerated under the stringent Public Safety Act for over seven months, was granted bail in two cases by the National Investigation Agency court on Thursday. “A special court designated under the NIA today granted bail to chief editor of Kashmir Walla Fahad Shah in FIR No. Mr. Shah started Kashmir Walla in 2009 and “despite years-long financial …

J&K State Investigation Agency files charge sheet against journalist Fahad Shah, scholar Aala Fazili in ‘narrative terrorism’ case
2 years, 2 months ago

J&K State Investigation Agency files charge sheet against journalist Fahad Shah, scholar Aala Fazili in ‘narrative terrorism’ case

The Hindu  

Describing journalist and editor Fahad Shah and scholar Aala Fazili as “contaminated and compromised media persons”, the J&K State Investigation Agency on Thursday filed a chargesheet against the duo in a “narrative terrorism” case. Their interim objective was to preserve Pakistani influence by manipulating and playing with facts, subtly or brazenly, by putting information without context or out of context …

Film on anchor Ravish Kumar ‘angry letter to journalism’ in India
2 years, 3 months ago

Film on anchor Ravish Kumar ‘angry letter to journalism’ in India

Al Jazeera  

While We Watched, a documentary on popular TV journalist, is a ‘wake-up call to how perilous and fragile relationship between free press and democracy is’. In his acceptance speech, Shukla said: “All of us believe at some point in our life that we can be something that is bigger than ourselves and then we spend a lot of time being …

"This Is No Way To Treat A Media Journalist, This Is Lawlessness" : Supreme Court Slams Jharkhand Govt For Arrest Of News 11 Bharat Reporter
2 years, 3 months ago

"This Is No Way To Treat A Media Journalist, This Is Lawlessness" : Supreme Court Slams Jharkhand Govt For Arrest Of News 11 Bharat Reporter

Live Law  

The Supreme Court refused to interfere with the interim order passed by the Jharkhand High Court granting interim bail to News 11 Bharat Journalist Arup Chatterjee. The journalist's wife had approached the High Court alleging that the arrest was made without following the due process of law. Moreover, friends and relatives were not allowed to meet the arrested journalist, despite …

Journalists and press freedom under attack in Jammu and Kashmir
2 years, 9 months ago

Journalists and press freedom under attack in Jammu and Kashmir

The Hindu  

Jammu and Kashmir has never been a hassle-free territory for journalists, but the state’s apparatus of repression has only become more brazen in the post August 5, 2019, era, when it was bifurcated, downgraded into a Union Territory and stripped of its special status. As per media reports, Srinagar’s Additional District Magistrate reportedly issued an order putting on hold the …

‘Kashmir Walla’ editor Shah sent to 10-day police custody
2 years, 10 months ago

‘Kashmir Walla’ editor Shah sent to 10-day police custody

The Hindu  

Fahad Shah, 33, editor of the online news portal The Kashmir Walla was remanded in 10 days police custody by the judicial magistrate, Pulwama, on Saturday.The judge has also asked the police to submit the grounds of detention.Mr. Shah, who was arrested on Friday on sedition charges and under Sections of theUnlawful Activities Act, was presented before the Pulwama court …

Kashmir journalist arrested under India's anti-terror law
2 years, 10 months ago

Kashmir journalist arrested under India's anti-terror law

The Independent  

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Kashmir journalist arrested amid widening crackdown
2 years, 10 months ago

Kashmir journalist arrested amid widening crackdown

Al Jazeera  

Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir – Police in Indian-administered Kashmir have arrested a prominent journalist under stringent “anti-terror” law and sedition, accusing him of “glorifying terrorism” and “spreading fake news”, in an intensifying crackdown on press freedom in the Himalayan region. The Committee to Protect Journalists, a New York-based media watchdog, in a statement called the arrest “utter disregard for press freedom …

‘Kashmir Walla’ editor held for uploading ‘anti-national content’
2 years, 10 months ago

‘Kashmir Walla’ editor held for uploading ‘anti-national content’

The Hindu  

Fahad Shah, editor of the popular Srinagar-based news portal The Kashmir Walla, was arrested on Friday for “uploading anti-national content” on the social media platform, Facebook, the Jammu & Kashmir Police said. A police spokesperson said it had been reliably learnt by the Pulwama police that some Facebook users and portals had been “uploading anti-national content, including photographs, videos and …

‘Systematic fear’: How India battered press freedom in Kashmir
2 years, 10 months ago

‘Systematic fear’: How India battered press freedom in Kashmir

Al Jazeera  

Sajad Gul’s arrest and closure of Kashmir Press Club underscore how fast press freedoms are eroding in the disputed region. “He only used to write.” ‘Direct assault on free media’ Media has always been tightly controlled in Indian-administered Kashmir, the country’s only Muslim-majority region. Kashmir Press Club shut down Last week, a few journalists supportive of the Indian government, with …

In Kashmir, India batters press freedom — and journalists
2 years, 11 months ago

In Kashmir, India batters press freedom — and journalists

Associated Press  

SRINAGAR, India — For five years, Sajad Gul wrote about conflict wracking his homeland, a disputed Himalayan territory where a violent armed rebellion and India’s brutal counterinsurgency have raged for over three decades. “Indian authorities appear determined to prevent journalists from doing their jobs,” said Steven Butler, Asia program coordinator of the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists. Last week, …

In Kashmir, India batters press freedom — and journalists
2 years, 11 months ago

In Kashmir, India batters press freedom — and journalists

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “Indian authorities appear determined to prevent journalists from doing their jobs,” said Steven Butler, …

Kashmir journalist arrested under PSA moved to Jammu jail
2 years, 11 months ago

Kashmir journalist arrested under PSA moved to Jammu jail

Al Jazeera  

Sajad Gul booked under the Public Safety Act, which allows the detention of an individual without trial for six months. A court in Bandipora district granted him bail in the case on Saturday but a day later, police told Gul’s family that the journalist had been booked under the PSA. Confirming Gul’s arrest, a senior police official in Bandipora told …

U.S. based media watchdog asks India to release Kashmiri journalist
2 years, 11 months ago

U.S. based media watchdog asks India to release Kashmiri journalist

The Hindu  

The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists asked Indian authorities to immediately release a journalist in Kashmir, days after police arrested him for uploading a video clip of a protest against the killing of a rebel commander. It wrote on Twitter it was asking Indian authorities to “drop their investigation related to his journalistic work.” Indian soldiers picked up Gul …

Media watchdog asks India to release Kashmiri journalist
2 years, 11 months ago

Media watchdog asks India to release Kashmiri journalist

Associated Press  

SRINAGAR, India — The New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists asked Indian authorities to immediately release a journalist in disputed Kashmir, days after police arrested him for uploading a video clip of a protest against Indian rule. It wrote on Twitter it was asking Indian authorities to “drop their investigation related to his journalistic work.” Indian soldiers picked up Gul …

Media watchdog asks India to release Kashmiri journalist
2 years, 11 months ago

Media watchdog asks India to release Kashmiri journalist

The Independent  

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Do We Need a Presumption of Malice in FIRs Against Journalists Critical of Govt?
3 years, 1 month ago

Do We Need a Presumption of Malice in FIRs Against Journalists Critical of Govt?

The Quint  

Every time a criminal case is slapped against a journalist for being critical of the government or a politician or for just questioning an official narrative, we enter a familiar routine. The opeds from the senior advocates and retired judges decrying misuse of the law, the retired police officers shaking their heads about what the police are doing. If no …

India journalists accused of publishing ‘false news’ granted bail
3 years, 1 month ago

India journalists accused of publishing ‘false news’ granted bail

Al Jazeera  

Journalists Samriddi Sakunia and Swarna Jha were arrested for reporting on anti-Muslim violence in Tripura state. New Delhi, India – Two female Indian journalists who were arrested in the northeastern state of Assam for their coverage of anti-Muslim violence in the neighbouring Tripura state have been granted bail. Sujit Nair, co-founder and managing editor of HW News Network, said on …

Jammu and Kashmir’s apparatus of repression
3 years, 2 months ago

Jammu and Kashmir’s apparatus of repression

The Hindu  

BEING a journalist in Kashmir has always called for indomitable courage and, in some sense, readiness to face the worst possible eventuality. But in post-August 5, 2019, Kashmir, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party finding an animated audience for every assault on Kashmiris’ rights, including the world’s longest Internet shutdown, the strong-arm tactics of …

Indian police raid homes, question four journalists in Kashmir
3 years, 3 months ago

Indian police raid homes, question four journalists in Kashmir

Al Jazeera  

Kashmiri journalists say harassment and threats by police increased after India revoked Kashmir’s semi-autonomous status in 2019. Police in Indian-administered Kashmir have raided the homes of four journalists, triggering concerns of a further crackdown on press freedom in the disputed region that was stripped of its limited autonomy two years ago. Crackdown on journalists Journalists have said harassment and threats …

Concerns as Kashmir police ban live media coverage of gunbattles
3 years, 8 months ago

Concerns as Kashmir police ban live media coverage of gunbattles

Al Jazeera  

New directive prohibits reporters from approaching gun-battle sites and covering ‘law and order’ situations as it puts ‘national security in jeopardy’. Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir – Journalists and media organisations in Indian-administered Kashmir say they are concerned over a new directive issued by the police prohibiting reporters from approaching the sites of gun-battles and covering “law and order” situations, saying it …

Editors Guild calls for fear-free environment for J&K journalists
3 years, 9 months ago

Editors Guild calls for fear-free environment for J&K journalists

The Hindu  

The Editors Guild of India on Monday expressed its shock at security forces in Kashmir routinely detaining journalists and called on the administration to create an environment free of fear for the press. The guild said in a statement it was “shocked by the casual manner in which the editors of Kashmir-based publications are routinely detained by security forces for …

Why a Muslim reporter in India has spent nearly 150 days in jail
3 years, 9 months ago

Why a Muslim reporter in India has spent nearly 150 days in jail

Al Jazeera  

As police probe Siddique Kappan’s alleged link with controversial Muslim group, family and colleagues say arrest part of a larger media crackdown. During a hearing in India’s Supreme Court on a petition filed by the Kerala Union of Working Journalists challenging Kappan’s arrest, police said he was an “office secretary” of the PFI and only used journalism as a facade. …

Govt muffling voices in Kashmir Valley through crackdowns on newspapers and intimidation of journalists
3 years, 10 months ago

Govt muffling voices in Kashmir Valley through crackdowns on newspapers and intimidation of journalists

The Hindu  

The Kashmir valley was always a difficult terrain for journalists to operate in. Around the same time, the Jammu and Kashmir Cyber Police invoked the dreaded Unlawful Activities Prevention Act against two Kashmiri journalists, Gowhar Geelani and Masrat Zahra. In a statement, the Jammu & Kashmir Police said that Cyber Police Station Kashmir Zone, Srinagar, had received information through reliable …

2020 saw surge in ‘harassment’ of Kashmir journalists
3 years, 11 months ago

2020 saw surge in ‘harassment’ of Kashmir journalists

Al Jazeera  

Journalists have been attacked and press freedom curtailed since India stripped Kashmir of its special status last year. More complaints of “harassment” and “intimidation” by journalists followed during the course of the year as reporting from the region has been increasingly becoming difficult since India’s Hindu nationalist government introduced the Revised Media Policy following scrapping of the Article 370 of …

Me Too accused Fahad Shah nominated for RSF 'prize for courage'
4 years, 1 month ago

Me Too accused Fahad Shah nominated for RSF 'prize for courage'

Op India  

Fahad Shah, editor of The Kashmir Walla, has been nominated by Reporters Without Borders for the ‘prize for courage’. He has also been the target of physical assaults.” “The outlet that he runs has played an important part in defending press freedom, using innovative methods to keep 8 million Kashmiris informed despite the fact that they have been cut off …

Police action against freelance journalist Rajeev Sharma 'high-handed', says Press Club of India
4 years, 3 months ago

Police action against freelance journalist Rajeev Sharma 'high-handed', says Press Club of India

Firstpost  

Condemning Sharma’s arrest, the Press Club of India also said that the police should provide pertinent details “so that a defence may be possible to construct” New Delhi: The Press Club of India on Saturday called the arrest of freelance journalist Rajeev Sharma by Delhi Police “high-handed” and alleged that it “may be inspired by obscure or questionable considerations”. It …

'Delhi Police's Record Hardly a Shining One': Press Club of India Calls Action Against Scribe 'High-handed'
4 years, 3 months ago

'Delhi Police's Record Hardly a Shining One': Press Club of India Calls Action Against Scribe 'High-handed'

News 18  

New Delhi: The Press Club of India on Saturday called the arrest of freelance journalist Rajeev Sharma by Delhi Police "high-handed" and alleged that it "may be inspired by obscure or questionable considerations". The Delhi Police on Saturday said Sharma was allegedly passing sensitive information about India's border strategy and Army deployment and procurement to Chinese intelligence agencies. The PCI …

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