Articles for Kashmir Press Club

Committed To Ensure Right To Freedom & Expression; Disagree With Foreign 'World Press Freedom Index' Rankings : Centre Tells Lok Sabha
2 years, 10 months ago

Committed To Ensure Right To Freedom & Expression; Disagree With Foreign 'World Press Freedom Index' Rankings : Centre Tells Lok Sabha

Live Law  

The Centre stated in Lok Sabha that it is committed to ensure the right to freedom of speech and expression. It said that the World Press Freedom Index is published by a foreign Non-Government-Organisation, "Reporters Without Borders" and thus it does not subscribe to its views and country rankings. MP Manish Tewari had asked the following questions whether the journalists …

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‘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 …

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Kashmir Press Club closure worst kind of state heavy handedness: Editors Guild
2 years, 11 months ago

Kashmir Press Club closure worst kind of state heavy handedness: Editors Guild

Hindustan Times  

The Editors Guild of India on Tuesday expressed its deep anguish at the shutting down of the Kashmir Press Club in Jammu and Kashmir, a region, it said, that has seen the “worst kind of state heavy handedness against any independent media". Issuing its second statement in three days since the Jammu and Kashmir administration said the KPC had “ceased …

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J&K govt cancels building, land allotted to Srinagar’s Kashmir Press Club
2 years, 11 months ago

J&K govt cancels building, land allotted to Srinagar’s Kashmir Press Club

Hindustan Times  

The Jammu and Kashmir government on Monday cancelled the allotment of building and land which housed Srinagar’s Kashmir Press Club, two days after it was taken over by a small group of journalists flanked by the police. Media personnel assemble outside the Kashmir Press Club building after the Jammu and Kashmir government took back the premises, in Srinagar, on Monday. …

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Kashmir Press Club ceases to exist, building handed over to Estates Dept.: J&K govt.
2 years, 11 months ago

Kashmir Press Club ceases to exist, building handed over to Estates Dept.: J&K govt.

The Hindu  

The Jammu and Kashmir government on Monday said the Kashmir Press Club ceased to exist and the building had been handed over to the Estates Department in the wake of “a threat of breach of peace and safety of bona fide journalists”. "In view of the unpleasant developments and dissensions between various groups of journalists, it has been decided that …

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Journalists decry ‘forcible takeover’ of Kashmir Press Club
2 years, 11 months ago

Journalists decry ‘forcible takeover’ of Kashmir Press Club

Al Jazeera  

Journalists take over the Kashmir Press Club administration as police and troops stand by – a move journalists call a ‘dangerous precedent’. Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir – Journalists have decried the “forcible and illegal takeover” of an independent media body by a group of journalists with the alleged help of local administration in Indian-administered Kashmir. A day after the coup in …

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Kashmir Press Club Demands Inquiry into Thrashing of Journalists by Army
3 years, 11 months ago

Kashmir Press Club Demands Inquiry into Thrashing of Journalists by Army

News 18  

Kashmir Press Club on Friday demanded an inquiry into the alleged thrashing of three journalists by the Army during a function in Baramulla district and asked the force to take stern action against those found guilty. Journalists covering the function, 'Jashn-e-Baramulla', organised by the Army in the north Kashmir district — where Bollywood actor Amisha Patel was the chief guest …

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