The Committee to Protect Journalists today called on authorities in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir to reverse moves in recent days to shut down the Kashmir Press Club, the largest elected trade body representing journalists in the territory.
Topics: media censorship, harassment of journalists, suspension of Kashmir Press Club’s registration
Terms: Kashmir Press Club, persecution of journalists, denial of freedom of right to free expression, denial of freedom to free press and information
“Suspending Kashmir Press Club’s registration and taking over its premises is the latest move by the Jammu and Kashmir administration to prevent journalists from doing their jobs,” said Steven Butler, CPJ’s Asia program coordinator, in Washington, D.C.“Jammu and Kashmir authorities should immediately allow the Kashmir Press Club to resume operations and stop its repeated harassment of journalists in the territory."
January 2022
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