Three journalists told CPJ on the condition of anonymity due to fear of reprisal, that reporting in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir has become so difficult that dozens of Kashmiri journalists have fled the valley in recent months, fearing they will be the government’s next targets.
Topics: fear of reprisal, targeting of journalists in Jammu and Kashmir, media censorship and lack of freedom of speech, Hindutva leadership, restrictions on mobility of journalists
Terms: arbitrary detention of Sajad Gul, Fahad Shah of the Kashmir Walla and Aasif Sultan from the Kashmir Narrator, Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA), Kashmir Narrator, Kashmir Walla, arrest of journalist Aakash Hasan, Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act (PSA)
May 2022
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