Fahad Shah, 36, founder and editor of the Srinagar-based news magazine and portal The Kashmir Walla, is likely to be released this week, days after the Jammu & Kashmir High Court came down heavily on the administration for invoking various sections of the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) against him and granted him bail.
However, the news magazine Mr. Shah founded in 2009 has no physical or virtual address anymore. According to a statement issued by the magazine, its portal and social media handles were shut down, and its staff members were forced to evict their office in August this year.
“Our Facebook page – with nearly half a million followers – had been removed. As had our Twitter account, ‘in response to a legal demand’. In tandem with this move, we have also been served an eviction notice by the landlord of our office in Srinagar and are in the process of evicting the office,” the statement read.
