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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Aakash Hassan in New Delhi

India criticised over arbitrary travel bans after photojournalist blocked from Pulitzer trip

Kashmiri Pulitzer-winning photojournalist Sanna Irshad Mattoo listens to a phone as she sits in a room
Kashmiri Pulitzer-winning photojournalist Sanna Irshad Mattoo says authorities at Delhi airport barred her from travelling to receive her Pulitzer award even though she held a valid passport and US visa. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

Indian authorities have been criticised after a Kashmiri photojournalist said she was barred from taking a flight to New York where she was scheduled to receive the 2022 Pulitzer prize.

Sanna Irshad Mattoo, 27, was in a team of Reuters photographers who had won a Pulitzer for feature photography for their coverage of the coronavirus crisis in India.

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