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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Delhi

Kashmir independent press club shut down in media crackdown

Kashmiri journalists protest against the media crackdown in the region in Srinagar in July 2020
Kashmiri journalists protest against the media crackdown in the region in Srinagar in July 2020. Photograph: Dar Yasin/AP

The future of press freedom in Indian-administered Kashmir has been thrown into question after pro-government journalists and police officers forcibly took over its independent press club, which the authorities later shut down.

The incident, which follows the harassment and detention of dozens of journalists in Kashmir in recent months, is the latest attack on independent journalism in the region, which is disputed between India and Pakistan.

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