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‘Promises hollow, not sure how surveillance will change’: Journalists on J&K polls and manifestos

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Newslaundry · Aug 31, 2024

In Kashmir, parties offer little hope for journalists in run-up to polls

There is little that parties in poll-bound Jammu and Kashmir are offering for journalists despite increased challenges to press freedom over the last five years in the erstwhile state.

Newslaundry · Aug 31, 2024

Assembly polls: J&K at the cusp of another change. Is its media free enough to report it?

Jammu and Kashmir is set to hold assembly polls after a decade in October, but it seems that not every journalist will be able to cover it freely – the past five years have been especially difficult for the press in the valley.

Newslaundry · Aug 30, 2024

After 2 years behind bars, Kashmir Walla editor Fahad Shah walks out of jail

Kashmiri journalist and The Kashmir Walla editor Fahad Shah walked out of the jail today after nearly two years of incarceration – a week after the Jammu and Kashmir High Court granted him bail in a case involving a purported “seditious” article he wrote 13 years ago. 

Newslaundry · Nov 23, 2023

Kashmiri journalist Fahad Shah walks out of jail after 600 days

Shah is owner and editor of independent news portal Kashmir Walla, banned earlier this year by the Indian government.

Al Jazeera · Nov 23, 2023

Fahad Shah set to be released, but Kashmir Walla is a magazine without an address

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…

The Hindu · Nov 21, 2023

‘Tendency to detain critics of govt’: J&K High Court quashes arrest of Kashmir Walla reporter

The arrest of Kashmir journalist Sajad Gul in January 2022 was part of a “tendency” by authorities to “detain the critics of the policies...of the government machinery” which is an “abuse of the preventive law”. 

Newslaundry · Nov 20, 2023

J&K High Court grants bail to editor Fahad Shah in terror conspiracy case

The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh has quashed several charges including that of terror conspiracy against an editor of a news portal. Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News · Nov 18, 2023

J&K High Court grants bail to journalist held for 21 months under PSA

J&K High Court grants bail to Fahad Shah, editor of The Kashmir Walla, after 21 months in jail under PSA & quashing charges under UAPA. He still faces trial under Sections 13 & 35, 39 of UAPA & FCRA. His arrest was widely condemned by journalists' bodies.

The Hindu · Nov 17, 2023

Indian police condemn BBC for article on press freedom in Kashmir

Police in disputed Kashmir region threaten legal action against the broadcaster for reporting on media crackdown.

Al Jazeera · Sep 2, 2023