The Latest Breaking News from Fahad Shah

PhD scholar arrested for 'highly provocative, seditious' article published in 2011 in Kashmir Walla

The Jammu and Kashmir state investigation agency arrested a Kashmir University PhD scholar on Sunday over a "highly provocative" and "sedition" article he had written for the Kashmir Walla in 2011.

Newslaundry · Apr 18, 2022

In jail for 4 years, Aasif Sultan booked under PSA days after bail

Days after he received bail, Aasif Sultan, a journalist jailed for four years, has again been booked under the stringent public safety Act by authorities in Jammu and Kashmir, Newsclick reported.

Newslaundry · Apr 11, 2022

Why Kashmir’s journalists are worried about a ‘fifth column’ in their midst

Two months after the Kashmir Press Club’s “takeover” and subsequent closure in Srinagar, some journalists in Kashmir say a report by the Press Council of India has corroborated what they have alleged for a long time now – that they’re being targeted by fellow journalists for being “critical” of the…

Newslaundry · Mar 22, 2022

'Reporting is public service, not crime': 58 organisations write to J&K LG on Fahad Shah's arrest

Fifty-eight press freedom organisations, human rights organisations and publications wrote to Jammu and Kashmir lieutenant governor Manoj Sinha on Monday, asking him to secure the "immediate release" of journalist Fahad Shah.

Newslaundry · Feb 15, 2022

Shashi Tharoor demands 'immediate' release of journalists Siddique Kappan, Fahad Shah and Sajad Gul

On Friday, Congress MP Shashi Tharoor urged home minister Amit Shah to facilitate the "immediate and unconditional release" of journalists Fahad Shah, Sajad Gul and Siddique Kappan, the Indian Express reported.

Newslaundry · Feb 12, 2022

Editors’ Guild condemns arrest of Fahad Shah, editor of the Kashmir Walla

The EGI said the arrest was part of a larger trend in Kashmir of security forces calling journalists for questioning and often detaining them because of their critical reporting of the establishment.

The Hindu · Feb 8, 2022

‘Stop criminalisation of journalism’: DIGIPUB condemns arrest of Kashmir Walla editor

Demanding a “stop to criminalisation of journalism”, the DIGIPUB News India Foundation has condemned the arrest of Kashmir Walla founding editor Fahad Shah and journalist Sajad Gul and that the arrests “reflect a wide-ranging government crackdown on journalists and journalism in Kashmir”.

Newslaundry · Feb 7, 2022

Editors Guild condemns arrest of scribes in Kashmir, demands their immediate release

The editors' body also demanded the immediate release of journalist Sajad Gul

The Hindu · Feb 6, 2022

Editor arrested in Kashmir as press crackdown escalates

Journalist Fahad Shah detained on Friday under terrorism and sedition laws in disputed Indian region

The Guardian - UK · Feb 6, 2022

‘Kashmir Walla’ editor Shah sent to 10-day police custody

Fahad Shah is wanted in three cases for ‘glorifying terrorism’, says IGP

The Hindu · Feb 5, 2022