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10 media associations join hands to seek restoration of Kashmir Press Club

To denounce the shutdown of the Kashmir Press Club, 10 journalist associations in the Valley have joined hands to form the ‘Kashmir Media Coalition’, the Kashmir Reader reported. In a meeting attended by journalists from Kashmir, including Altaf Hussain, Nazir Masoodi and Mufti Islah, the coalition condemned the “takeover” and…

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Journalists join hands to fight for Kashmir Press Club

Press Club of India asks L-G ‘to restore the land and registration’

The Hindu

Kashmir Press Club | A watchdog silenced

The Kashmir Press Club, which has been shut down, provided a sense of security to journalists

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When benevolence turns hostile: Why press clubs shouldn’t depend on government patronage

The Kashmir Press Club is dead, killed in its infancy. The dramatic events around this have drawn our attention, yet again, to the dire state of media freedom in Kashmir.

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UK asked to probe Indian officials over Kashmir ‘war crimes’

The request by a London-based law firm made under the principle of ‘universal jurisdiction’ for crimes against humanity.

Al Jazeera

AP Photos: Vaccine workers trek in Kashmir's snowy mountains

In a Himalayan village in the Indian-controlled part of Kashmir young health worker Masrat Farid packed her bag with vaccines on a frigid morning in January as strong winds swept snow through the air.

The Independent UK

UK police asked to probe Indian officials’ role in Kashmir

A London law firm has filed an application with British police Tuesday seeking the arrest of India’s army chief and a senior Indian government official over their alleged roles in war crimes in disputed Kashmir

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Kashmir journalist arrested under PSA moved to Jammu jail

Sajad Gul booked under the Public Safety Act, which allows the detention of an individual without trial for six months.

Al Jazeera

Silence, sycophancy, and some spine: How Kashmir newspapers covered the press club ‘takeover’

On Saturday, days after the process to elect a new council for the Kashmir Press Club was set in motion, the largest association of journalists in the valley witnessed a significant event.

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Kashmir independent press club shut down in media crackdown

Authorities close organisation after pro-government journalists and police storm its premises

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Kashmir Press Club stands dissolved: Estates Department takes back the building at Polo View

There were fears among the journalist community in Kashmir that the “armed takeover” of the Kashmir Press Club over the weekend was aimed at throttling press freedom. Many journalists believed that move was meant to deny working journalists a space to work, debate and assemble independently.

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Thirty winters of longing: Kashmiri Pandits are still waiting for justice, and homecoming

This piece was originally published on the website on January 19, 2020.

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After five months of lockdown, journalists in Kashmir fear for the survival of their profession

It was almost midnight on August 14. At his home in South Kashmir’s Tral in Pulwama, Irfan Amin Malik, a journalist with Greater Kashmir, was getting ready to sleep when soldiers scaled the walls and banged on his door.

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‘Sarkari bulletin’: How the Indian state has used fear and ad money to hollow out Kashmir’s press

What has changed for Kashmiri newspapers since the Indian government’s clampdown in the Valley last August? “It is better if you leave without hearing our answers,” replied an anxious editor at the prominent English daily Rising Kashmir, on a late December evening.

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‘Trauma and torture’: Kashmir lockdown is taking a heavy toll on its journalists

On August 4, Adil, 28, a photojournalist in Srinagar’s downtown area, was at his office in Lal Chowk. Unaffected by the social media rumours and political drama unfolding around him, Adil was researching photo-editing and new camera equipment in the market.

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Daily Dose Ep 190: EU delegation in Kashmir, air pollution, and more

Produced by Parikshit Sanyal, recorded by Anil Kumar, and edited by Umaro Singh.

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Daily Dose Ep 189: EU delegation in Kashmir, Abua Bakr al Baghdadi and more

Produced by Parikshit Sanyal, recorded by Anil Kumar, and edited by Satish Kumar

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What the Ilhan Omar-Aarti Tikoo Singh spat at US Congress hearing on Kashmir says about Indian journalism

The Indian media was willy-nilly in focus at, of all places, the United States House of Representatives on Tuesday when Congresswoman Ilhan Omar pointedly told Aarti Tikoo Singh, a prominent and professionally well-regarded journalist that she ought not to present a sarkari viewpoint.

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‘Bring back Article 370’: Delhi University students protest lockdown in Kashmir

Students of the Delhi University held a protest against the lockdown in Kashmir at the Arts Faculty of North Campus on Thursday. It is over 70 days since the Indian government removed Jammu and Kashmir’s special status and put the valley on lockdown.

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Daily Dose Ep 166: Kashmir, India-Pakistan, Trump’s impeachment proceedings and more

In this episode of Daily Dose, Snigdha Sharma brings you stories from Kashmir, Karnataka, the US and more.

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‘Lawless law’: How the Public Safety Act has become a tool of repression in Kashmir

The officials issuing detention orders under the Public Safety Act in Jammu and Kashmir are mere rubber stamps. This is a common refrain among rights activists and lawyers fighting PSA cases. They argue that this law has been misused by the state ever since it received the governor’s assent on…

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Is the situation in Kashmir normal? No, it isn’t, admits state police chief

In the evening on August 4, the Indian government put Kashmir under a security lockdown and communications blackout to pre-empt protests against the dismantling of its special constitutional status. Over 40 days later, Kashmir is yet to return to “normal”, the state’s police chief Dilbag Singh admitted.

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An open letter to new-born Kashmiri experts

I have changed my demeanour after the abrogation of Article 370, and my bio now reads: ‘A subjugated Kashmiri who has been hegemonised–politically, socially and emotionally.’

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In the company of scribes: A reporter’s diary from Kashmir

When they weren’t traversing the valley for stories and reports, journalists in Kashmir could often be found at the Press Club in Srinagar or at the city’s so-called Media Facilitation Centre. While the former remained a territory of choice for most scribes, the latter became a territory of circumstance.

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#HaftaLetters: A review of NL Hafta review by Navjot and Sonali on Kashmir

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