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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

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

7 journalists jailed in India, Asia has highest behind bars: CPJ

The number of journalists jailed for doing their job has touched a record high this year, seeing a jump of 20 percent as compared to last year with a tally of 323, according to the annual prison census by the Committee to Protect Journalists. India too continues to remain at…

Newslaundry · Dec 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

‘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

Fahad Shah’s arrest reveals a strange pattern in how Kashmir journalists are targeted

On Saturday, February 5, the Srinagar newsroom of the Kashmir Walla, an independent news organisation, was more tense than usual.

Newslaundry · Feb 5, 2022

In Kashmir, India batters press freedom — and journalists

Journalists in Indian-controlled Kashmir have long contended with threats and found themselves caught between the authorities and rebels

The Independent UK · Jan 23, 2022

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 · Jan 18, 2022