Sultan, a journalist with a now-closed monthly news magazine, was arrested in a case under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA in 2018. After bail in that case last year, he was booked under PSA.
Within a few months after moving out of the classroom, a young reporter in Kashmir Life landed in a team that shot an infotainment series for Ramzan, the Muslim month of fasting. Unprecedented, the almost all-women initiative was a huge success.
'They can’t keep him behind bars only for frivolous cases. The only power they have is to level the PSA against him. They are taking advantage and misusing this power,' the journalist's lawyer said.
Srinagar: Journalists Allege Manhandling by Police Amidst Clashes at Jamia Masjid
The police also summoned Fahad Shah, the editor of Kashmir Walla, in connection with a video story and a news item that appeared on the outletâs Twitter handle.
The Jamia Masjid mosque in Srinagar. Photo: Shakir Mir
Rights06/Mar/2021
Srinagar:Â Two journalists in Srinagar were allegedly manhandled by the Jammu and Kashmir police on Friday when an incident of stone-pelting broke out outside the Jamia Masjid.
The 619-year-old mosque in the city has been a political citadel of Hurriyat leader Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, who was expected to be released from his 19-month long house detention on March 5, before authorities decided against the move, prompting an outcry from his supporters.