The top statutory press body's decision comes after former chief minister Mehabooba Mufti flagged the issue of repression faced by journalists in Kashmir.
SRINAGAR: Director General of Jammu and Kashmir Police Dilbag Singh on Wednesday ordered immediate action against the police officer for undesirable behaviour with journalists in Srinagar while covering Muharram processions.
by Ubaidullah Pandit Now in order not to lose our truthfulness and not to be in debt of ignorance ever, these are some of the questions which we on the human level are capable of asking: Who created the information? Who published the information? How old is the information? One of the greatest ethi.
SRINAGAR: The Editors Guild of India on Saturday called for the Kashmir police to withdraw it’s advisory against live reporting of encounters. In a statement, the guild said the police had forbidden journalists from reporting live encounters with militants “on the specious plea that it is ‘lik.
Editors Guild Of India Condemns Detention Of Journalists In Kashmir
SRINAGAR: The Editors Guild of India has expressed shock at the “casual manner” in which editors of Kashmir-based publications are detained for their reporting or editorials. “The case in point is the recent detention and subsequent release-after many hours-of the editor of a Srinagar based publication The Kashmir Walla,” a statement issued by the Editors Guild of India reads.
The statement said the Kashmir Walla’s Editor-in-Chief Fahad Shah was released after detained for several hours. “This was the third time that Shah was detained for his writings. His is not the only case. There are scores of journalists who are experiencing this new normal where they can be hauled up by security forces for writing anything that goes contrary to the government narrative that peace has returned to the Valley.”