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.
The Kashmir Walla Fahad Shah summoned to police station
The media is facing tough times. Free and fair reporting is not being tolerated, particularly in states like Jammu and Kashmir and Uttar Pradesh. In UP journalists have been targeted with violence, arrested, and slapped with cases for basically reporting the ground reality. In Kashmir, it is worse, as journalists can barely function and when they do try they pay a price that is scary as the situation is tense, and given the politically charged environment the charge of sedition sticks easier than in other parts of India.
The latest to draw government ire is The Kashmir Walla, a brave and professional effort by editor in chief Fahad Shah and assistant editor Yashraj Sharma. Shah was called to the police station early morning and released a little later. “I am back now, thank you so much for your support,” Shah tweeted. The summons was ostensibly for a story carried by The Kashmir Walla about photographers being beaten up
Follows a pattern of intimidation : Digipub condemns detention of journalist Fahad Shah in Srinagar
Shah was reportedly summoned by the police over his website s story on an alleged attack on two photojournalists.
06 Mar, 2021
Digipub News India Foundation issued a statement today condemning the detention of journalist Fahad Shah in connection with his reports on an attack on two photojournalists in Srinagar.
DigiPub strongly condemns the detention of Fahad Shah, Editor-in-Chief of the Kashmirwalla, simply for reporting on police violence. pic.twitter.com/LCnZGTECUC DIGIPUB News India Foundation (@DigipubIndia) March 6, 2021
The two photojournalists,
BBC s Shafat Farooq and freelancer Saqib Majeed, were allegedly assaulted by the police when protests began in Srinagarâs Nowhatta area on Friday afternoon ,
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