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SRINAGAR - Journalists covering the first district elections to take place in Indian-controlled Kashmir since the government revoked the region’s special status last year say they are being harassed and obstructed from reporting.
Media in the region were already facing challenges, including regulations imposed during the COVID-19 lockdown, limited internet access, restrictive new media laws, and arrests and harassment that have ramped up since India removed Article 370 from the constitution in August 2019, which granted autonomy to Jammu and Kashmir, India’s Muslim majority state.
But journalists say covering the District Development Councils and Panchayat by-elections have been particularly tough, with at least three assaulted while reporting on alleged obstruction at polls; pressure placed on the media to not report critically; and a high-speed internet ba
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