Groundxero : 20 August, 2023 The Union Government has blocked the Kashmir based independent news outlet The Kashmir Walla’s website and its social media accounts without serving any notice. The twitter handle of the news website covering political, social and cultural news in the Kashmir Valley has been withheld in India and their Facebook […]
Over 50 press freedom organisations, human rights organisations and publications wrote to Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor to release Fahad Shah and other arbitrarily detained journalists to prevent further criminalization of the profession in Jammu and Kashmir. Over 50 press freedom organisations, human rights organisations and publications wrote to Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor […]
In Kashmir journalists are under shadow of gun, harassment and intimidation. The recent arrest of Fahad Shah, editor of Kashmir Walla, under UAPA for posting ‘anti-national content’ on social media raises a debate about the fate of journalism in times of conflict. Shah was arrested on 4 February as he had uploaded Inayat Ahmad Mir’s family’s […]
Fahad Shah, editor-in-chief of the online news magazine ‘thekashmirwalla’ was arrested on Friday, February 4, 2022, for social media posts, which Kashmir police claimed glorified terrorist activities and caused “dent to the image of law enforcing agencies besides causing ill-will and disaffection against the country”. Shah was summoned for questioning by a police station […]