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At least 2 journalists detained amid tensions in Jammu and Kashmir
August 16, 2019 3:44 PM ET
New Delhi, August 16, 2019—The Committee to Protect Journalists today called on the Indian government to immediately stop its harassment of journalists in Jammu and Kashmir and to allow them to work freely. Authorities have detained at least two journalists in the past week amid tensions and the communications...
In Kashmir, obstruction, confiscated equipment, and hand-carrying stories and photos on flash drive
August 8, 2019 5:20 PM ET
“You are from the press, you are not allowed,” a local Kashmiri news editor says Indian security forces told him yesterday at one of the dozens of checkpoints set up across the region....
CPJ calls on India to ensure access to internet and communications services in Kashmir
August 5, 2019 3:15 PM ET
New York, August 5, 2019--The Committee to Protect Journalists today expressed alarm at reports of a communication blackout and the arrest of a journalist in Indian-controlled Jammu and Kashmir state amid an escalating political crisis....
Hyderabad police detain Mojo TV's Revathi Pogadadanda
July 12, 2019 2:36 PM ET
Washington, D.C., July 12, 2019--Hyderabad police should immediately release journalist Revathi Pogadadanda, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Pogadadanda, the founder and former CEO of independent news channel Mojo TV, was forcibly taken to a police station this morning, according to news reports....
Former official assaults Indian journalist, family in Gujarat
July 10, 2019 11:20 AM ET
On July 6, 2019, three men assaulted Harshad Ahir, Valsad bureau chief of privately owned daily Gujarat Mitra, and his wife and infant child at their home in Gujarat's Valsad district, in western India, according to the journalist, who spoke to CPJ via phone, and news reports....
Indian investigative agency questions Greater Kashmir editor Fayaz Kaloo for 6 days
July 9, 2019 3:28 PM ET
New Delhi, July 9, 2019--Indian authorities should stop harassing journalists and employees of the Greater Kashmir newspaper, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today. Fayaz Kaloo, the editor-in-chief of the privately owned newspaper--one of the leading dailies in Indian-controlled Jammu and Kashmir state--was questioned for nearly a week by...
Indian government drops advertisements from major newspaper groups in apparent retaliation for coverage
June 28, 2019 3:20 PM ET
New York, June 28, 2019 -- The Indian government has cut off advertisements to three major newspaper groups--The Times Group, ABP Group, and The Hindu--in apparent retaliation for their critical news coverage, according to news reports....
Kashmir editor Ghulam Jeelani Qadri arrested over 1992 case
June 28, 2019 12:50 PM ET
On June 24, 2019, police in Indian-controlled Jammu and Kashmir arrested Ghulam Jeelani Qadri, the editor of privately owned Urdu-language daily Aafaq, as part of a 27-year-old criminal complaint against him, according to news reports....
Indian journalist G. Muthuvel attacked, threatened after reporting on police officer
June 27, 2019 11:45 AM ET
New Delhi, June 27, 2019 -- Police in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu must promptly investigate and prosecute those behind the attack on journalist G. Muthuvel and protect him from further attacks, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today....