Masrat Zahra

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Kashimiri photojournalist Masrat Zahra. (Masrat Zahra)

Jammu and Kashmir police launch investigations into 2 journalists

New Delhi, April 20, 2020 — Authorities in Indian-controlled Jammu and Kashmir must immediately stop harassing journalists Masrat Zahra and Peerzada Ashiq, and let them report freely, the Committee to Protect Journalists said today.

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Indian policemen stand guard behind concertina wire during a strike in the town of Srinagar in the state of Jammu and Kashmir on May 21, 2018. A Kashmiri freelance photographer, Masrat Zahra, told CPJ that she has faced online harassment and threats after a photograph of her, captioned with the word

In India, Kashmiri photojournalist faces harassment, threats

Masrat Zahra, a Kashmiri freelance photographer, told CPJ that she faced online harassment and threats after a photograph of her, captioned with the word “mukhbir”–meaning “spy” or “army informer”–was circulated on social media around May 16, 2018.

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