Free SpeechDefence Project
An initiative by The Kashmir Walla to promote and defend freedom of speech
In Kashmir, the Indian establishment is curbing freedom of the press in the same breath as it vows to defend it. It is the only explanation for its priorities – interrogating journalists over what the police has slyly termed “fake news” and “glorification of terrorism” – amid a spreading pandemic.
As the undeniable pressure mounts up on the local newspapers and its reporters, The Kashmir Walla asked editors and media watchers: what is the future of news in Kashmir?
Kashmiri journalist Qazi Shibli returned home on the first day of the month of Ramzan after spending nine-months in jail.
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Inspector-General of...
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CPJ calls on authorities to drop charges against Kashmiri journalist
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TV debates causing more pollution than anybody: SC
New Delhi: Debates on TV news channels are causing more pollution than anybody with statements made in the court being taken out of context,...
Kashmiri journalist wins Free Press Unlimited’s ‘Newcomer of 2021’ award
Kashmiri journalist Bhat Burhan wins 'Newcomer of the Year - Hans Verploeg Award 2021' by Free Press Unlimited.
Burhan, who is currently in The Hague...
In Kashmir, journalists under shadow of gun, harassment and intimidation
International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists
On 14 June 2018, one of Kashmir’s most prominent journalists, Shujaat Bukhari, 50, had just finished...
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