SRINAGAR – In its 66-year history, the Kashmir Times has weathered many attempts to block its reporting: pressure by militants, withdrawal of state advertising, even people setting fire to stacks of the paper in the street. Its latest hurdle: eviction from the newspaper’s Srinagar offices Authorities in the Indian-controlled region of Jammu and Kashmir this month ordered staff to vacate the premises and sealed the Kashmir Times office. A few days earlier, they sealed the Srinagar offices of the Kashmir News Service (KNS) news agency. Both were in a district of Srinagar where the government provides building space for low rent to news outlets in an otherwise expensive area. Moazum Mohammad, vice president of the Kashmir Press Club, said sealing the two news offices “without serving them eviction notice” is the latest in a series of indiscriminate actions against the region’s journalists. Chilling effect Former Kashmir Times journalist Syed Ali Safvi said he believed the action would make other outlets think twice before publishing reports that are critical of the Indian government. The frequency of attacks on and harassment of Kashmir’s media has increased since last August, Mohammad said. In 2019, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi revoked Article 370, which… Read full this story
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