Facebook blocks official page of Kashmir magazine for showing freedom fighter Burhan Wani poster
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Facebook on Sunday blocked the official page of a local Kashmir weekly and deleted a post of its cover showing slain Freedom fighter Burhan Wani for not “following community standards”, shocking its editors who demanded immediate restoration of the page.
Kashmir Ink, a sister publication of Valley’s leading English daily Greater Kashmir, had shared the cover of their latest issue which has a sketch of Wani and the headline: “Kashmir: A year after Burhan’s death”.
The unrest in Kashmir since Wani’s killing on July 8 last year has left more than 100 dead and thousands injured, many blinded by pellets.
“The issue, as is evident from the cover, talks about the current situation in Kashmir after a year of an incident which rattled the valley. And whose ripples refuse to ebb still,” said noted political cartoonist Suhail H Naqshbandi, whose sketch of Wani was on the cover.
He said “some ignoramus folks” reported the post to Facebook authorities who decided to censor it.
