ISLAMABAD – International Journalists Organizations have expressed concernover continued harassment of journalists by India police in occupiedKashmir.
According to Kashmir Media Service, in the latest instance, Srinagar-basedjournalist and editor of weekly Kashmirwalla, Fahad Shah, was summoned bycity police to explain the reportage of the recent encounter in the city.
In this incident at least 15 houses were damaged and valuables includingcash and Jewellery were stolen by the troops.
Brussels-based International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) in a statementsaid, “Police summoned Shah to the station without reason”.
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Meanwhile, New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists in its statementtermed the police summoning of Shah over his reporting as a violation ofpress freedom and an ongoing campaign to harass and intimidate journalistsin Kashmir.