Srinagar, July 09 :In occupied Kashmir, Indian policemen beat up a senior journalist, Riyaz Masroor, working with the BBC Urdu service, outside his Alocha Bagh residence in Srinagar.
“I received a phone call from the Information department this morning asking me to come and collect the fresh curfew passes. As soon as I reached near the main road, policemen stopped me and beat me up ruthlessly,” he said. He added that he received multiple injuries and his left arm has been fractured in the assault.
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IFJ expresses concern over media curbs in IHK
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Srinagar, July 09 (KMS): The Belgium-based, International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) has expressed concern over the curbs on media and use of brute force against media-persons by the authorities in occupied Kashmir.
The IFJ Asia-Pacific Director, Jacqueline Park in a statement said that cities in the occupied territory had been under curfew for a number of days since widespread demonstrations began in the region early in June.
“And on July 7, as more army was summoned out, the curfew was extended to cover the movement of all civilians, and word was put out that press passes would no longer be honoured,” he said.
He maintained that the situation resulted in all Kashmir’s media personnel being confined to home and photographers and cameramen in Srinagar were assaulted as they sought to record the day’s events. He stated that some journalists had their professional equipment confiscated by Indian troops.
The statement said that on July 6 at least 12 photographers working for local and international media were assaulted in Srinagar and suffered injuries of various degrees of seriousness, as troops prevented them from covering the demonstrations.
The IFJ also extended support to the Press Guild of Kashmir, which has strongly denounced the curbs imposed on media by authorities and the use of force against mediamen.
The Editors Guild of India also expressed concern over the police high-handedness against the media in occupied Kashmir.
None of the Valley based newspapers could hit the stands on Thursday as the occupation authorities had restricted the movement of scribes and other staff members of various news organizations. The authorities had cancelled curfew passes of media persons on Wednesday with police and paramilitary troopers enforcing curfew strictly at Press Enclave in Srinagar.
International Federation of Free Journalists
6 comments:
Kashmiris are brave people.Good luck.My all sympathies are with Reyaz Masroor.Keep it up.
Dr Ashfaq
london
Sham India
India does not force kashmiris by gun
Kashmiris are great people
The incessant brutalities of India in held Kashmir are gaining momentum with passing of each new days. The so-called largest democracy of the world is taking sheer benefit of sleeping, rather dead global consciousness and utilizing diabolical and horrific tactics of physical torture and mental agony against the innocent and harmless people. I salute the people of Kashmir who are writing history with their blood and are not ready to compromise their sovereignty.
The international organizations working for peace and human rights must take notice of Indian atrocities including the torture on journalists and unlawful ban on printing of newspapers in the held valley. Ironically, India has taken one more step beyond by imposing ban on media. It is total violation of basic rights of human beings that permit an individual to have free access to information while practicing freedom of speech and writing. International community will have to come forward to put a full stop on the perpetual and a very long sentence of trauma for Kashmiris that is being written by the brutal and savage Indian army.
I condem Indian Army, I love Kasmir vally. Solve kashmir issue
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