Booking Kashmir photojournalist: Systematic pattern of assault on freedom of expression is underway in J&K, says PDP

Srinagar, April 20: After the Kashmir female photo journalist, Masrat Zehra was booked under provisions of stringent unlawful activities act (ULAPA) by Kashmir police, the Peoples Democratic Party has come heavily on the administration stating a ‘systematic pattern of assault on freedom of expression is underway in J&K’.

“Anyone not toeing the statist line is reportedly harassed, intimated & a vilification campaign unleashed. Journalists in Kashmir work in hostile conditions to keep the public informed sometimes even at the cost of their lives,” the party added.

Slapping UAPA an anti terrorism law against Masrat Zahra a female journalist for merely representing a contrarian view is a manifestation of the urge to control the tone & tempo of the conversation in & on Kashmir, the PDP stated.

 

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