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Mubashir Naik With the number of increased attacks against journalists and voices of dissent being stifled, Raqib Hameed Naik, a young Kashmir based journalist is fearing for his life after his name was put on a hit list by a website “Stop Hindu Hate Advocacy Network” (SHHAN). There have been over 198 serious attacks on journalists in the past 5 years in India.SHHAN labeled Raqib a Hindu hater, terror-sympathiser & supporter of Kashmiri separatism. The group blamed Raqib for lying about new domicile laws in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. He had said that it will alienate local Kashmiris and make them dispossessed. On 27th of September 2020 Raqib Hameed, Director of website TwoCircles wrote to the Delhi police, complaining about the possible threat to his life. ...

Nearly two months post their children left home, the families of the three Rajouri youth  in complete disbelief of the news that hit the media about the killing of these cousins during an encounter in the Shopian’s Amshipora, await the Monday, “the administration has promised that the DNA samples will be out by Monday.” Distressed and discouraged like millions of labourers in India, Abrar left for Kashmir in search of work on 17th of July along with his cousin named Abrar too. Packing a small bag, he handed over a cellphone to his wife, Shareen Akhtar, a local Rajouri girl, whom he married nearly three years ago.They had a boy, whom they named Irfan, he is fifteen months old now. “We did not want him to leave amid the escalating cases of coronavirus in the Kashmir valley, but ...

The Reporters Without Borders (RSF) in May called on the Supreme Court to remind the governments of Indian states and union territories of their constitutional duty to respect press freedom. Often, journalists become victims of negligent behavior by authorities, who make direct and indirect effort into trying to silence the press for doing its job of exposing the deep-rooted problems of our society. Recent FIRs against Mohammed Zubair, the co-founder of Alt News, is the latest evident attack on press freedom. Alt News in a statement said, "An attempt is being made to hound co-founder of Alt News, Mohammed Zubair through misuse of legal apparatus. AltNews stands by Mohammed Zubair. Zubair has been at the forefront of fighting fake narratives, and his work hurts those who have weaponis...

Sheikh Nadeem On Friday morning, a young journalist Umaisar Gull Ganaie from Qazigund area of Anantnag district in the Kashmir valley left home with some money to take admission at GDC Dooru. On his way to the Government Degree college (GDC), he saw a man who was trying to commit suicide as there wasn't single penny in his pocket besides that there was no food and other eatable items at his home. The person who was trying to commit suicide is father of three minors and has a wife, however, it is shortage of money and other essential items which was forcing him to take this harsh step. Umaisar convinced him to not to take this harsh step after handing over the money meant for his admission. Umaisar also brought the family rice and other eatable items. In the journalistic fra...

Asif Sultan, whose case has been pleaded by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and various other bodies on Thursday completes two years under detention. CPJ along with nearly 400 journalists and civil society members called for Asif's release by writing to Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Asif, a resident of Batamaloo who worked as an editor with a Srinagar based magazine, Kashmir narrator was detained for questioning and he was subsequently booked an under Anti- Militancy offence. Aasif is lodged at the Central Jail of Srinagar, his daughter, Areeba was just 6 months old when her father was arrested in the middle of the night in August 2018. "She is now two and half years old, and asks about him everyday",his family told the media. Charged under various sections of t...

Salman Shah The Data on delimitation of five states including Jammu Kashmir, Ladakh has been prepared, as per official Sources, The Delimitation Commission has collected from all these states the Census of 2011 and other related data till June 15. Meanwhile, the commission has banned the formation of new tehsils, districts and other administrative units in all these states, including Jammu Kashmir, reports said. They said that, "if a new Panchayat or Tehsil is formed, it will not be included in the ambit of delimitation." On the other hand, the office of the Delimitation Commission opened on Monday at Ashoka Hotel in New Delhi. With the opening of the office, now the work of delimitation will accelerate. On Monday, the delimitation commission office was inaugurated in the prese...

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Tony Ashai, a prominent Kashmiri architect, based in the United States is the most recent target of the Indian media and various social media users for one of his tweets. Tony Ashai, prominent among the Kashmiris in America was born in 1965 in Srinagar. He attended a local art school in Kashmir, after which he studied Architecture in Chandigarh. He then moved to Buffalo, New York City, and earned a Master’s Degree in Architecture from the University of New York. On July 20, the Kashmiri man, vocal about the issues back home in Kashmir, was in the centre of a controversy, when his tweet evoked sharp criticism from various social media users in Kashmir, and later the campaign was picked up by the mainstream media in India. "Why do I feel that Kashmiris living in Kashmir could do mor...