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Kashmiri journalist Asif Sultan has been released after spending more than five years in jail. According to news Laundry, Asif was released nearly 78 days after Jammu Kashmir High Court quashed his detention order under the Public Safety Act. Asif was jailed at the Ambedkar Nagar district jail in Uttar Pradesh. The Kashmiri journalist was booked under the charges of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act in August 2018 and then after being bailed out in that case in April 2022, he was booked under the Public Safety Act in the same month. The court quashed his detention on December 11 last year, stating the detaining authorities “did not follow the procedural requirements in letter and spirit”. However, he continued to remain in jail awaiting “clearance letters” from Kashmir’s ...

The Public Safety act of Kashmiri journalist Sajad Gul has been quashed by the High court of Jammu Kashmir. Sajad was arrested in January 2022. The court order accessed by The Kashmiriyat was passed by Justice M.A Choudary on November 09 read the grounds of detention, as such, are general allegations against the detenu, with no specific instance/ incident. The detention order based on such vague grounds is not sustainable, for the reason that the detaining authority, before passing the order, has not applied its mind to draw subjective satisfaction to order prevention detention of the detenu by curtailing his liberty which is a valuable and cherishable right guaranteed under Article 21 of the Constitution of India, the Court observed. Reliance, in this regard, can be placed on...

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Kashmiri journalist Asif Sultan released after more than 5 years

PSA detention of Kashmiri journalist Sajad Gul quashed