Srinagar: Journalists Allege Manhandling by Police Amidst Clashes at Jamia Masjid
The police also summoned Fahad Shah, the editor of Kashmir Walla, in connection with a video story and a news item that appeared on the outletâs Twitter handle.
The Jamia Masjid mosque in Srinagar. Photo: Shakir Mir
Rights06/Mar/2021
Srinagar:Â Two journalists in Srinagar were allegedly manhandled by the Jammu and Kashmir police on Friday when an incident of stone-pelting broke out outside the Jamia Masjid.
The 619-year-old mosque in the city has been a political citadel of Hurriyat leader Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, who was expected to be released from his 19-month long house detention on March 5, before authorities decided against the move, prompting an outcry from his supporters.
Srinagar: Kashmir Press Club Condemns Assault of 2 Photojournalists by Police
BBC s Shafat Farooq and freelance photographer Saqib Majeed were hit by personnel while they were covering a protest.
A screengrab from a video showing the photographers with police personnel. Photo: Twitter/@AakashHassan
Media05/Mar/2021
New Delhi: The Kashmir Press Club has condemned the assault by police on two photojournalists while they were at work covering a protest in Srinagar.
The journalists,
BBC’s Shafat Farooq and freelance photographer Saqib Majeed, were at the Nowhatta area of Srinagar. They were covering protests that had broken out at a congregation for Friday prayers, according to the KPC’s statement.
Follows a pattern of intimidation : Digipub condemns detention of journalist Fahad Shah in Srinagar
Shah was reportedly summoned by the police over his website s story on an alleged attack on two photojournalists.
06 Mar, 2021
Digipub News India Foundation issued a statement today condemning the detention of journalist Fahad Shah in connection with his reports on an attack on two photojournalists in Srinagar.
DigiPub strongly condemns the detention of Fahad Shah, Editor-in-Chief of the Kashmirwalla, simply for reporting on police violence. pic.twitter.com/LCnZGTECUC DIGIPUB News India Foundation (@DigipubIndia) March 6, 2021
The two photojournalists,
BBC s Shafat Farooq and freelancer Saqib Majeed, were allegedly assaulted by the police when protests began in Srinagarâs Nowhatta area on Friday afternoon ,
NC Condemns Assault On Journalists At Nowhatta
SRINAGAR: National Conference on Saturday condemned the thrashing of journalists by police at Jamia Masjid Nowhatta saying the impunity with which such attacks are taking place in Kashmir is ominous and reflective of the everyday reprisals faced by them in their line of duty.
“The reports of police action against two journalists Saqib Majid and Shafat Farooq, who were covering protests at Jamia Masjid, are distressing and condemnable,” said Party Spokesperson Imran Nabi Dar while slamming the incident. “Such unwarranted attacks on journalists have become a norm now. It is not for the first time that such an incident has taken place. Earlier at various instances, the local press fraternity had been subjected to such undue police action. After every such attack, we only get to hear half-hearted assurances from police on stopping such attacks from recurring. Had the administration, in particular, the police reined earlier,
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