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CPJ asks India not to harass journalists in Kashmir July 8, 2021 UNITED NATIONS: The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), an independent watchdog, has called on authorities in Indian-occupied Kashmir to cease harassing journalist Siddharth Varadarajan, Editor-in-Chief of The Wire, a news website, and allow journalists to report freely. According to media reports, the occupied Kashmir police headquarters issued a legal notice on July 3 to Varadarajan, indicating that police were considering legal action against the outlet for allegedly “propagating concocted stories” and “rumour mongering,” and asking Varadarajan’s response to those allegations within one week. “Jammu and Kashmir authorities’ notice threatening legal action against journalist Siddarth Varadarajan only adds to the ongoing targeted harassment of The Wire in obvious retaliation for its critical reporting,” said Steven Butler, CPJ’s Asia programme coordinator in Washington on Tuesday. “Authori

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