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MYSTERIOUS: Kashmir press club - What They Never Told You

Assembly polls: J&K at the cusp of another change. Is its media free enough to report it?

Jammu and Kashmir is set to hold assembly polls after a decade in October, but it seems that not every journalist will be able to cover it freely – the past five years have been especially difficult for the press in the valley.

Outrage as another Kashmiri journalist stopped from flying abroad

Outrage as another Kashmiri journalist stopped from flying abroad

Aakash Hassan was on his way to Sri Lanka last week when officials at New Delhi airport barred him from boarding plane.

Why Kashmir’s journalists are worried about a ‘fifth column’ in their midst

Why Kashmir’s journalists are worried about a ‘fifth column’ in their midst

Two months after the Kashmir Press Club’s “takeover” and subsequent closure in Srinagar, some journalists in Kashmir say a report by the Press Council of India has corroborated what they have alleged for a long time now – that they’re being targeted by fellow journalists for being “critical” of the…

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10 media associations join hands to seek restoration of Kashmir Press Club

To denounce the shutdown of the Kashmir Press Club, 10 journalist associations in the Valley have joined hands to form the ‘Kashmir Media Coalition’, the Kashmir Reader reported. In a meeting attended by journalists from Kashmir, including Altaf Hussain, Nazir Masoodi and Mufti Islah, the coalition condemned the “takeover” and…

Journalists join hands to fight for Kashmir Press Club

Press Club of India asks L-G ‘to restore the land and registration’

Kashmir Press Club | A watchdog silenced

The Kashmir Press Club, which has been shut down, provided a sense of security to journalists

When benevolence turns hostile: Why press clubs shouldn’t depend on government patronage

The Kashmir Press Club is dead, killed in its infancy. The dramatic events around this have drawn our attention, yet again, to the dire state of media freedom in Kashmir.

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Restore Kashmir Press Club's land and registration, ensure 'free and fair' elections: PCI to J&K LG

Restore Kashmir Press Club's land and registration, ensure 'free and fair' elections: PCI to J&K LG

The Press Club of India has asked for the "urgent intervention" of Jammu and Kashmir lieutenant governor Manoj Sinha to "restore the land and registration" of the Kashmir Press Club.

‘Tactic to end solidarity’: How Kashmir Press Club was a ‘second home’, especially for freelancers

‘Tactic to end solidarity’: How Kashmir Press Club was a ‘second home’, especially for freelancers

On Monday, January 17, several journalists gathered outside the gates of the Kashmir Press Club in Srinagar’s Polo View.

An important journalistic institution dismantled: Editors Guild

An important journalistic institution dismantled: Editors Guild

It expresses anguish over shutting down of Kashmir Press Club

Silence, sycophancy, and some spine: How Kashmir newspapers covered the press club ‘takeover’

Silence, sycophancy, and some spine: How Kashmir newspapers covered the press club ‘takeover’

On Saturday, days after the process to elect a new council for the Kashmir Press Club was set in motion, the largest association of journalists in the valley witnessed a significant event.

Kashmir Press Club ceases to exist, building handed over to Estates Dept.: J&K govt.

Kashmir Press Club ceases to exist, building handed over to Estates Dept.: J&K govt.

The govt. said the decision was ‘in view of the unpleasant developments and dissensions between various groups of journalists’.

Kashmir Press Club stands dissolved: Estates Department takes back the building at Polo View

Kashmir Press Club stands dissolved: Estates Department takes back the building at Polo View

There were fears among the journalist community in Kashmir that the “armed takeover” of the Kashmir Press Club over the weekend was aimed at throttling press freedom. Many journalists believed that move was meant to deny working journalists a space to work, debate and assemble independently.

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