Crackdown on press
Kashmiri journalist Asif Sultan arrested and charged under draconian Public Safety Act
34-year-old Asif was first arrested from Srinagar’s Batamaloo on August 27, 2018, accused of “harboring militancy” in Kashmir. He has now again been picked up under the draconian Public Safety Act (PSA)
Fear psychosis, arrests, and deafening silence in Kashmir
The arrest of journalist Fahad Shah comes amid an intensified crackdown on human rights defenders, journalists and activists in Indian-administered Kashmir