Outcry as India shuts Kashmir Press Club
The Indian government has shut down the Kashmir Press Club, prompting an outcry from journalists, politicians and others who called the move further evidence of efforts to silence critical reporting in the disputed territory. The KPC was the only elected journalists' body in Kashmir. Authorities on Monday said that the association, created in 2019 after a lengthy struggle by local journalists, had "ceased to exist" as a registered body, accusing members of "illegalities on several counts". The Editor's Guild of India called the action an "armed takeover". The US-based Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) said the aim of the shutdown was "to prevent journalists from doing their jobs", calling on authorities to stop the "repeated harassment of journalists" in Kashmir.
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