Journalist body protest media ‘clampdown’ in Kashmir Valley

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Local newspapers failed to hit the stands for the second consecutive day today in curfew-bound Kashmir. No dailies-English, Urdu and Kashmiri – were available as the newspaper-owners decided not to publish them after authorities on Saturday allegedly raided some media houses and seized their printed copies.

“The J&K Police action in name of volatile situation in the Valley is an attack on the freedom of the media and unacceptable in a democracy…, The IJU demands that the police should desist from such illegal and unconstitutional actions immediately and allow the press to function unhindered,” the IJU statement said.

The IJU has already written to Chairman of Press Council of India, Justice (retd) C K Prasad, to take suo motu cognisance of the “illegal action” of the state police and initiate suitable action to protect the freedom of the press.