Editors Guild slams ‘muzzling of media’ in Kashmir

The statement quoted reports regarding police raids on newspaper offices and harassment of journalists. “We are also aghast to note that the media censorship will continue, for a minimum of three days if not more. This is a direct assault to the freedom of the press in India and the guild strongly condemns this unwarranted muzzling of the media. The Editors Guild of India requests the state government to immediately lift the censorship and refrain from any action to intimidate the press,” the statement added.

The police action on newspapers was described as unconstitutional in another statement issued by Indian Journalists Union (IJU) president S N Sinha, secretary-general Amar Devulapalli, International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) vice-president Sabina Inderjit and Press Council of India (PCI) members K Amarnath and Prabhat Dash.