India - Police beat and arrest reporter covering protest in Srinagar

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders reiterates its alarm about the growing threats to journalists in India after Azhar Qadri, a reporter for the independent Kashmir Tribune newspaper, was beaten and arrested by police while covering a protest in Srinagar, in the northern state of Jammu and Kashmir, on 26 September. "We condemn violence by the Indian police against journalists and call on the authorities to do what is necessary to ensure that this latest attack does not go unpunished," Reporters (...)

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