The US-based news organization, The Christian Science Monitor while vowing support to illegally detained Kashmiri journalist, Fahad Shah, has said that ‘the situation in Kashmir is increasingly oppressive for journalists’.
The Christian Science Monitor that publishes daily articles in electronic format as well as a weekly print edition, in an article titled “Kashmir journalist Fahad Shah remains in detention” wrote: Fahad Shah who has contributed to the Monitor from Kashmir for several years, was arrested by Kashmir authorities on February 4, 2022, and continues to be held in police custody.”
“Mr. Shah’s lawyers were finally able to get interim bail granted for Mr. Shah Saturday, February 26, only to see him immediately rearrested for another case; there are three in total against him,” said that article written by Amelia Newcomb
“As we shared with readers when he was first detained, the situation in Kashmir is increasingly oppressive for journalists. Fear of publishing stories about Mr. Shah’s arrest means few people locally are aware of what is happening.—KMS
