A news website based in India’s occupied Jammu and Kashmir has closed its office in Srinagar after a tough media crackdown.
Two days ago, the website and social media accounts of the news portal ‘The Kashmir Walla’ were also blocked by the authorities.
In this regard, the staff of the news website said in their statement that 6 people used to sit in our office and today we have vacated the office after removing all our belongings.
“On Saturday we suffered a major setback when we could not access our website and we also got our social media accounts blocked,” the statement said.
The staff also said in the statement that our internet service provider told us that our website and social media accounts were blocked by the government and an eviction notice was issued by the owner to vacate the premises. Also given.
It should be noted that the editor of this news portal, Fahad Shah, was arrested last year and is still in jail, accused by the Indian authorities of ‘spreading terrorism’ and ‘spreading fake news’.
News of the news website’s shutdown comes amid efforts by the Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led administration to impose new restrictions on press freedom in the occupied Valley.
It should be noted that since the Indian government revoked Article 370 in 2019 and took away the special status of occupied Jammu and the sovereignty of its people, many journalists have been illegally detained or detained continuously because of their work. He was summoned.
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