Washington: The US-based ‘Committee to Protect Journalists’ has slammed India for blocking independent Kashmiri news outlet ‘The Kashmir Walla’.
In a statement, the international media watchdog body called on Indian authorities to immediately unblock the website and social media accounts of the independent Kashmiri news outlet and to stop persecuting journalists.
The CPJ’s Asia programme coordinator, Beh Lih Yi, in a statement in Kuala Lumpur said the Indian government’s arbitrary ban on The Kashmir Walla’s website and social media accounts marks a new low for press freedom in the region.
The Kashmir Walla’ became inaccessible in India on Saturday following an order by India’s Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology to block its website under the IT Act without any prior notice.
‘The Kashmir Walla,’ is known for its human rights reporting in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir.
