Kashmir Observer

Kashmir Observer
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
EditorSajjad Haider
Founded1996
LanguageEnglish
HeadquartersSrinagar
Websitekashmirobserver.net

Kashmir Observer is an Indian newspaper published from Srinagar in Jammu and Kashmir since 1996.[1][2] Sajjad Haider, a past president of Kashmir Editors Guild, is its editor-in-chief.[3][4] Besides the print and online formats, its stories are republished by other media outlets.[5][6]

Controversies

Police raided offices of several newspapers in Srinagar including Kashmir Observer in 2016, and halted printing presses, confiscated printed papers due for delivery, and briefly detained printing and delivery staff.[7][8]

Auqib Javed, a reporter with Kashmir Observer, was questioned by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) in 2018 in the Asiya Andrabi case.[9][10]

Mushtaq Ahmed Ganai, a reporter for Kashmir Observer, was thrashed and arrested by the police when he was out for work during COVID lockdown in 2020.[11][12]

References

  1. ^ Tripathi, Anurag (2016-10-03). "J&K Govt Shuts Down Newspaper For Inciting Violence". Newslaundry. Retrieved 2023-12-04.
  2. ^ "Besieged by threats and arrests, Kashmir's newspapers try to survive under Delhi's rule | Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism". reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 2023-12-04.
  3. ^ "Viewpoint: 'Killing the truth' in Kashmir". BBC News. 2010-10-16. Retrieved 2023-12-04.
  4. ^ Lepeska, David (2023-05-31). "'No thought, no progress'— when libraries began dying in Kashmir, educated started reading less". ThePrint. Retrieved 2023-12-04.
  5. ^ Rashid, Abdul; Sultan, Farah (2021-07-28). Know Your State Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. Arihant Publications India limited. ISBN 978-93-257-9092-6.
  6. ^ "Kashmir Observer | Scroll.in". Kashmir Observer. 2020-02-21. Retrieved 2023-12-04.
  7. ^ Hameed, Mustafa (2016-07-18). "Indian authorities shut down media outlets in Jammu and Kashmir". Committee to Protect Journalists. Retrieved 2023-12-04.
  8. ^ Scroll Staff (2016-07-16). "Major crackdown on media in Kashmir: Police raid newspaper offices, block cable TV". Scroll.in. Retrieved 2023-12-04.
  9. ^ Joy, Shemin. "Kashmiri journalist questioned in Asiya Andrabi case". Deccan Herald. Retrieved 2023-12-04.
  10. ^ migrator (2018-07-15). "NIA questions Auqib for 3 hours, summoned again today". Greater Kashmir. Retrieved 2023-12-04.
  11. ^ Raza, Danish (2020-07-31). "India arrests dozens of journalists in clampdown on critics of Covid-19 response". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2023-12-04.
  12. ^ "One more blow to press freedom in India". Frontline. 2021-08-13. Retrieved 2023-12-04.