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A crackdown on press in Kashmir

Journalists recording a news segment in the middle of the street — Kashmiri Journalists work during surprise search of pedestrians by security forces in Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir [Dar Yasin/ AP Photo]

Journalist Fahad Shah’s arrest is the latest in a string of attacks on press freedom in Indian-administered Kashmir. Reporters there say the government is actively trying to shut down any independent media.

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Rifat Fareed, Al Jazeera journalist in Srinagar

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Source: Al Jazeera