KWJA, KPC condemned continued harassment of journalists in IOK.

ISLAMABAD -- Kashmir Working Journalists Association (KWJA) and Kashmir Press Club (KPC) have condemned the continued harassment of journalists by Indian police in the territory.

According to reporter the KWJA in a statement in Srinagar said that in the latest instance, Srinagar-based journalist and editor of weekly Kashmirwalla, Fahad Shah, was summoned by city police to explain the reportage of the recent gunfight in the city in which at least 15 houses were damaged and valuables including cash and jewellery were stolen by the troops.

'Shah was made to wait at the police station and asked to answer bizarre questions. It is a police tactic to coerce journalists into not reporting facts on the ground,' the statement said.

It said that the pattern of summoning journalists to police stations, seeking explanations about their professional work and intimidating them with FIRs was going on since August last year. 'KWJA strongly condemns the pattern of intimidation and views it as continued attacks on freedom of press in Kashmir,' said the statement.

The Association demanded that the practice of summoning journalists to police stations should end and cases against journalists be...