Jammu and Kashmir police launch investigations into 2 journalists

'Yesterday, police in Srinagar summoned and questioned Ashiq, a correspondent with daily newspaper The Hindu, over a story he published that day on tensions between Kashmiris and the police, according to a statement by the Kashmir Press Club, an elected, representative body of journalists in Kashmir. The same day, he was asked to travel to a police station in South Kashmir, where he was further questioned about the article, according to that statement. He was released after each interrogation, he told CPJ in a phone interview.

Today, the Cyber Police in Srinagar called Zahra, a freelance photojournalist, and told her to appear at the police station tomorrow for questioning, she told CPJ in a phone interview. The summons is related to a police investigation into Zahra’s posts on social media, where she frequently uploads images from her reporting, according to Zahra and news reports. She said she has not received a copy of a formal complaint against her...'

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