Ban on Kashmir Reader lifted
Kashmir Editors Guild, the elite body of Kashmir based journalists, Tuesday met CM Mehbooba Mufti at her residence.
CM informed the members that the ban on the newspaper has been removed.
“I am looking forward to read the newspaper ‘Kashmir Reader’ tomorrow morning,” she said.
The paper was barred from publishing on Oct 2 by the government blaming it of publishing material that “tends to incite acts of violence and disturb public peace and tranquility”.
The officials, however, did not specify the content that prompted them to invoke the ban.
On Sunday, media reports had said that the Jammu and Kashmir government has decided to revoke ban on daily Kashmir Reader and allow
it to resume publication after shutting it down for three months.
Kashmir Editors Guild had termed the ban on Kashmir Reader as “vague and unclear about the charges for which such a harsh step has been taken”.
Global Journalist bodies and watch dog Amnesty International had termed the ban on the newspaper “infringement of freedom of expression”.
Image: Screen grab of Kashmir Reader website
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