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Feb 2022
17m 48s

A crackdown on press in Kashmir

Al Jazeera
About this episode

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.

In this episode:

  • Rifat Fareed, Al Jazeera journalist in Srinagar

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