Srinagar: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) on Thursday called for the immediate and unconditional release of Aasif Sultan, a Kashmiri journalist working for the Kashmir Narrator monthly, who was picked up by police during a nocturnal raid at his residence on August 27.
“Detaining a journalist without any serious evidence to support the charges against him is unacceptable,” said Daniel Bastard, the head of RSF’s Asia-Pacific desk in a statement issued today.
“We call on the Jammu and Kashmir authorities to order Aasif Sultan’s immediate release, to drop all charges and to take measures against the Srinagar police officers responsible for his arbitrary detention,” he added.
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The head of RSF’s Asia-Pacific desk said that allowing journalists to express different viewpoints will help to defuse tension in the Kashmir Valley.
Aasif Sultan, 31, was arrested on the night of 27 August when around 50 policemen descended on his home in home in Srinagar, the Kashmiri capital, searched it and then took him away to a police station.
“His editor said he has been subjected to a great deal of violence, including being hit in the face, in an attempt to get him to “explain his political ideology.” the statement read.
This was earlier published by Kashmir reader
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