ADVERTISEMENT“This is just the latest instance of increasingly threatening, intimidatory and coercive actions taken against professional journalists by the Kashmir police. The Guild urges the authorities to act in a transparent manner and follow legal due process in their dealings with the media,” the statement said. Journalists and news organisations in the Kashmir Valley have repeatedly come under attack from law enforcement agencies. The Jammu office of Kashmir Times was raided by the State Investigation Agency, the intelligence wing of the state police, in November last year. In the World Press Freedom Index 2025, India ranked 151 among 180 countries, its poor showing attributed to political interference, economic pressures and media control.

Source: The Telegraph January 21, 2026 12:27 UTC