Editor arrested in Kashmir as press crackdown escalates
by Hannah Ellis-Petersen in Delhi from World news | The Guardian on (#5VVCJ)
Journalist Fahad Shah detained on Friday under terrorism and sedition laws in disputed Indian region
A prominent journalist has been arrested under terrorism and sedition laws, as a crackdown on the press in Indian-administered Kashmir continues to escalate.
Fahad Shah, the founder and editor of the widely read local news website The Kashmir Walla, was arrested on Friday evening when he was summoned to a police station in the southern district of Pulwama.
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