CPI (M) leader Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami has opposed registering of FIRs against a freelance female journalist and senior correspondent of “The Hindu” newspaper, saying it is unwarranted act intended to suppress media freedom.
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When an FIR is registered, a lot of caution is needed. The FIRs against the scribes must be immediately withdrawn as one of the merits of a democratic system is the freedom of expression, press and the space that is provided to disagreement by different sections of society.
Journalists in Kashmir are already facing huge crisis, especially since last year August. They are working under stressful conditions and such decisions will further hamper their efforts to highlight the ground realities in free and fair manner.
