CPJ calls on Jammu and Kashmir police to drop charges against journalist
Kashmir Updates - February 07, 2019
New York, February 7, 2019–The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Jammu and Kashmir police to immediately cease all legal proceedings against journalist Aasif Sultan and release him from jail after local news outlets reported that formal charges were filed against him today.
Sultan, along with nine other individuals, has been charged with harboring and giving support to a militant organization and for hatching a criminal conspiracy under India’s Unlawful Activities Prevention Act.
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