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The Editors Guild of India has called the “indirect action of intimidating journalists across the country” by law enforcement agencies against Hindu journalist Peerzada Ashiq and freelance photographer Masrat Zahra.
The Guild has demanded that the administration of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir drop the charges against Mr. Ashiq and Ms. Zahra immediately.
Expressing shock at the FIR filed against Mr. Ashiq over a news story and slapping the Prevention of Illegal Activities Law against Ms. Zahra for posts on social media, the Publishers Guild, in a statement here, said: “Any recourse to such laws simply by posting Something in the mainstream or on social media is a misuse of power. Their sole purpose may be to instill terror in journalists. “
Mere social media posts of objective images cannot appeal to the toughest anti-terror laws passed for hardened terrorists.
“And in the case of The Hindu Reporter, the correct course was to escalate the complaint to the newspaper editor, “the Guild said.
