https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/01\/WhatsApp-Video-2026-01-22-at-12.56.16-PM.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\nIn its statement, the EGI said it \u201cnotes with grave concern the continued repression of legitimate journalistic activity by the authorities in Kashmir.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIn the latest instance, several journalists, including many affiliated with leading national media organisations, were repeatedly summoned to Srinagar\u2019s Cyber Crime Police Station, where they were questioned about routine news reports,\u201d the statement, signed by the Guild\u2019s president, general secretary, and treasurer, said. The statement said said that some journalists \u201cwere also pressured to sign bonds or affidavits stating that they would not undertake any activity that could disturb the peace,\u201d without clarity on what such activity entailed.<\/p>\n
The Guild emphasized that \u201carbitrary summons and police questioning of journalists, and attempts to obtain affidavits under duress, are tantamount to coercion and intimidation of the media in pursuit of its legitimate duties.\u201d It further noted that such incidents represent \u201cthe latest instance of increasingly threatening, intimidatory, and coercive actions against professional journalists by the Kashmir police.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cNumerous instances of journalists being summoned and questioned by the police have been reported in the past,\u201d it added. Calling on the IIOJK authorities to desist from such practices, the Guild said these actions restrict free speech and prevent the media from performing its core functions.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Digipub News India Foundation also issued a statement condemning the \u201clatest persecution of journalists in Jammu and Kashmir\u201d. \u201cAvailable information indicates that the summons were linked to routine reports on the profiling or surveillance of mosques, imams and madrasas, factual stories based on publicly stated information,\u201d the statement said.<\/p>\n
\u201cCriminalising such public-interest journalism and coercing reporters into signing bonds without due process constitutes a grave assault on press freedom,\u201d it said. Digipub News India Foundation called upon the BJP-led Indian government and concerned authorities to immediately \u201ccease the practice of summoning journalists, subjecting them to prolonged questioning, and coercing them into signing bonds or undertakings\u201d.
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New Delhi: Strong reactions continue to emerge following the recent summoning of Srinagar-based journalists by Indian police in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK). The Editors Guild of India (EGI) expressed concern over what it described as the \u201ccontinued repression of legitimate journalistic activity,\u201d while the Digipub News India Foundation condemned the actions as …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":193102,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-193098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indian-occupied-jammu-and-kashmir"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/01\/15-4.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=193098"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193098\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":193106,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/193098\/revisions\/193106"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/193102"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=193098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=193098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=193098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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