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Srinagar : Kashmiri freelance journalist Majid Hyderi fled from police and sought refuge in a courtroom after officers threatened he would be \u201ckilled under mysterious circumstances\u201d if he did not withdraw a complaint, exposing the continued crackdown on press freedom in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir.<\/p>\n
According to Reporters Without Borders (RSF), Hyderi was detained under the draconian Public Safety Act for 527 days on fabricated charges after exposing corruption in the local administration.<\/p>\n
Though freed by a High Court verdict a year ago, police harassment never stopped. On 17 February 2026, senior police officers summoned him, held him \u201call day without food or water,\u201d and pressured him to withdraw a petition he filed citing a \u201cthreat to life.\u201d<\/p>\n
When he refused at the High Court, officers tried to drag him by force and threatened him with death.<\/p>\n
\u201cFinding no other option, I literally jumped into a courtroom where hearings were underway and cried before the judge,\u201d Hyderi told RSF. The judge ordered protection and the High Court on March 2 barred authorities from harassing him without due process.<\/p>\n
RSF condemned the acts, demanding an independent probe and immediate protection. \u201cNo journalist should have to seek refuge in a courtroom to escape police threats and ask a judge to save their life,\u201d RSF said.<\/p>\n
Hyderi, who works with News Tell, fears the \u201cpause\u201d is temporary: \u201cI fear that I will be killed soon or jailed in a fake case because it is the only way to keep me silenced.\u201d<\/p>\n
RSF noted that \u201ccriticism of government policies could not justify preventive detention.\u201d RSF added that since 2019, the police crackdown on reporters in IIOJK has been \u201ccharacterised by surveillance, intimidation and arrests,\u201d turning the territory into \u201cnot just a news desert, but a black hole.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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