India, Jammu and Kashmir
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Apr
2020
India: Police launch FIR against Gowhar Geelani
Gowhar Geelani, a journalist for BBC, DailyO and Scroll.in had an FIR filed against him by Cyber Police in Srinagar on April 21. While the police statement did not specify what law Geelani allegedly contravened, the police statement said Geelani is accused of alleged “unlawful activities including glorifying terrorism in the Kashmir Valley”.
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2020
India: Cyber police quesiton Peerzada Ashiq
Cyber Police in Srinagar questioned Peerzada Ashiq on April 19 in relation to an FIR registered the day before concerning his article headlined “Kin allowed to exhume bodies of militants in Barmulla”.