"...Less than a year ago, American academic Richard Shapiro was similarly deported<http://kafila.org/2010/11/02/india-bans-us-professor-from-kashmir-threatens-indian-writer-with-sedition-charges-jkccs/>upon arrival from the Indira Gandhi International airport. His crime, presumably, was an article on two on the human rights situation in Kashmir. Earlier this month, the journalist David Devadas<http://kafila.org/2011/09/12/prominent-indian-journalist-beaten-up-by-jammu-and-kashmir-police/> was assaulted by the Jammu and Kashmir police.
India’s intolerance to dissent on Kashmir is not limited to foreigners. In May this year, Delhi-based journalist and human rights activist Gautam Navlakha was sent back<http://kafila.org/2011/05/28/gautam-navlakha-detained-entry-into-kashmir-press-note-from-iptk/>to Delhi from Srinagar airport. Academic and activist Angana Chatterji has been threatened<http://kafila.org/2008/07/12/madam-we-know-youre-leaving-think-wisely-before-coming-back/>to not visit Kashmir. The J&K police had assaulted the noted Kashmiri human right defender Parvez Imroz <http://www.frontlinedefenders.org/node/1488> in 2008. The media in Kashmir<http://www.tehelka.com/story_main48.asp?filename=Ne050211TheValley.asp>is tightly controlled by the state and press freedom is a matter of daily negotiation with the state. Nation-states who deny access to foreign journalists, writers and academics – such as North Korea, Myanmar, China and Iran – usually have things to hide. What is it that India has to hide in Kashmir? I thought ‘peace’ was ‘returning’..." http://wp.me/pcwAA-2uc -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB.
