Withdraw FIR against news portals, says KPC
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They had carried a narrative a few college being allegedly compelled by the Army to organise R-Day perform on its premises
The Kashmir Press Club (KPC) on Thursday condemned the lodging of a First Information Report (FIR) against two Valley-based portals.
“The KPC condemns the registration of an FIR against two Kashmir based news portals for running a story on a school in Shopian in south Kashmir. This authoritative approach apparently shows a deliberate attempt to pressurise journalists,” a KPC spokesman mentioned.
The KPC has urged the authorities to withdraw the FIR against the media organisations and the journalists.
“A free and vibrant media is key to the survival of a democratic set-up. Instead of going ahead with the complaint or the registration of the case, the authorities concerned, through a standard procedure, should have sought a clarification from the news websites in question, if at all there was any factual inaccuracy in their stories. But no such procedure was followed and instead a case was filed,” the KPC spokesman mentioned.
The two portals, The Kashmir Walla and The Kashmiriyat, confronted expenses beneath a number of Sections after they carried a narrative a few college in Shopian allegedly being compelled by the Army to organise a Republic Day perform on its premises.
Both the pinnacle of the college and the Army refuted the news and filed a police criticism. However, a spokesman of the Kashmir Walla mentioned it stood by its story and claimed to have proof it was prepared “to share with the court when required”.
