Media coverage of the fracas over the Kashmiri girl band has eclipsed other serious violations of freedom of expression in the Valley,  says MIR UBAID

In case after case, the pattern is clear: arrest the journalist and let him languish in prison, effectively silencing him,  says SHUJAAT BUKHARI in the concluding part of an analysis on the application of the Public Security Act against the media in Kashmir.

Security-related laws like the Public Safety Act actually work against the media,  says this two-part analysis by SHUJAAT BUKHARI

Even as militant groups have been dictating terms to journalists on what to write, the State is not far behind in telling them what not to write.  It's time newsmen fought against pressures and favours, says FAHAD SHAH.

So who is protecting journalists here? No one! They report from the world's most militarized zone and in return the conditions are made miserable for them.  FAHAD SHAH reports from the frontlines

And why does Chief Minister Omar Abdullah refrain from condemning this assault on the freedom of the press?  asks YAWAR KABLI in an open letter

Malicious threats and misinformation sought to disrupt a creative dialogue to discuss the Kashmir issue in Bangalore,  but it only exposed the anti-social sentiments of the disruptors, says a statement from the media and arts collective, MARAA.

The power to send people back from the airport is slowly becoming a weapon, used to discipline and silence people who draw any kind of attention to uncomfortable truths about India,  says a statement of protest, signed by over 90 academics, journalists, writers and others.

'The right to free exchange of ideas between scholars, journalists, artists, and human rights defenders be respected and protected,  says a protest statement signed by scholars, journalists and writers

The CRPF stops me. “Where do you think you’re going?” he asked. “Home,” I said. “Where are you returning from?” he persisted. “Work.” “Don’t you know its curfew. I didn’t see you earlier on in the day walk from here.” I told him I had a curfew pass and I had taken the bund. Finally, he let me go. But a man with a curfew pass behind me got assaulted with a baton by a local cop.  The second of a two-part series from the diary of award-winning photojournalist DILNAZ BOGA- jottings she maintained on the tumultuous days in Kashmir last summer.