Srinagar: Renowned Kashmiri journalist, Burhan Butt has won the Rory Peck Award 2022 in News Award Category.
Rory Peck Trust is a United Kingdom-based organization that provides practical and financial support to freelance journalists and their families worldwide, assisting in times of crisis and helping them to work more safely and professionally. In year 2021, Bhat won Newcomer of the Year – ‘Hans Verploeg Award’ by Free Press Unlimited.
In the recent past, two Kashmiri journalists Syed Shahriyar and Shahid Tantray have won the Human Rights and Religious Freedom Journalism Awards (HRRFJA) for the year 2022.
The accomplishments of Kashmiri journalists indicate that their work is being recognized internationally, despite Indian oppressive policies.
Indian government under the J&K Public Safety Act (PSA) has detained various journalists on false accusations, on the pretext that they have been misguiding common masses by circulating fake news against the government and its policies.
The situation environment for Kashmiri journalists is still very worrying journalists and Reporters are often harassed by police and paramilitaries.
India’s entrenched use of brute force and coercion to forcibly silence those raising voices against its horrendous crimes and egregious human rights violations in Indian administered Kashmir. India’s state-sponsored terrorism can never weaken the resolve of the Kashmiri people for their right to self-determination, the international community, particularly the UN, should hold India accountable over harassment of journalists and rights activists.
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