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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Journalist arrested in Kashmir}}<br />
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'''Asif Sultan''', also known as '''Aasif Sultan''', is a [[Kashmiris|Kashmiri]] journalist who has been jailed since August 2018.<ref name="cpj.org">{{cite news|url=https://cpj.org/data/people/aasif-sultan/|publisher=cpj.org|author=|title=Aasif Sultan|date=|access-date=10 May 2021|work=Committee to Protect Journalism|location=New York}}</ref><ref name="aa.com.tr">{{cite news|url=https://www.aa.com.tr/en/asia-pacific/activists-demand-detained-kashmiri-journalists-release/1955066|publisher=Anadulu Agency|location=Turkey|author=Hilal Mir|title=Activists demand detained Kashmiri journalist's release|date=27 August 2020|access-date=10 May 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-04-20|title=UAPA case against Kashmiri photojournalist for 'anti-national posts'|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/india/kashmir-photojournalist-uapa-anti-national-posts-6370631/|access-date=2021-05-12|website=The Indian Express|language=en}}</ref> On October 17 2019, Sultan received the annual ''John Aubuchon Press Freedom Award'' by the [[National Press Club (United States)|National Press Club]] of America.<ref name="theprint">{{cite news|url=https://theprint.in/india/jailed-kashmiri-journalist-who-won-us-media-award-was-arrested-after-burhan-wani-profile/281597/|publisher=theprint.in|author=Azaan Javid|title=Jailed Kashmiri journalist who won US media award was arrested after Burhan Wani profile|date=24 August 2019|access-date=10 May 2021}}</ref><br />
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==History==<br />
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In 2018 Sultan, as a politics and human rights journalist in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir for the monthly [[Srinagar]]-based ''Kashmir Narrator''.<ref name="aa.com.tr"/> He was reporting on civil unrest in Kashmir, including interviewing alleged members of militant groups, and was arrested on 27 August 2018 under the stringent [[Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act]].<ref name="aa.com.tr"/><ref>{{Cite web|last=Kuchay|first=Bilal|date=2021-05-31|title=Kashmiri journalist Aasif Sultan kept in jail for more than 1,000 days|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/5/31/kashmiri-journalist-aasif-sultan-kept-in-jail-for-over-1000-days|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210702153612/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/5/31/kashmiri-journalist-aasif-sultan-kept-in-jail-for-over-1000-days|archive-date=2021-07-02|access-date=2021-07-06|website=[[Al Jazeera]]|language=en}}</ref> Sultan was refused bail and his trial only began in Jun 2019.<ref name="aa.com.tr"/><br />
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Asif Sultan published 'The rise of Burhan Wani', the profile of Kashmiri militant [[Burhan Wani]] who was killed in 2016.<ref name="theprint">{{cite news|url=https://theprint.in/india/jailed-kashmiri-journalist-who-won-us-media-award-was-arrested-after-burhan-wani-profile/281597/|publisher=theprint.in|author=Azaan Javid|title=Jailed Kashmiri journalist who won US media award was arrested after Burhan Wani profile|date=24 August 2019|access-date=10 May 2021}}</ref> <br />
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==Works==<br />
* {{cite Magazine|last=Sultan|first=Sultan|date=1 July 2018|title=The Rise of Burhan<br />
|magazine=Kashmir Narrator|location=[[Srinagar]]|url=http://kashmirnarrator.com/the-rise-of-burhan/|access-date=1 Jun 2021|url-status=live|issue=June 2018<br />
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180704153714/http://kashmirnarrator.com:80/the-rise-of-burhan/|archive-date=4 July 2018}}<br />
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[[Category:Kashmiri journalists]]<br />
[[Category:Prisoners and detainees of India]]<br />
[[Category:Recipients of John Aubuchon Press Freedom Award]]<br />
[[Category:Imprisoned journalists]]<br />
[[Category:1986 births]]<br />
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[[Category:Kashmiri Muslims]]<br />
[[Category:Kashmiri people]]<br />
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