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{{short description|Weekly English newspaper published in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India}}
{{Infobox newspaper
| language = English
| headquarters = Jehangir Chowk, Srinagar
| publishing_city = [[Srinagar]]
| format = Tabloid
| publishing_country = India
| website = {{URL|freepresskashmir.news}}
| chiefeditor = Qazi Zaid
| foundation = 2011, 9 years ago
| image = FPK-24-JUNE-2019-01.jpg
| caption = Front page of weekly newspaper Free Press Kashmir, dated 24 June, 2019.
}}'''''Free Press Kashmir''''' is a Weekly English [[newspaper]] printed and published in [[Srinagar]], [[Jammu and Kashmir (union territory)|Jammu and Kashmir]], [[India]]. The weekly newsprint is published in color at Rs. 15 per copy. The editor-in-chief is Qazi Zaid.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|title=About Us {{!}} Free Press Kashmir|url=https://freepresskashmir.news/about-us/|date=2017-03-09|language=en-GB|access-date=2020-05-19|archive-date=2022-06-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220628075014/https://freepresskashmir.news/about-us/|url-status=live}}</ref>

== History ==
Free Press Kashmir was founded by Sheikh Mushtaq in 2011, and in 2016 Qazi Zaid took over. The newspaper and its website were relaunched in May 2017.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite web|title=Dystopia vs development: The Kashmir paradox|url=https://www.livemint.com/mint-lounge/features/dystopia-vs-development-the-kashmir-paradox-11571377960811.html|last=Bakshi|first=Asmita|date=2019-10-18|website=Livemint|language=en|access-date=2020-05-19|archive-date=2020-08-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200816180918/https://www.livemint.com/mint-lounge/features/dystopia-vs-development-the-kashmir-paradox-11571377960811.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Internet blockade ==
In August 2019, Free Press Kashmir was shut due to the internet blockade imposed by the government, after the abrogation of Article 370.<ref>{{Citation|title=Editor Free Press Kashmir: 'Haven't published anything since 50 days' - BBCURDU|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvKmny9xdJM|language=en|access-date=2020-05-19|archive-date=2020-10-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022074537/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvKmny9xdJM&gl=US&hl=en|url-status=live}}</ref> Free Press Kashmir's website relaunched in May 2020, on World Press Freedom Day, with a new domain name.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |date=2020-05-03 |title=#WorldPressFreedomDay: Stepping into the unknown {{!}} Free Press Kashmir |url=https://freepresskashmir.news/2020/05/03/worldpressfreedomday-stepping-into-the-unknown/ |access-date=2020-05-19 |language=en-GB |archive-date=2022-06-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220628075015/https://freepresskashmir.news/2020/05/03/worldpressfreedomday-stepping-into-the-unknown/ |url-status=live }}</ref> <ref>{{Cite web|title=Death of news in Kashmir|url=https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/death-of-news-in-kashmir/cid/1724282|website=www.telegraphindia.com|language=en|access-date=2020-05-19|archive-date=2020-02-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200227221835/https://www.telegraphindia.com/india/death-of-news-in-kashmir/cid/1724282|url-status=live}}</ref>

== References ==
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== External links ==

* [https://freepresskashmir.news/ Official Website]

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[[Category:English-language newspapers published in India]]
[[Category:Publications established in 2011]]
[[Category:Weekly newspapers published in India]]
[[Category:Mass media in Jammu and Kashmir]]
[[Category:2011 establishments in Jammu and Kashmir]]

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