Asif Sultan, also known as Aasif Sultan, is a Kashmiri journalist who has been jailed since August 2018.[2][1][3] On October 17 2019, Sultan received the annual John Aubuchon Press Freedom Award by the National Press Club of America.[4]
History
Template:Expand section In 2018 Sultan, as a politics and human rights journalist in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir for the monthly Srinagar-based Kashmir Narrator.[1] 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.[1][5] Sultan was refused bail and his trial only began in Jun 2019.[1]
Asif Sultan published 'The rise of Burhan Wani', the profile of Kashmiri militant Burhan Wani who was killed in 2016.[4]
Works
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Activists demand detained Kashmiri journalist's release(27 August 2020). Retrieved 10 May 2021.
- ↑ Aasif Sultan. Committee to Protect Journalism. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
- ↑ UAPA case against Kashmiri photojournalist for 'anti-national posts'. The Indian Express(2020-04-20). Retrieved 2021-05-12.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Jailed Kashmiri journalist who won US media award was arrested after Burhan Wani profile(24 August 2019). Retrieved 10 May 2021.
- ↑ Kashmiri journalist Aasif Sultan kept in jail for more than 1,000 days, Kuchay, Bilal. Al Jazeera(2021-05-31). Retrieved 2021-07-06.