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FREEDOM OF PRESS

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t is unfortunate that a state which was heard and Bukhari at a time when the the mainstream and separa-
credible think tank like respected. UN human rights Commis- tist political organi sations.
top stories from the magazine @orfonline should allow He had been active on the sion released a report on the It is more or less a familiar
this diatribe in absence Kashmir journalism scene human rights abuses by In- scene that plays out after
I of the person referred over almost three decades, dian forces in Kashmir raises every high profile killing in
Breaking sex talk taBoo assam lynching incident to. In #Kashmir we have done joining the well-regarded many questions,” Salahuddin Kashmir. And Bukhari’s is no
Journalism with pride and
said, in the statement.
English regional daily,
different.
in indian culture warns us of the perils will continue to highlight Kashmir Times,as a reporter Similarly, Lashkar chief Police has released the
In India where sex of social media what happens on ground,” in early nineties, when Mehmood Shah has termed CCTV picture of the three
temples in Khajuraho In the era of virtual the prominent journalist militancy was at its peak. In the killing “a conspiracy”. youth on a bike and appealed
are worshipped, talking reality, how social media Shujaat Bukhari posted on 1994, he joined The Hindu as “Killing of Shujaat Bukhari to people for their identifica-
about sex in open is can be an unsolicited Twitter hours before he was its Kashmir bureau chief and is a conspiracy hatched to tion. However, it won’t be easy
to do so. One of the youth in
shot dead by the unknown
quit it in 2011 to set up his own suppress the voice of indige-
still a taboo. India with invitation to danger assailants. The tweet was in newspaper. nous freedom struggle. Indian the picture driving the bike
the largest adolescent has been proved by the response to a report by the Nobody has owned the agencies have enmity towards is wearing the helmet. One
population cannot afford unfortunate incident of Observer Research Founda- responsibility for his killing. every individual who is loyal of the two pillion riders is
to stay silent about its Assam lynching where tion which criticised him for thinly masked and another
sexual health anymore, two young men died, being a biased editor when it Killing of Shujaat squeezed in between is car-
writes: Subhangi Singh writes Pari Saikia came to reporting Kashmir. rying a bag, holding probably
But the biased he never the weapons.
was. His paper Rising Kashmir BuKhari J&K Police has constituted
was one of the most balanced a Special Investigation Team
publications in Kashmir. And,
‘a puppeteer’s Quest thousands join mass as is clear from his tweet, With the killing of Shujaat Bukhari, Editor-in-
INDIA’S LEADING hunger strike in assam Bukhari was passionate about Chief of Rising Kashmir, died down the freedom of Bukhari would
platform for Indian against citizenship Bill journalism. Despite having a press and an influential voice in Kashmir, reports be all around the
and international Extradition of illegal battery of talented journalists Tehelka CorrespondenT
puppetry, the Ishara migrants in Assam running his paper, he was ac- world attending
Puppet Theatre recently shouldn’t be limited to tively involved in every aspect conferences on
of the publication. On June
celebrated its thirtieth Bangladeshi Muslims. 14 too, he was at his office, Kashmir. Over
anniversary. Neha Locals predict 1985 instructing his staff as to the
Kirpal in an interaction agitation-like situation if distribution of news across the years, he
with its founder Dadi the government ignores the pages according to their had become an
Pudumjee talks about his their demands, writes relative importance. But, he influential voice
contribution to the art. Nava Thakuria was especially mindful about
the first ever UN report on on the Valley
the human rights situation in
Kashmir released on the day
and had asked his staff to give
skeletons in trimex development or it a prominent display on the to probe the murder and will
cupBoard Betrayal: know front page. look at all possible angles to
expose the conspiracy.
All seemed to be going
Conversation between four years of modi well. Only days before he had However, for the ordinary
illegal mining mafias, government returned from Lisbon where people, it is difficult to explain
ex-CBI Chief and a The NDA government he had attended the World why Bukhari was killed. In his
fixer points to money headed by PM Narendra Editors Conference. He had write-ups and the television
bags exchanged. Modi termed its four- pinned a picture of him out- In fact, the militant organi to the freedom movement. discussions, he would stoutly
Former Secretary, year achievements as side the venue to his Twitter sationLashkar-i-Toiba and the The world must pay attention defend Kashmir cause. And
to India’s vicious and ill-fated
grouping United Jihad Coun-
handle.
considering the record of
Government of India “saaf niyat, sahi vikas.” Bukhari was a globe-trot- cil (UJC) have condemned the conspiracies,” a spokesman the investigation into many
and a social activist However, other serious ter. He would be all around killing. The UJC chief,Syed of the outfit Dr Abdullah such killings in the past, the
brought Trimex, issues are seen taken a the world attending confer- Salahuddin,has demanded an Ghaznawi said in a statement murder is likely to remain a
others to book, writes backseat under his reign, ences on Kashmir. And over international probe into the quoting Shah. mystery.
Charanjit Ahuja writes Bharat Hiteshi the years, he had become assassination. At the same time, condem-
an influential voice on the “The killing of Shujaat nations have poured in from letters@tehelka.com

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