Inside Kashmir’s media crisis: The REAL story no one is talking about this election
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- Опубліковано 22 вер 2024
- In Srinagar, journalists often quip: there’s freedom of expression in Kashmir, but no freedom after expression.
It is a region long accustomed to restrictions, whether enforced through strikes, curfews, or the looming threat of militancy. Yet, today’s climate feels distinctly different.
During five days of conversations in and around the city, one theme recurs - a deep sense of suffocation after the centre’s August 5, 2019 decisions. And cautious phrases reveal the pervasive sense of fear.
“Yahan bolne ki azadi nahin hai (There’s no freedom to speak here).” “Bolenge toh phone aa jaega (If we speak, we’ll get a call).” “Humain raat ko ghar jana hai, Tihar nahin (We want to go home at night, not to jail).” Yahan ke journalist band hai… (So many journalists here are behind bars).”
And, most commonly: “Yahan sab theek hai (Everything is fine here).”
Unlike the slow erosion of press freedom in mainland India, the situation is far more severe in the valley. Here, journalists speak not of their craft but of surviving an interrogation by one or the other many agencies operating - being asked to come for police verification for the second time in a month, coerced into revealing sources, placed on no-fly lists, or having passports revoked. Some have been interrogated by counterinsurgency forces; others languish in jails under the Public Safety Act or anti-terror.
“Ground reporting in one way is criminalised,” said independent Anees Zargar.
The big challenge though of reporting on this intense scrutiny is the silence it breeds. Few journalists are willing to go on record, and fewer still offer specifics that could make them identifiable. This deliberate vagueness makes it harder to hold authorities accountable, leaving only the signs of a society slowly slicing itself apart.
Journalists are meant to be fearless and are protected by the Constitution of India. But when those protections fade, the impact ripples far beyond newsrooms. As one man noted, “If mainstream politicians can be jailed, if journalists can be arrested under harsh terror laws, what chance do we have?”
This is a familiar refrain across the valley: the jailing of mainstream Kashmiri politicians, activists, and journalists has delivered a clear message to the average Kashmiri - you’re nobody.
Watch the full story on the media crisis unfolding in the valley.
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Freedom of speech is shattered in J&K, this is our democracy status😢😢😢
After hearing so many people from Kashmir during this election, it doesn't look like you need democracy or freedom of speech. Most people seem to be salivating for Nizam-e-Mustafa. It's unfortunate for Kashmiris that the government is in no mood to tolerate bullshit.
I can imagine your frustration and suffocation.
Have been there twice in a row and back then they won't stop praising this development and that employment... Now suddenly they are the saddest bunch of people in India..
Poor NE states be saying in the corner.. hamara number bhi to aane de bhosdike..😂😂
Thanks for making video on Kashmiri issues. Love from Kashmir valley
And these journalists who are behind bars are those who spoke truth n did what journalism is !
I am From Haryana and I feel very disappointed
😢 Kashmir main Freedom name ki koi cheej hi nhi hai 😢
But no disappointment on NUH RIOTS run by MUZLIM'S
Bhai dogras ka pata hai apko jai haryana
We suffered a lot. We want journalist like you
An old Kashmiri saying which is true nowadays here:
"Silence is silvery (and if you keep mum) it is golden"
'Too good to be true' kind of episode. Well done.
Yes , here is no freedom to speak
What do you mean by freedom of speech? What about in past?
@@tigerpandey7636 bahi if u oppose lg or centre
U will be Encountered in the name of national security
@@tigerpandey7636Pakistani media calling others Godi media
As the saying goes right, silence is golden. Not only Kashmir whole India needs freedom from shahanshah "
True
Sister manisha u are one of my fvrt journalist❤
In Shaa Allah one day kashmir will be free from this indian occupation
Indian occupation really? Do you mean Kashmir is not part of India ?
What News laundry doing in kashmir. Adding fuel to the fire.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@@serialchillaxer Kashmir is not part of India nor Pakistan! Simple is that
@speerzada99 try kar k dekh liya na 70 saal me aur karna hai to kar lo. Tum hi free ho jaoge kashmir se. Kashmir hum hinduo ka hai aur vo bharat ka hi rahega
Yah dogras back to kashmir inshalla
Thankyou mam for showing the real truth of media in Kashmir
Wonderful...channels like newslaundry are not letting the flame extinguish...bravo...keep going
The best online news outlet in India ~ News laundry
Love from Kashmir, we need journalists like you. We request you to show the reality of drugs which is being made available everywhere in kashmir.
This is deliberately done so that Muslim youth gets into drugs..so that the community suffers...courtesy Amit Shah
Thanks
@@macbookpro1232 bhai ye paise kisi gareeb ko de deta
Tum logu ko bs yahi hai , bhai ye paise kisi gareeb ko deta , iske badle ye krta , uske badle wo krta , aisa nahi aisa krta , yeh nahi wo krta , mtlb har chiz ki tumko gmd me mirchi hi lgti hai , khud kuch krogay nahi but koi agr kuch krega Bhai ye nahi wo krta aise nahi waise krta ..bkchod log bc..isliye to marr rhay ho aaj tk zaleel ho ke sare duniya me wrna India ki zurt ni thi tum logo ko aise zaleel kr kr ke marna@@focusedonwork4738
@@focusedonwork4738gareeb ko Modi jiii pse de re na already ..2000 rs per month, free raashan , free loan
Didn’t u heard 25 lakhs are above poverty now - Modi jiii in USA ..
@@focusedonwork4738bhai ne jo kaam kiya na woh independent media ek din gareebi hatayga desh se
I'm seeing these local dailes after a long time here. used to read most of them including national dailies every morning.. then stopped all of a sudden because news began to be limited. Earlier everything was covered
free Kashmir from brutal Indian rule😢😢😢😢😢😢😢
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Dogras are sleeping but don't worry time to wake up😂😂 wait
Best video on internet as of now considering the coverage that the present media is doing in the view of elections.
Undoubtedly they claim that they have succeeded in silencing any pro militancy groups but on the other hand they themselves have acted worst than the worst.
Showing people’s view and the opinions
Salute to you ❤
All we need is NIZAAM E MUSTAFA ﷺ
Great work.
Well done
Plzzz keep showing truth everytime not only at time pf elections... U will feel the real suffocation
What a remark that there is freedom of expression in Kashmir but no freedom after expression.
Finally someone has come as a JOURNALIST in kashmir, otherwise there is just vlogging going on in kashmir by journalists in past few days.
the guy with security is how I define andhbhaqt.... that guy knows he's lying blatantly
IZLAM without lies
What will happen to AL TACQUIYAH?
@@SAFFRONINFERNO without cow mata and bull peeta hindtva will never leave oral sex and will do poja their shivlund
It's the first video which exposed the reality of Indian atrocities in Kashmir. No one has the right to speak freely in Kashmir. If anyone comes forward to speak the truth, he will be booked under harsh anti national and terror laws. Till the time they prove themselves innocent decades will pass. So everyone prefers to remain silent. People are allowed to speak the language of NaMo only and they are being paid for that.
Then why does your AZZ get pain when channels like RAJDHARMA expose these same kazhmiri muzlim?
Superb...you are the first who doing a real journalism in our j and k
Hats off to Mr Anees Zargar, for speaking truth to the Indian journalist
Welcome kashmir ..team ...our journalist team....
Salute to your journalism and thanks ❤
Loved it! Much awaited
Salute to you Manisha 🎉🎉
Finallyyyyyyyyyyyyyy someone is showing the ground reality unlike that The RAJDHARMA sadak chap, communal, archana tiwari who is just trying to destroy the secular fabric of Kashmir ,, hats off to you
I m already big fan of your journalistic ethics ❤
Thanks for raising our voices😢😢😢
Well done for the ground report from Kashmir. Keep it up.
Keep it up guys... Journalism is on the ventilator in our country..
I can't imagine a democracy in which the head of state don't do a single press conference in a whole decade.. pr hmare non bio-logical PM call it a mother of democracy 😂
Top notch 💎
Finally someone is showing true story of jandk
Woww , such a great job you did , love from Kashmir
Wonderful reporting
Long live News laundry....
I'm retired and with a scarcity of funds...I promise to send money the moment I am even a little more comfortable... And I m very positive.... these days I m not in the country....
Thanks once again
Thanks NL for showing the truth.
Always with you............from Bangladesh
Big fan madam from Shopian Kashmir ❤
Want 2 meet you
It is true that in Kashmir no one dares to talk anything about problems they face. Even newspapers can not write about ground reality.
In 1942 the British rulers were doing the same things in India, so the history repeats itself.
Newlaundry nail it again and again Pan India, and now Manisha has nailed the crown of India that is Kashmir. Kudos, you got all the support from the ground level.
Somebody may ask these delhi journalists where were they from aug 2019.they waited till the kashmiri forgot to express himself.kashmiri is a bird in cage who has forgotten to fly, his wings have been .....
I love this video , please make this type of video more.😢😢😢😢❤❤❤❤😢😢😢😢😢
Thanks for reporting honestly
Better to remain silent
Only Indian Media channel depicting absolute truth.
Dear Manisha,
Congratulations to you and your team. Finally, someone mustered enough courage to report some real "people stories" from Kashmir.
I am sure your trip must have been enlightening for you as well, against the mainstream narrative on Kashmir.
amazing work!
You speak a lot about fear , unhappiness of people . My question is why J&K ppl can be like rest of India . How they are different ? And why they can't be same as rest of India ?
Why was 370 needed ever ?
Amazing journalism here
Atleat someone shows what truth is, salute u mam🫡
i love news loundry well come to kashmir khush aamdeed love you
This is the silence before heavy storm.
Our existence is our resistance
Ye Dastoor-e-Zuban Bandi Hai Kaisa Teri Mehfil Mein
Yahan To Baat Karne Ko Tarasti Hai Zuban Meri
Uthaye Kuch Waraq Lale Ne, Kuch Nargis Ne, Kuch Gul Ne
Chaman Mein Har Taraf Bikhri Huwi Hai Dastan Meri
Urha Li Qumriyon Ne, Tootiyon Ne, Andleebon Ne
Chaman Walon Ne Mil Kar Loot Li Tarz-e-Faghan Meri
👍🏽👍🏻
Thanks news laundry from kashmir ❤
In short there in kashmir we have godi media/ print media. Inshallah we will achieve success, long awaited success. ❤❤❤❤
Please show the truth ,ask common kashmiries about the ground reality.
As a Kashmiri, I want to say only one thing : .
Thankyou @newslaundary @manisha ❤
It is amazing video
silent × survival ✓ Thankyou
Very nice 👍👍👍
wow wotta line.. there is freedom of speech .. but not freedom after speech
Don't blame the separatists if this is the situation. Creating fresh ground for recruitment. The Indian government doesn't care about the Kashmiris, they just want the land.
Good job.
A prison is not just a set of walls and wires !
Kashmir is screwed.... no one can help it... it is screwed...
Nice madam nice reporting
Is this a part of democracy? Oh my god 😢shame shame
The print media don't have guts to adk questions to government that old man was talking nonsense .
Suppression doesn’t mean peace
Current situation is like Kashmiri might fear PSA if they write a comment and express their opinion.
Need to see how the new government treats the reporters. Hopefully it will be good enough for this channel to file a different report. I have seen so many news articles blaming whichever Govt was in power. But has any news channel ever appealed to the militants to shun violence? Any time they have condemned violence? I am not sure.
Suffocated here!
0.30 sec to 0.31 our soldiers
India Alliance is winning J & k with big margin...!!
Talking about Kashmiris means talking against the nation against democracy and PSA is the best tool to stop the voice of Kashmiris even if you are innocent but if anyone talks about Kashmiris so he she will be handcuffed by PSA
By the way, Kashmiri media were singing to the tune of Pakistan before... Now they are on the government side😂
Kashmir's deserve freedom of speech , but what were they doing of this freedom earlier.??
If freedom of speech means throwing stones at army, than it is better that freedom is not given.
Proved ----------- as how many years stones pelted?
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Yeah this is the reality even worse than this. But the thing that makes us angry at Indian citizens is that they claim that everything is normal in Kashmir even they are living miles away from us ……stop ur claims for gods sake and don’t worship the king blindly
Someone is talking about us
😮
Thank you for exposing these godi dalal's lies about Kashmir. Love you ❤
The audio is very poor when Manisha was reviewing the local news papers.
Reality is that
We arE forcefully under occupation
If anyone raises a voice against this,he/she will be behind bars next daY...
We are indirectly deprived of our rights
First of all there is high unemployment rate
When a young educated person holding phd,med,bed, MSc BCA MCA degrees are unemployed at home,on the other hand bihiris have occupied our all other business even waaza nowadays are bihiris,coming to the point,
When those young degree holders are without job sitting at home they became frustrated because Unemployment leads to depression and finally depression leads to succide
That is why nowadays succide cases are at high point
This all is indirect attack on us,this is attack on young kashmiri generation
On the other hand endian govt was claiming that everything will gonna be fine after removing article 370...
It was our basis right
Why the hell was it abrogated
As many of my kashmiri brothers and sisters mentioned in the first part of video,that there is not even freedom of speech in kashmir...
Even who talks true will be slapped with psa
There is a lot in our hearts
But we have been deprived
Whom to tell the haunted truth,whom to show the wounds oF bleeded heart....
You should cover everything that any kashmiri says, in the agreement and off the agreement 😮
Journalists who cant speak truth to power, should leave, journalism, whatever the circumstances are.
N you forgot to mention Asif Sultan, a journalist behind bars, for last 4 yeats.
100%
My heartfelt thanks to PAKISTAN and especially ISI for sponsoring NEWSLAUNDRY. THE BEST AZAD MEDIA IN INDIA, IT IS BETTER THAN WIRE. Requesting ISI to divert funds for WIRE to NEWSLAUNDRY
Andhbhakt spotted 😢
If anyone is showing truth and saying anything against Administration you label them as pakistanis
@@reflexgod11100% correct
Namaste madam ❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉❤🎉
मनीषा जी आप कशमीरी लग रही हो...😍😍
Like BBC news reporter ❤
The handicraft small business all are suffering because Amit Shah camt see the people of this state happy..nothing is done to promote the art & craft if Kashmir..the immense talent they have..also young boys should be encouraged to play sports...but here youngsters are getting into drugs...I feel deliberately this is done so that the young population doesnt rise up career wise..& so there won't be any protest.....
I just hate this man Amit Shah
Pure Kashmir ke election mai ek alag video yahi hai
You should not cover only negative reviews for kashmiri people 😔
Freedom of speech nhi hai idr kuch bol he nhi sktay
Newslaundry team, pls make sure to have a strong legal team with you when you are publishing facts... dont want any of your journo's being jailed as we live in a society speaking truth leads to criminal charges..