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Kashmir should get its press freedom back

Indian authorities have squeezed out the last independent local outlet

Arjumand Shaheen
| India
A copy of The Kashmir Wala on the floor as staff vacate the magazine's offices in Srinagar on Aug. 21: It was a rare media voice with uncompromised ethics. (Sipa via AP)

Arjumand Shaheen is an independent journalist based in Srinagar, Kashmir.

On Aug. 20, the website of The Kashmir Walla, the last independent news outlet in Kashmir, was blocked in India.

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