SRINAGAR — The Kashmiri journalist Fahad Shah has been released from Kot Bhalwal jail in Jammu a week after Jammu and Kashmir High Court granted him bail. The Jammu and Kashmir High Court had granted bail to Fahad Shah, the founder and editor of The Kashmir Walla last week (on November 18th) nearly after two […]
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Journalist Fahad Shah granted bail
SRINAGAR — The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir has granted bail to a Kashmiri journalist Fahad Shah. Fahad Shah, the editor of The Kashmir Walla was booked under the Public Safety Act (PSA) and was facing charges under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA). Shah has been in jail for 21 months over reporting […]
High Court quashes detention of Journalist Fahad Shah
JAMMU — The High Court on Thursday quashed the detention of a journalist Fahad Shah and directed the authorities to release him forthwith. Justice Wasim Sadiq Nargal has said that Fahad should be “set at liberty forthwith if not required in any other case.” “In the present case, the procedural requirement has not been followed […]