Asif Sultan

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Asif Sultan
Bornc. 1986 (age 35–36)[1]
OccupationJournalist
Narrator
AwardsJohn Aubuchon Press Freedom Award (2019)[2]

Asif Sultan, also known as Aasif Sultan, is a Kashmiri journalist who has been jailed since August 2018.[3][1][4] On October 17 2019, Sultan received the annual John Aubuchon Press Freedom Award by the National Press Club of America.[5]

History[]

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][6] 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.[5]

Works[]

  • Sultan, Sultan (1 July 2018). "The Rise of Burhan". Kashmir Narrator. No. June 2018. Srinagar. Archived from the original on 4 July 2018. Retrieved 1 June 2021.

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e Hilal Mir (27 August 2020). "Activists demand detained Kashmiri journalist's release". Turkey: Anadulu Agency. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  2. ^ Donnelly, John M. (22 August 2019). "National Press Club announces 2019 press freedom honorees". Washington, D.C.: The National Press Club. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Aasif Sultan". Committee to Protect Journalism. New York: cpj.org. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  4. ^ "UAPA case against Kashmiri photojournalist for 'anti-national posts'". The Indian Express. 20 April 2020. Retrieved 12 May 2021.
  5. ^ a b Azaan Javid (24 August 2019). "Jailed Kashmiri journalist who won US media award was arrested after Burhan Wani profile". theprint.in. Retrieved 10 May 2021.
  6. ^ Kuchay, Bilal (31 May 2021). "Kashmiri journalist Aasif Sultan kept in jail for more than 1,000 days". Al Jazeera. Archived from the original on 2 July 2021. Retrieved 6 July 2021.
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