Qazi Shibli

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Qazi Shibli
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Born1993
Anantnag, Jammu and Kashmir
OccupationJournalist
OrganizationThe Kashmiriyat

Qazi Shibli (born in 1993) is a Kashmiri journalist and editor of The Kashmiriyat, a digital newspaper covering general, political and human rights news from Jammu and Kashmir. In December 2019, Shibli's detainment ranked fifth on Time's list of "10 most urgent threats to press freedom."[1]

Early life[]

Shibli was born in Anantnag, Jammu and Kashmir, India, in 1993.

Arrests[]

On July 27, 2019, he was arrested by Jammu and Kashmir police and held in custody at Saddar police station in Anantnag district. He was questioned about his article and subsequent ones[2] on the deployment of new Indian troops in the region.[3] Shibli was detained under the recently published Public Safety Act, which allowed the arrest of people older than sixteen years old for a period of two years.[4] On August 5, when a media shutdown in Jammu and Kashmir was imposed as a consequence of the abrogation of constitutional provisions granting special autonomy to Jammu and Kashmir, his family lost contact with Shibli. They only learned of his whereabouts only after more than 2 months in custody, when he had already been transferred to a prison in Uttar Pradesh. It was later revealed that Shibli was charged with accusations including “waging war against the Union of India,” “creating fear and panic among common people,” being “deeply involved in disrupting the peaceful atmosphere,” and seeking “to motivate the people to work for seceding the state of Jammu and Kashmir from the union of India” on August 8, leading to charges of pro-independence activity. On August 9 he was transferred to Bareilly District Prison in Uttar Pradesh, 1,300 km from his hometown.[3] In December, Time reported on his case as one of the "10 Most Urgent Press Freedom Threats".[1] The Committee to Protect Journalists, an international organization that defends journalists' rights, also reported on Shibli's arrest and campaigned online for the charges against him to be dropped. On April 13, 2020, he was released from prison and went back to his hometown of Anantnag in Kashmir.[2]

On July 30, 2020, he was summoned by Jammu and Kashmir Cyber Police to appear next day at Srinagar Police Station.[5] On July 31, 2020, he was transferred to Shergarh Police Station.[6] On August 2, 2020, people from across the world and from different backgrounds took to Twitter to condemn Shibli's detention.[6] On August 3, 2020, he was transferred to Srinagar Central Prison. He has been booked under 107 CRPC, a section for Security for keeping the peace in other cases.[7] After eighteen days, on August 17, he was released.[8]

Work[]

Broke the narrative on the eviction Drive Launched against the Indigenous Gujjar and Bakerwal Community with his video story. In Search of Home [9]

Questioned the fake Encounter in Shopian, One day after the Encounter in Amshipura Shopian, Kashmir on July 18, 2020. [10]


Reported on the retribution faced by the Families of Militants in Kashmir. [11]

Worked Intensively on the two siblings who went missing in Delhi and helped the families trace the duo from Kulgam Kashmir. [12]

Reference[]

  1. ^ a b "These Are the 10 'Most Urgent' Threats to Press Freedom in December 2019". TIME. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  2. ^ a b Sharma, Yashraj. "Interview. "Ghosts haunted me… cell was a cage": Kashmiri journalist's 9-months in jail". The Kashmir Walla. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Qazi Shibli's Information". Committee to Protect Journalists. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  4. ^ Sharma, Yashraj. "Detained in Kashmir". foreignpolicy.com/. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  5. ^ "Cyber Police Summons The Kashmiriyat Editor, Qazi Shibli". The Kashmiriyat. 31 July 2020. Retrieved 2 August 2020.
  6. ^ a b "The Kashmiriyat Demands the Release of Editor Qazi Shibli". The Kashmiriyat. 3 August 2020. Retrieved 3 August 2020.
  7. ^ Dharma, Nisar (4 August 2020). "Kashmir Journalist Qazi Shibli detained under 107 CRPC, shifted to Srinagar Central Jail". Kashmir Monitor. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
  8. ^ "Qazi Shibli Released after 18 Days". The Kashmiriyat. 4 August 2020. Retrieved 17 August 2020.
  9. ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: In search of home- A film by Qazi Shibli. YouTube.
  10. ^ "Day 2- 'Militants' Killed in Shopian Encounter Remain Unidentified". 19 July 2020.
  11. ^ "How Retribution Increases Trauma of Families of Kashmiri Militants, Boosts Alienation — Article 14".
  12. ^ "Day 5: Family Anxiety Deepens as Search for Missing Kulgam Brothers Intensifies". 23 November 2020.
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