The Valley's verbal diktat

July 18, 2016 16:35

Kashmir's print media gag of three days has been achieved without any written order, which would have required citing of some law, writes media watcher website, The Hoot. It has been achieved by brute force on day one, with police teams raiding printing presses and seizing copies of papers printed, followed by a verbal explanation on day two by a government minister and spokesperson.

He said a three day ban had been decided on "reluctantly." No newspapers were published in the valley on Sunday. There seems to be no move on the part of media houses to go to court over this summary verbal ban, which they are all complying with.

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