Kashmir Reader

Kashmir Reader was indefinitely banned for 'inciting violence'{{cite news|title=Kashmir newspaper banned for 'inciting violence'|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/10/kashmir-newspaper-banned-inciting-violence-161003061348246.html|access-date=25 January 2017|publisher=Al Jazeera English|date=October 3, 2016|ref=According to the court order, a portion of which was published on Kashmir Reader{{'}}s website, the newspaper was banned because it contained "such material and content which tends to incite acts of violence and disturb public peace and tranquillity".|archive-date=26 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170126235550/http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/10/kashmir-newspaper-banned-inciting-violence-161003061348246.html|url-status=live}} by Indian authorities on September 30 during 2016 Kashmir uprising.{{cite news|title=Kashmir newspaper banned to prevent anti-India violence|url=https://www.foxnews.com/world/kashmir-newspaper-banned-to-prevent-anti-india-violence|access-date=25 January 2017|publisher=Fox News|date=October 4, 2016|archive-date=2 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202095715/http://www.foxnews.com/world/2016/10/04/kashmir-newspaper-banned-to-prevent-anti-india-violence.html|url-status=live}} It was asked to stop publication on the evening of Sunday, October 2.{{cite news|last1=Hilal|first1=Mir|title=Kashmir: By banning our newspaper, government is only looking for scapegoats|url=http://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/jk-govt-bans-valley-newspaper-kashmir-reader-3065628/|access-date=25 January 2017|publisher=The Indian Express|date=October 5, 2016|ref='Kashmir Reader', a small English daily published from Srinagar, was asked to stop publication on the evening of Sunday, October 2. The government order announcing the ban was dated September 30.|archive-date=2 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202080441/http://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/jk-govt-bans-valley-newspaper-kashmir-reader-3065628/|url-status=live}} The daily was accused of publishing material that "tends to incite acts of violence" and "disturb public peace and tranquility".{{cite news|title=Kashmir newspaper banned for 'inciting violence'|url=http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/10/kashmir-newspaper-banned-inciting-violence-161003061348246.html|access-date=25 January 2017|publisher=Al Jazeera English|date=October 3, 2016|ref=According to the court order, a portion of which was published on Kashmir Reader{{'}}s website, the newspaper was banned because it contained "such material and content which tends to incite acts of violence and disturb public peace and tranquillity".|archive-date=26 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170126235550/http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/10/kashmir-newspaper-banned-inciting-violence-161003061348246.html|url-status=live}} Human rights group Amnesty International said the ban was a "setback to free speech" and that the government "cannot shut down a newspaper simply for being critical of the government," calling on authorities to revoke the order.{{cite news|title=Closure Of Kashmir Newspaper A Setback To Free Speech|url=http://www.amnestyusa.org/news/press-releases/closure-of-kashmir-newspaper-a-setback-to-free-speech|access-date=25 January 2017|publisher=Amnesty International|date=October 4, 2016|ref=Authorities in Jammu and Kashmir must revoke an order to stop the printing and publication of Kashmir Reader, a Srinagar-based English daily, Amnesty International India said today.|archive-date=19 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170119082948/http://www.amnestyusa.org/news/press-releases/closure-of-kashmir-newspaper-a-setback-to-free-speech|url-status=live}}{{cite news|title=Kashmiri newspaper banned for being 'critical of India'|url=http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2016/10/05/kashmiri-newspaper-banned-for-being-critical-of-india/|access-date=25 January 2017|publisher=Pakistan Today|date=October 5, 2016|ref="The government has a duty to respect the freedom of the press, and the right of people to receive information," Amnesty International said in a statement. "It cannot shut down a newspaper simply for being critical of the government."|archive-date=2 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202022734/http://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2016/10/05/kashmiri-newspaper-banned-for-being-critical-of-india/|url-status=live}} The "order does not specifically mention any news items in Kashmir Reader that incited violence," said Aakar Patel, executive director, Amnesty International India.{{cite news|title=Gov't bans Kashmir newspaper, fearing anti-India violence|url=https://apnews.com/635ba0d50ae74d53aab45ee09d17cf6c/Gov%27t-bans-Kashmir-newspaper,-fearing-anti-India-violence|access-date=25 January 2017|work=Associated Press|date=October 4, 2016|ref=The "order does not specifically mention any news items in Kashmir Reader that incited violence," said Aakar Patel, who heads the Indian chapter of Amnesty International.|archive-date=15 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201015083850/https://apnews.com/635ba0d50ae74d53aab45ee09d17cf6c/Gov%27t-bans-Kashmir-newspaper,-fearing-anti-India-violence|url-status=live}} On 28 December, the newspaper resumed publication after the government lifted the ban after nearly three months.{{cite news|title=Kashmir Reader: Newspaper printing again after ban lifted|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-38448891|access-date=25 January 2017|publisher=BBC News|date=December 28, 2016|archive-date=3 April 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403042241/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-38448891|url-status=live}}

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• {{official website|www.kashmirreader.com}}
• [http://epaper.kashmirreader.net/ Kashmir Reader e-paper]

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