Attacks – Journalists

On October 13, 2018, Jammu and Kashmir police barred reporters from covering local elections in certain polling stations in Srinagar even though they were carrying an authorization letter from the state election commission, according to Free Press Kashmir. On the same day, two journalists–Fayaz Lolu and Deen Imran–working with national TV news channels Munsif and Aalmi Sahara were stopped from covering the elections and beaten by paramilitary forces and police in the city of Anantnag, according to Rising Kashmir.