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Journalists in Indian Kashmir asked to sign pledge vowing to keep peace
Journalists in Kashmir face repeated summonses and forced peace pledges linked to mosque profiling reports, with about 25 journalists intimidated in the past year, press groups say.
- Police in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir summoned reporters and asked at least three journalists to sign a pledge vowing not to `disturb peace` on January 16, 2026.
- Kashmir Press Club linked the summons to reporting on police profiling of mosques, with authorities saying they sought preventive action under Section 126 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita , 2023.
- Police confiscated phones and checked devices during questioning, while a freelance journalist said he was summoned on November 22, 2025, held at Cyber Police Station, Srinagar, and had his phone returned after three days.
- The Editors Guild of India called the summons coercion and intimidation, DIGIPUB News India Foundation urged the government to stop the practice, while Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and National Conference remained publicly silent.
- Since the abrogation of Article 370 in 2019, press freedom in J&K has steadily deteriorated, with more than 100 journalists summoned and over 200 facing harassment, including around 25 Kashmiri journalists over the past year.
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