Srinagar: Several journalists and members of civil society paid rich tributes and expressed condolences to martyred journalist Rayees Ahmad Butt on his 4th martyrdom anniversary in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir.
According to Global Mirror, Indian troops martyred a young Kashmiri freelance journalist, Rayees Ahmad Butt, along with a youth during a cordon and search operation on this day in 2022 in the Rainawari area of Srinagar city.
The journalist fraternity of the Kashmir Valley paid tributes to the departed soul and to all victimized journalists in occupied Kashmir.
Occupied Kashmir is one of the most dangerous places in the world for media professionals, where those associated with the press are performing their duties under extremely difficult circumstances, said a report released today by Kashmir Media Service.
It said that 20 journalists have been confirmed killed while performing their duties during the Kashmiris’ ongoing liberation struggle since 1989. They include Shabbir Ahmed Dar, Mushtaq Ali, Muhammad Shaban Wakeel, woman scribe Aasiya Jeelani, Ghulam Muhammad Lone, Ghulam Rasool Azad, Pervez Muhammad Sultan, Shujaat Bukhari, Ali Muhammad Mahajan, Syed Ghulam Nabi, Altaf Ahmed Fakhtoo, Saidan Shafi, Tariq Ahmed, Abdul Majid Butt, and Javed Ahmed Mir.
According to Global Mirror, Indian troops martyred a young Kashmiri freelance journalist, Rayees Ahmad Butt, along with a youth during a cordon and search operation on this day in 2022 in the Rainawari area of Srinagar city.
The journalist fraternity of the Kashmir Valley paid tributes to the departed soul and to all victimized journalists in occupied Kashmir.
Occupied Kashmir is one of the most dangerous places in the world for media professionals, where those associated with the press are performing their duties under extremely difficult circumstances, said a report released today by Kashmir Media Service.
It said that 20 journalists have been confirmed killed while performing their duties during the Kashmiris’ ongoing liberation struggle since 1989. They include Shabbir Ahmed Dar, Mushtaq Ali, Muhammad Shaban Wakeel, woman scribe Aasiya Jeelani, Ghulam Muhammad Lone, Ghulam Rasool Azad, Pervez Muhammad Sultan, Shujaat Bukhari, Ali Muhammad Mahajan, Syed Ghulam Nabi, Altaf Ahmed Fakhtoo, Saidan Shafi, Tariq Ahmed, Abdul Majid Butt, and Javed Ahmed Mir.