Indian police have booked a female Kashmiri photojournalist Masrat Zahra under a terrorism law for sharing her work on social media.
The police said in a statement that “the user (Zahra) is also uploading posts that tantamount to glorify the anti-national activities and dent the image of law enforcing agencies besides causing disaffection against the country.”
A case under FIR No.10/2020 U/S 13 UA (P) Act (Unlawful Activities Prevention Act) and 505-IPC dated 18-04-2020 stands registered against her in Cyber Police Station, Kashmir Zone, Srinagar.
Zahra, 26, a freelance photojournalist, is contributing to various international news organizations and has been published in Washington Post, Al Jazeera, Caravan and many other publications.
She had recently posted pictures on her social media accounts depicting brutalities of Indian occupational forces on a family. The pictures were previously published by an international media organization.
