A strict enforcement of a curfew in several cities in Kashmir since 12 September has had a dramatic effect on the free flow of news and information and the ability of journalists to work.
Several local publications and regional TV stations are paralysed because their staff cannot leave their homes and several reporters have been beaten by police.
"Trying to maintain order should not be confused with preventing the media from working," says the international press freedom watchdog, Reporters Without Borders.
"The Jammu and Kashmir state authorities and the security forces that are enforcing the curfew are failing to consider the importance of the local media's work, or else there is an undeclared intention to prevent Kashmir's media from operating during the protests."
Source: Reporters without Borders
