“Today, the truth has won. It is a win for every Kashmiri journalist.”
The next day a wave of happiness ran through the fraternity when news broke that a 2020 Pulitzer Prize was awarded to three of their colleagues from the region.
Associated Press photographer Dar Yasin, second from right, celebrates with his family at his home in Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir, Tuesday, May 5, 2020, following the announcement that he was one of three AP photographers who won the Pulitzer Prize in Feature Photography for their coverage of the conflict in Indian-administered Kashmir and in Jammu, India.
"It was always cat-and-mouse," said Yasin, who was born in 1973 in the region's capital, Srinagar, describing the situation they were working in.Six-year-old Muneefa Nazir, a Kashmiri girl whose right eye was hit by a marble ball shot allegedly by Indian Paramilitary soldiers on Aug. 12, stands outside her home in Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir, Sept. 17, 2019.
Associated Press photographer Mukhtar Khan celebrates with his family at his home in Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir, Tuesday, May 5, 2020, following the announcement that he was one of three AP photographers who won the Pulitzer Prize in Feature Photography for their coverage of the conflict in Indian-administered Kashmir and in Jammu, India.
The pictures selected for the prize included: homes destroyed in gunfights, Kashmiri protesters engaged clashing with the government forces, victims of violence, the deserted roads with coils of concertina wires blocking them, and other gory scenes from the conflict. Consequently, India’s rank in the global press freedom index has taken a hit. In the latest annual report from Reporters Without Borders, the world’s largest democracy dropped two places and now stands at 142 out of 180 countries.
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