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"Aarif Khan was the nom de guerre of a local militant"

“We had to implement the #Shariah, the #Taliban & #AlQaeda way.”

This is the article for which #AasifSultan was taken to jail. Far from a #journalistic circus - it was highlight of a freedom struggle in #Kashmir.....

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..which might be categorized as a '#TerrorSpeech' issue.

It is certainly not the #Western '#FreedomOfExpression'. The #Kashmiri expressions was not constructed that way, with Western norms.

The website is already down, so I wanted to take some snaps.
#BurhanWani
#Kashmir
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Is there a chance for this article not to attract state's wrath? By that word, I mean the #IndianState.

To all #Indians out there participating in the #FreeAasifSultan hashtag, do you respect our existence?

If you don't, what does your #solidarity, or mockery - stand for?

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<THE CASE TIMELINE>

27–28 Aug 2018
Aasif Sultan arrested after a raid at his residence that lasted for almost 2 hours, between 11:15 pm to 1:27 am

31 Aug 2018
J&K Police issued a press release, misrepresenting the date of his arrest being 4 days later than the actual date
08 Sep 2018
Aasif Sultan sent to Srinagar Central Jail, Jammu and Kashmir

03 Oct 2018
According to a statement filed before a judge in Srinagar, the state accused Sultan of being in touch with a militant group and promoting it on social media
13 Nov 2018
The journalist's bail is rejected by the lower court

06 Feb 2019
J&K Police files a chargesheet against Sultan, accusing him of hatching a criminal conspiracy, “harbouring militants, and giving support to a proscribed militant organisation”
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