#Update: At least 155 Rohingyas living in Jammu have been sent to HiraNagar sub jail, official sources.

#Rohingya
Reports state that these #Rohingyas have been detained US 3(2)e of the Foreigners Act. The exercise of identifying more such immigrants is still in progress. Post verification, the process of deportation will start (PTI).
Video—Rohingya being taken to Hiranagar sub Jail.

#Rohingya #Jammu
Video—This is how the Rohingya were gathered in MAM stadium.

One among them told me that the authorities told them they are being taken for Covid-19 tests.

#Rohingya #Jammu
Rohingya activists say that authorities are detaining more refugee families now.

Jammu Deputy Commissioner office denied having knowledge of the exercise.
#Update: Scenes from Jammu where Rohingya refugees are leaving their camps due to fear of being detained.

Over 160 have already been detained.

#Rohingyas
“Kill us all”—a Rohingya woman whose son is among 168 refugees detained by authorities in Jammu.

The families of those detained came out on roads in protest.

#Rohingya
A #Rohingya man, Mohammadul Hassan, was thrashed by police, eyewitnesses said, after he confronted police who were detaining other Rohingyas in Jammu. He has sustained bruises.
Officials said the #Rohingya would be deported to Myanmar, a country in turmoil as security forces crack down, killing more than 50 people to quell protests over a February 1 coup by the military.

aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/8/… Image
“After nationality verification of these illegal immigrants, details will be sent to the ministry of external affairs in Delhi to be taken up with Myanmar for their deportation,” a senior police officer said.

aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/8/… Image
About 170 #Rohingya refugees living in India have been rounded up into detention centres and told they will be forcibly deported back to Myanmar where they had previously fled genocidal human rights abuses.

theguardian.com/world/2021/mar…
I have been receiving distress calls & messages from Rohingya refugees after government crackdown on them.

Received this video of kids whose parents have been detained along the 168 #Rohingya from Jammu.

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On this #WorldPressFreedomDay, let me bring your attention to #Kashmir: Here the job of journalists has become extremely difficult due to unprecedented level of harassment, intimidation and surveillance by the state.

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He was awarded the Press Freedom Award by American National Press Club in August last year.
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There has been an unprecedented increase in harassment and intimidation of journalists in #Kashmir.

Isn’t invoking draconian UAPA against two journalists part of the pattern?

Sharing 15 such incidents below.

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