Controversy Surrounds G20 Meeting in Kashmir

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) has condemned the crackdown on media and arrests of journalists in Indian-administered Kashmir as New Delhi holds a Group of 20 (G20) tourism meeting in the region. The CPJ called on the Indian government to end its "brutal crackdown on the media" and release the four arbitrarily detained Kashmiri journalists. Press freedom worsened in the region after August 5, 2019, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist government unilaterally stripped Kashmir of its limited autonomy and brought it under New Delhi's direct control.