Sanna Irshad Mattoo says she was stopped by immigration officials at Delhi airport despite holding a valid visa
and was going to take part in a festival organised by the organisation in Paris.
“There was information to stop the journalist at immigration and not allow her to take the flight ... In this case, the police and immigration followed procedure,” the Delhi-based daily newspaper quoted the source as saying.She said: “I work the way a professional journalist ideally does. I think, the ban on my foreign travel was somehow placed by the authorities by a mistake.
“Restricting freedom of movement is another tool of repression and harassment being used against independent journalists in India – especially those from minority religious and ethnic groups, and those reporting from Kashmir,” said Julie Posetti, the vice-president of global research at the International Center for Journalists.
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