Gagging Media Condemnable

The restriction imposed on Gk by seizing its copies out side press is highly condemnable. Impositions of such acts are tantamount to muzzle the right of expression and right to information. While media is allowed to do its professional duties in war zones but here in Kashmir the authorities have resorted to such cheap tactics to keep people uninformed about the happenings around which is futile. These unjust steps like imposing curfews, using brute force on peaceful protests, gagging media (print and electronic) have boomerang effect as it alienates people more and more and the credibility of the government( which is already low) gets eroded.

Such acts of suppression and oppression will not deter the freedom loving people of Kashmir to get swayed away from their cherished goal of independence. These acts only speaks the frustration of oppressor and these arm twisting methods are tantamount to moral defeat as these are last tools in the hands of suppressors of humanity and freedom. History teaches us that they at last have to eat a humble pie and bow down before the popular sentiments of people fighting for the liberation of their motherland.