The Mujeeb Ali Khan Museum Cultural Forum marked its 10th anniversary with a tribute to the journalist Mujeeb Ali Khan and media professionals.
Speakers, including senior journalists and intellectuals, praised Mujeeb Ali Khan’s dedication to ethical journalism and truth-seeking. His contributions to responsible reporting were widely acknowledged.
Several journalists and writers were honored for their work.
The event, presided over by Nazeeruddin, Chief Patron of the Gulbarga Cultural Forum, recognized 40 media professionals, including digital journalists.
Honorees included senior journalists MA Hakim Shakir and Azeezulla Sarmasth. Ayathulla Sarmasth, founder of Gulbarga’s first Urdu channel, received special recognition.
The event, hosted by photojournalist Mujeeb Ali Khan, celebrated Mujeeb Ali Khan’s legacy and the role of media in upholding truth.
source: http://www.radiancenews.com / Radiance News / Home> Focus> Report / by Radiance News Bureau / February 18th, 2025
Jailed Kashmiri journalist Irfan Mehraj, who is currently incarcerated under draconian charges, has been honored with the Human Rights and Religious Freedom Journalism Award for 2024.
Mehraj, who won in the Best Video Story category for his impactful work on the heroin epidemic in Kashmir, shared the award with Akanksha Saxena and Khalid Khan of Deutsche Welle, reported Freepress Kashmir.
The awards, organised by the Indian American Muslim Council, a Washington, D.C.-based advocacy group, were presented at a ceremony in Chicago, Illinois. This year, the competition received over 210 entries across four categories.
The prestigious award for ‘Best Video Story on Human Rights and Religious Freedom’ was jointly won, with the top honour going to the three journalists from Deutsche Welle for their impactful documentary, “On Drugs – Kashmir’s Heroin Epidemic.”
The piece stresses upon the growing heroin crisis in Kashmir and lives of people ravaged by addiction in the region.
According to a Human Rights Watch statement issued earlier, said, “While on a professional assignment on 20 March 2023, Mehraj was summoned for questioning and detained by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) of India in Srinagar under provisions of the Indian Penal Code and the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.”
Irfan has been booked under the draconian UAPA. According to the NIA, Irfan was previously summoned to Delhi in a case related to “NGO terror funding”. The NIA in its press note claimed he was a “close associate” of the Kashmiri human rights defender Khurram Parvez.
In June 2023, United Nations experts expressed serious concerns regarding the charges against and arrest of Mehraj and Parvez, stating that their continued detention is ‘designed to delegitimize their human rights work and obstruct monitoring of the human rights situation in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir.’
On 7 March 2024, UN experts sounded the alarm on the “harassment and prolonged detention of human rights defenders and journalists” in the country. ( With Agencies Inputs )
source: http://www.muslimmirror.com / Muslim Mirror / Home> Indian Muslim>Media / August 28th, 2024
