Pulitzer profitable photographer Sana Irshad Mattoo stated, prevented from leaving India

Sana Irshad Mattoo has been placed on the no fly checklist by the Jammu and Kashmir Police. (file)

New Delhi:

Pulitzer-winning Kashmiri photojournalist Sana Irshad Mattoo on Tuesday stated she was stopped for the second time this yr by immigration officers on the Delhi airport from going overseas. He was additionally stopped in July.

She posted on Twitter, “I used to be on my option to New York to obtain the Pulitzer Prize, however I used to be stopped at immigration at Delhi airport and barred from touring internationally regardless of having a legitimate US visa and ticket. “

“That is the second time I’ve been stopped for no cause or cause. After reaching out to a number of authorities after what occurred a number of months again, however I by no means obtained [any] reply. It was a as soon as in a lifetime alternative for me to attend the award ceremony.”

I used to be going to obtain the Pulitzer Prize ( @pulitzerprise) in New York however I used to be stopped at immigration at Delhi airport and barred from touring internationally regardless of having a legitimate US visa and ticket. pic.twitter.com/btGPiLlasK

— Sana Irshad Mattoo (@mattoosanna) 18 October 2022

In July, he was intercepted whereas flying from Delhi to Paris for a e-book launch and pictures exhibition as one of many winners of an award.

Ms Mattoo then alleged that immigration officers didn’t give her any cause to cease her from flying, besides that she couldn’t journey overseas as there have been restrictions.

J&Ok Police officers had instructed information company PTI that he was placed on the no-fly checklist with out elaborating.

The transfer rekindled allegations of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s authorities concentrating on journalists who uncovered disagreeable tales in regards to the administration.

In keeping with a report by international media watchdog Reporters With out Borders in Could, India’s rating on the World Press Freedom Index this yr fell from 142nd final yr to one hundred and fiftieth place out of 180 nations, because of the authorities’s scathing denials.

Working as a contract photojournalist in Jammu and Kashmir since 2018, Ms Mattoo was among the many 2022 Pulitzer Prize winners within the characteristic pictures class for her protection of the COVID-19 disaster in India as a part of a staff from information company Reuters She was