Journalists, including those with police protection, are not safe in the Valley, the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has observed while sending notices to the J&K government and police over the murder of editor Shujaat Bukahri.
The NHRC on Monday said that it has taken suo motu cognisance of a media report about a group of scribes under the banner South Asia Media Defenders Network urging it to push for a speedy probe into the killing of Mr. Bukhari. Citing reports, it said Mr. Bukhari, who was the editor of Rising Kashmir , had been under police protection since 2000.
