Asif Sultan | |
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Occupation(s) | Journalist Narrator |
Awards | John Aubuchon Press Freedom Award (2019)[1] |
Asif Sultan, also known as Aasif Sultan, is a Kashmiri journalist who has been jailed by India since August 2018.[2][3][4] On October 17, 2019, Sultan received the annual John Aubuchon Press Freedom Award by the National Press Club of America.[5] In April 2022, Aasif was granted bail but not released, instead he was re-arrested and booked under the Public Safety Act.[6]
He was released in May 2024, after receiving bail on three occasions.[7]