New Delhi, June 12, 2019 (PPI-OT): Amnesty International India-chapter has cancelled its Srinagar event slated for today (June 12, 2019) because the Srinagar district administration has denied them permission, a spokesperson of the human rights watchdog said.
The Amnesty in letters to the newspapers said, “This is to inform you that the event has been cancelled as district administration has denied permission,” the single line information was delivered to the newsrooms of Kashmir-based newspapers, which were earlier invited to cover the event.
Media reports said that according to an earlier communication, the Amnesty had invited reporters to cover the event where the watchdog was slated to release its report on Public Safety Act titled “Tyranny of a ‘lawless law’: Detention without charge or trial under the Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act”. No more details were immediately available. The event was slated in a city hotel.
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