Only Kashmir News Desk
Srinagar, 02 July: Kashmir-based photojournalist Sanna Irshad Mattoo was Saturday denied to book a flight for Paris where she was heading to attend a book launch and photography exhibition as one of 10 award winners of the Serendipity Arles grant 2020.
Sanna in a tweet said I was not allowed to travel abroad and was stopped at the International Airport in New Delhi, despite a valid visa from the country I was scheduled to visit.
Pertinently, Sanna Irshad Mattoo was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in the category of ‘Feature Photography for her coverage of the second wave of Coronavirus in India.
I was scheduled to travel from Delhi to Paris today for a book launch and photography exhibition as one of 10 award winners of the Serendipity Arles grant 2020. Despite procuring a French visa, I was stopped at the immigration desk at Delhi airport. (1/2) pic.twitter.com/OoEdBBWNw6
— Sanna Irshad Mattoo (@mattoosanna) July 2, 2022
“I was scheduled to travel from Delhi to Paris today for a book launch and photography exhibition as one of 10 award winners of the Serendipity Arles grant 2020. Despite procuring a French visa, I was stopped at the immigration desk at Delhi airport. I was not give any reason but told I would not be able to travel internationally,” Sanna wrote on her Twitter handle.
Earlier in March, a prominent Indian journalist Rana Ayyub was also prevented from flying to Europe.
Pertinent to mention here, the Jammu and Kashmir administration aftermath of the abrogation of Article 370 allegedly prepared a list of over 450 people including businessmen, journalists, lawyers, and political activists, who would not be allowed to travel abroad for a particular time period.
