Pulitzer-winning Kashmiri photojournalist stopped from flying overseas once more
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NEW DELHI: Kashmiri photojournalist and Pulitzer award winner Sanna Irshad Mattoo was stopped by immigration authorities from flying to New York.
This is the second time in three months that Mattoo is being stopped by immigration officers at Delhi airport with out giving a sound purpose for stopping her from flying overseas.
“I was on my way to receive the Pulitzer award (@Pulitzerprizes) in New York but I was stopped at immigration at Delhi airport and barred from traveling internationally despite holding a valid US visa and ticket,” she tweeted on Tuesday.
I used to be on my strategy to obtain the Pulitzer award ( @Pulitzerprizes) in New York however I used to be stopped at immigration at Delhi airport and barred from touring internationally regardless of holding a sound US visa and ticket. pic.twitter.com/btGPiLlasK
— Sanna Irshad Mattoo (@mattoosanna) October 18, 2022
On July 2, Mattoo was stopped from flying to Paris. At the time, the photojournalist was on her strategy to attend a ebook launch and images exhibition when she was advised by officers at Delhi airport that she can not fly overseas.
In the final three years, Kashmiri journalist Gowhar Geelani, journalist-turned-academician Zahid Rafiq and journalist Ruwa Shah had been prevented from travelling overseas.
NEW DELHI: Kashmiri photojournalist and Pulitzer award winner Sanna Irshad Mattoo was stopped by immigration authorities from flying to New York.
This is the second time in three months that Mattoo is being stopped by immigration officers at Delhi airport with out giving a sound purpose for stopping her from flying overseas.
“I was on my way to receive the Pulitzer award (@Pulitzerprizes) in New York but I was stopped at immigration at Delhi airport and barred from traveling internationally despite holding a valid US visa and ticket,” she tweeted on Tuesday.
I used to be on my strategy to obtain the Pulitzer award ( @Pulitzerprizes) in New York however I used to be stopped at immigration at Delhi airport and barred from touring internationally regardless of holding a sound US visa and ticket. pic.twitter.com/btGPiLlasK
— Sanna Irshad Mattoo (@mattoosanna) October 18, 2022
On July 2, Mattoo was stopped from flying to Paris. At the time, the photojournalist was on her strategy to attend a ebook launch and images exhibition when she was advised by officers at Delhi airport that she can not fly overseas.
In the final three years, Kashmiri journalist Gowhar Geelani, journalist-turned-academician Zahid Rafiq and journalist Ruwa Shah had been prevented from travelling overseas.
