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Sanna Irshad Mattoo, a journalist from Kashmir, cannot travel out of India

The renowned Pulitzer Prize-winning Kashmiri journalist was unable to travel to the US to accept it.

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By News Desk Published October 19, 2022
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Sanna Irshad Mattoo Stopped From Travelling Abroad
Photo Credits: Facebook/Sanna Irshad Mattoo

Sanna Irshad Mattoo, a photojournalist from Srinagar, has been denied permission by the Indian government to go to the United States on Thursday to accept the Pulitzer Prize.

Even though Mattoo had a ticket and a visa, she was halted at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in New Delhi. The female photojournalist, who is 28 years old, was awarded the 2022 Pulitzer Prize for feature photography. She also works for a British wire service.

In a tweet, Mattoo stated, “Despite having a valid US visa and ticket, I was stopped at immigration at Delhi airport and prohibited from going overseas. I was on my way to accept the Pulitzer award in New York.”

She stated in her second tweet, “This is the second time I have been stopped without cause or reason. After what occurred a few months ago, I contacted some officials, but I never got an answer. For me, the opportunity to go to the award ceremony was once in a lifetime.”

This is the second time I have been stopped without reason or cause. Despite reaching out to several officials after what happened few months ago but I never received ay response.
Being able to attend the award ceremony was a once in a lifetime opportunity for me.

— Sanna Irshad Mattoo (@mattoosanna) October 18, 2022

According to the journalist and the Pulitzer website, Mattoo, a freelance photojournalist, was a member of the Reuters team that covered the Covid-19 outbreak in India and received the Pulitzer Prize for feature photography.

In the meanwhile, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) demanded in a statement that Indian authorities allow Mattoo to freely go abroad and accept her Pulitzer Prize in New York.

Beh Lih Yi, the coordinator of CPJ’s Asia program, said in Frankfurt, Germany, “There is no reason why Kashmiri journalist Sanna Irshad Mattoo, who had all the right travel documents and has won a Pulitzer-one of the most prestigious journalism awards-should have been prevented from traveling abroad.”

“This choice is extreme and arbitrary. All types of intimidation and harassment towards reporters covering the situation in Kashmir must stop right now by Indian authorities.”

While one of the 10 winners of the Serendipity Arles grants 2020, Mattoo was stopped earlier this year in July as she was traveling to Paris for a book launch and photographic exhibition. She was stopped at the airport by immigration officers despite having a French visa for no apparent reason.

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