Journalists Killed in 1994 - Motive Confirmed: Ghulam Muhammad Lone
| Publisher | Committee to Protect Journalists |
| Publication Date | January 1995 |
| Cite as | Committee to Protect Journalists, Journalists Killed in 1994 - Motive Confirmed: Ghulam Muhammad Lone, January 1995, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/4e6494b823.html [accessed 17 September 2023] |
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Freelancer
August 29, 1994, in Kangan, India
Lone, a newspaper salesman and freelance journalist who contributed to several publications, including the English-language Greater Kashmir, was killed by a group of masked gunmen who also fatally shot his seven-year-old son in their home in Kangan, Kashmir. Lone had reportedly received death threats from a security agent for his coverage of troop movements in Kashmir. Srinagar police attributed the killing to Kashmiri separatists.
| Medium: | |
| Job: | Print Reporter |
| Beats Covered: | Human Rights, Politics |
| Gender: | Male |
| Local or Foreign: | Local |
| Freelance: | Yes |
| Type of Death: | Murder |
| Suspected Source of Fire: | Political Group |
| Impunity: | Yes |
| Taken Captive: | No |
| Tortured: | No |
| Threatened: | Yes |
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