The Amnesty International on Tuesday called for immediate release of Kashmir-based journalist Irfan Mehraj who was arrested by NIA on March 20 from Srinagar.

Aakar Patel, chair of board at Amnesty International India, said that the arrest of Kashmiri journalist Irfan Mehraj under terror charges is a travesty and that the arrest is yet another instance of the long-drawn repression of human rights and the crackdown on media freedoms and civil society in the region of Jammu and Kashmir.