The Peoples Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL), a top Human Rights group of the country, on Friday said that it condemns the arrest of Irfan Mehraj, a Srinagar based freelance journalist under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) by the National Investigation Agency (NIA). Mehraj was arrested by the anti-terror agency on March 20 from Jammu and Kashmir’s capital city Srinagar.

Mehraj, 32, Editor for TwoCircles.net, regularly contributed to national and international news organisations including Al Jazeera, DW, TRT, The Caravan and Himal. He is also the founder editor of a popular online magazine called 'Wande’ magazine which addresses a variety of issues related to Kashmir society.