United States has said that it is closely tracking the case of Pulitzer Prize winner Sanna Irshad Mattoo — a Kashmiri journalist who claimed that immigration authorities in New Delhi stopped her from travelling to New York to receive her award despite a valid passport and US visa. The case also resonated on Capitol Hill in Washington DC. US Congressman, Adam Schiff, who is the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, said that he was “disturbed” to hear that Mattoo was barred from flying to accept the Pulitzer and that “efforts to harass and silence the media” must end. Watch this video for more.
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