Raqib Hameed Naik
Raqib Hameed Naik (born 1995) is a Kashmiri multimedia journalist.[1], who covers conflict[2], human rights[3], minorities[4], refugees[5], and environment[6]. In August 2020, he relocated to the United States. He is currently working as a freelance journalist and serving as news director at Two Circles, a Boston-based news organization.[7]
Early Life and Education[edit]
Raqib was born to Kashmiri parents in Doda district of Indian administered Jammu and Kashmir. He did his early schooling from Green Model Higher Secondary School Doda and Sri Ranbir Higher Secondary School Jammu. He moved to Srinagar to complete his under graduation from Amar Singh College. He then attended Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi and University of Bolton[8], UK for Masters in Public Administration and International Multimedia Journalism[9], respectively.
Career[edit]
Raqib started his career as a staff reporter with Twocircles.net,[10] where he stayed until 2017. In his early career, he was based in Kashmir. Later he reported from different Indian states. He was guest editor at Beyond Headlines.[11] In 2018, he joined The Globe Post as its Indian correspondent[12] and roving editor at its sister publication, The College Post.[13]
He has written extensively on human rights, refugees, and environment for The Defense Post[14], Inkstick Media[15], Aljazeera[16], TRT World[17], StoriesAsia[18], The Wire[19], The Caravan,[20] The Third Pole,[21] Firstpost,[22] and Climate Tracker.[23]
He has briefly reported from China on anti-black racism[24] and online food delivery industry[25]
In December 2019, he briefed the US Congress on situation in Kashmir post abrogation of article 370.
Controversies[edit]
In May 2020, the Indian Ministry of Tourism rejected to release the sponsorship payment for Harvard University’s Harvard-India Conference, where Raqib was one of the speakers for 'Being Muslim in Contemporary India' event. The payment was put on hold after Legal Rights Observatory a legal rights organisation affiliated with the Hindu-nationalist Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh complained to the Ministry against speakers, terming the event ‘Hinduphobic’.
Later in an interview, Raqib dismissed the Hinduphobic allegations and said that minorities expressing themselves freely have become so threatening to right-wing forces that they use an easy pass of Hinduphobia to discredit them.
In September 2020, he claimed threats[26] to his life, after Stop Hindu Hate Advocacy Network (SHHAN) website published a profile article describing him as a ‘Hindu hater’. Raqib said he was being targeted because of his stories on Kashmir, Rohingya refugees, and other marginalized communities. He wrote a letter to Delhi Police[27] to press charges against individuals running the website for defamation and possible threats to his life.
In December 2020, the Committee to Protect Journalists profiled Raqib’s case on its website.[28]
References[edit]
- ↑ Naik, Raqib. "Caravan". Caravan Magazine.
- ↑ https://theglobepost.com/2018/01/25/kashmir-journalists-oppression/. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ https://twocircles.net/2017mar10/406029.html. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ https://theglobepost.com/2018/01/15/india-protest-netanyahu/. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ https://www.trtworld.com/magazine/india-s-far-right-turns-hostile-toward-rohingya-refugees-8327. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ https://www.storiesasia.org/damned-gathering-resistance-against-a-proposed-dam-in-jammu-and-kashmir/. Missing or empty
|title=(help) - ↑ "Board of Directors". TwoCircles.net. 2015-10-02. Retrieved 2021-03-20.
- ↑ "Journalist from Doda selected by Bolton University UK". Kashmiri Observer.
- ↑ "IMMJMA Featured Student Projects & Student Awards".
- ↑ "The worrying silence of Greater Kashmir and the Editors' body on the arrest of a Kashmiri photojournalist". TwoCircles.net. 2017-09-10. Retrieved 2021-03-20.
- ↑ "Contributors". BeyondHeadlines. Retrieved 2021-03-20.
- ↑ "Our Team". The Globe Post. Retrieved 2021-03-20.
- ↑ "Raqib Hameed Naik, Author at The College Post". The College Post. Retrieved 2021-03-20.
- ↑ "Kashmir looks for peace as ceasefire violations increase on the India-Pakistan border".
- ↑ "Rohingya Refugees Struggle to Keep Coronavirus at Bay".
- ↑ "'Hunger will kill us before coronavirus', say Rohingya in India". Raqib Hameed Naik.
- ↑ "India's far-right turns hostile toward Rohingya refugees". Raqib Hameed Naik. Retrieved 28 Jun 2017.
- ↑ "Goa Students Lead Environment 'Crusade' with Mighty Hashtags". STORIES ASIA. Raqib Hameed Naik.
- ↑ "Police Frame Jammu Lawyer Who Protested Against BJP/RSS". Raqib Hameed Naik. 12/Mar/2018. Check date values in:
|date=(help) - ↑ Naik, Raqib Hameed. "How ceasefire violations fuel a mental-health crisis along the Indo-Pak borders". The Caravan. Retrieved 2021-03-20.
- ↑ "Video: The human costs of the Baglihar dam". The Third Pole. Retrieved 2021-03-20.
- ↑ "In Kashmirs Kishtwar region, Save Marwah Movement stiffens struggle against building of Bursar dam". Firstpost. Retrieved 2021-03-20.
- ↑ Naik, Raqib Hameed (2020-12-02). "Climate Tracker". climatetracker. Retrieved 2021-03-20.
- ↑ "'My Skin Colour Was a Problem'". Raqib Hameed Naik.
- ↑ "Stress and Risks Mire Online Food Delivery Workers in China". Raqib Hameed Naik, Li Siwei and Zhang Xintong. 01/09/19. Check date values in:
|date=(help) - ↑ "Kashmir journalist alleges threat to life after group calls him 'Hindu hater'". MUSLIM MIRROR.
- ↑ "Kashmiri Journalist Fears for Life After Website Calls Him 'Hindu Hater'".
- ↑ "Journalists in India face attacks, legal action, and threats". CPJ.
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