"Not Given Any Reason": Indian Pulitzer Winner Stopped At Delhi Airport
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The photojournalist, Sanna Irshad Mattoo, tweeted a photo of her boarding pass and passport that have "cancelled without prejudice" stamped on them in red ink
A Pulitzer-winning photojournalist from Jammu and Kashmir has tweeted she was stopped in Delhi from boarding a flight to Paris to attend an event. I was scheduled to travel from Delhi to Paris today for a book launch and photography exhibition as one of 10 award winners of the Serendipity Arles grant 2020. Despite procuring a French visa, I was stopped at the immigration desk at Delhi airport. (1/2) pic.twitter.com/OoEdBBWNw6
The photojournalist, Sanna Irshad Mattoo, tweeted a photo of her boarding pass and passport that have "cancelled without prejudice" stamped on them in red ink. She said she was not told by the authorities why they did not let her fly to France.
"I was scheduled to travel from Delhi to Paris today for a book launch and photography exhibition as one of 10 award winners of the Serendipity Arles grant 2020. Despite procuring a French visa, I was stopped at the immigration desk at Delhi airport," Ms Mattoo tweeted.
"I was not given any reason but told I would not be able to travel internationally," she tweeted.
