Pulitzer Prize-winning Kashmiri photojournalist Sanna Irshad Mattoo on Saturday said she was stopped by immigration authorities while trying to fly from Delhi to Paris despite holding a valid visa for France.
In a tweet, Mattoo said she was scheduled to be in France for a book launch and photography exhibition.
“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,” she said in a tweet. “I was not give(n) any reason but told I would not be able to travel abroad.”
Mattoo, a freelance photographer, was among the winners of this year’s Pulitzer Prize for feature photography. She shared the award with the Reuters team, including the late Danish Siddiqui, Amit Dave and Adnan Abidi, for their coverage of the second wave of Covid in India.
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