Every additional day that the eight million Kashmiris are kept under curfew, with their phones and internet cut off is a blight on the Modi government and takes away from the credibility of the Modi government. Its declarations that the removal of Article 370 was to pave the way for Kashmiri prosperity will have been sham.
Article 370 is a topic of legal, political, constitutional, historical debate. It is ongoing. But the ground reality in Kashmir is day to day. Normalcy must be restored. The curfew must be lifted as soon as possible.
Modi can not make the mistake of crossing the Line Of Control. No more misadventures in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir.
The Modi government has done what it has done. Now let the Kashmiri people speak their minds. Let them come out of their homes. Let them protest if they want to.
India's Modi Defends Moves In Kashmir As Lockdown Continues He said the change will bring prosperity and equality to the area. ...... "It is our duty to fulfill the hopes and wishes of the people of Jammu and Kashmir. It is our responsibility to give their dreams new wings," he said at the Red Fort in New Delhi....... But as India's leader spoke, Jammu and Kashmir's 7 million people were in their 11th day of a communication blockade, with phone, Internet and cable TV services cut. ...... The authorities have effectively enforced a curfew throughout the region....... People have not been able to call anyone and access to medical services is difficult. Schools and offices remain shut. With no communication, journalists are finding it hard to report and have to fly out of Kashmir to send in their stories. ...... About 1,300 people have been detained, including 350 political leaders...... In the last 10 days, thousands have come out in protests against the constitutional move and the lockdown. ....... an excessive military presence on the ground. "Everything is being done under the shadow of military and paramilitary presence there. There are no avenues to protest peacefully," said one of the activists, Kavita Krishnan ........ "Anger and fear were the dominant emotions we encountered everywhere." They also reported people being scared to speak on camera as the activists made videos of the scene, for "fear of persecution from the government." ....... The United Nations Security Council reportedly plans to discuss Kashmir behind closed doors on Friday, following requests from Pakistan and China.
As India's blackout leaves Kashmir in the dark, US must stand up for free expression Imagine for a moment that nearly all residents of the US state of Virginia -- population roughly 8.5 million -- were blocked from communicating with each other or the outside world. Imagine that their movements within their neighborhoods were highly restricted due to military-enforced curfews and checkpoints. And imagine they could not access reliable information because, due to the clampdown, journalists were largely prevented from reporting or publishing the news........ India has the world's highest rate of government Internet shutdowns, most of them concentrated in Kashmir.
Article 370 is a topic of legal, political, constitutional, historical debate. It is ongoing. But the ground reality in Kashmir is day to day. Normalcy must be restored. The curfew must be lifted as soon as possible.
Modi can not make the mistake of crossing the Line Of Control. No more misadventures in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir.
The Modi government has done what it has done. Now let the Kashmiri people speak their minds. Let them come out of their homes. Let them protest if they want to.
India's Modi Defends Moves In Kashmir As Lockdown Continues He said the change will bring prosperity and equality to the area. ...... "It is our duty to fulfill the hopes and wishes of the people of Jammu and Kashmir. It is our responsibility to give their dreams new wings," he said at the Red Fort in New Delhi....... But as India's leader spoke, Jammu and Kashmir's 7 million people were in their 11th day of a communication blockade, with phone, Internet and cable TV services cut. ...... The authorities have effectively enforced a curfew throughout the region....... People have not been able to call anyone and access to medical services is difficult. Schools and offices remain shut. With no communication, journalists are finding it hard to report and have to fly out of Kashmir to send in their stories. ...... About 1,300 people have been detained, including 350 political leaders...... In the last 10 days, thousands have come out in protests against the constitutional move and the lockdown. ....... an excessive military presence on the ground. "Everything is being done under the shadow of military and paramilitary presence there. There are no avenues to protest peacefully," said one of the activists, Kavita Krishnan ........ "Anger and fear were the dominant emotions we encountered everywhere." They also reported people being scared to speak on camera as the activists made videos of the scene, for "fear of persecution from the government." ....... The United Nations Security Council reportedly plans to discuss Kashmir behind closed doors on Friday, following requests from Pakistan and China.
In IOK, 12 days of curfew, presence of extra troops in an already heavily militarized occupied territory, sending in of RSS goons, complete communication blackout; with the example of Modi's earlier ethnic cleansing of Muslims in Gujarat
— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) August 15, 2019
As India's blackout leaves Kashmir in the dark, US must stand up for free expression Imagine for a moment that nearly all residents of the US state of Virginia -- population roughly 8.5 million -- were blocked from communicating with each other or the outside world. Imagine that their movements within their neighborhoods were highly restricted due to military-enforced curfews and checkpoints. And imagine they could not access reliable information because, due to the clampdown, journalists were largely prevented from reporting or publishing the news........ India has the world's highest rate of government Internet shutdowns, most of them concentrated in Kashmir.
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