It is time to open up Kashmir
5 years, 5 months ago

It is time to open up Kashmir

Hindustan Times  

Kashmir has been locked up for three days. There is little information, except through official channels or sporadic satellite broadcasts, from the Valley about developments and the mood of the people. At a time like this, when there is understandable political anxiety in the Valley about its future, it is time for the Centre to lift restrictions, open up communication links, allow Kashmiris to engage with each other inside and outside The government took these steps in the run up to its landmark move in Parliament on Monday, to end the state’s special status and bifurcate Jammu and Kashmir. It has also broken off links of Kashmiris outside the Valley with families back home, causing distress. At a time like this, when there is understandable political anxiety in the Valley about its future, it is time for the Centre to lift restrictions, open up communication links, allow Kashmiris to engage with each other inside and outside, and express their views — while keeping up the security vigil.

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‘No reason’ to strip Kashmir autonomy: India’s top court told as it hears challenges to special status removal
1 year, 5 months ago

‘No reason’ to strip Kashmir autonomy: India’s top court told as it hears challenges to special status removal

The Independent  

Get Nadine White's Race Report newsletter for a fresh perspective on the week's news Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent Get our free newsletter from The Independent's Race Correspondent SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy India’s Supreme Court was told that the integration …

Kashmiris in India are still suffering
3 years, 5 months ago

Kashmiris in India are still suffering

Al Jazeera  

On August 5, 2019, in the wake of the Indian government’s move to revoke the parts of the constitution that give Indian-administered Kashmir special status, I penned an article for Al Jazeera titled There is reason to fear for the safety of every Kashmiri in India. The Indian state is also trying to silence Kashmiris and prevent the world from …

Podcast; Voices from the Lockdown: Until Centre engages with youths of Kashmir, things are bound to go out of control
4 years, 1 month ago

Podcast; Voices from the Lockdown: Until Centre engages with youths of Kashmir, things are bound to go out of control

Firstpost  

In this episode, we will continue our conversation with Kaiser where he speaks about how the youth of Anantnag and Shopian are going through an identity crisis because of the abrogation of Article 370. This new Firstpost podcast entitled Voices from the Lockdown —which drops at 8 am every day — seeks to explore the ground realities in Kashmir, Ladakh …

'Grassroots Democracy Revived': India Responds to UN Rights Chief's Criticism on Situation in Kashmir
4 years, 3 months ago

'Grassroots Democracy Revived': India Responds to UN Rights Chief's Criticism on Situation in Kashmir

News 18  

A day after the United Nations human rights chief issued a statement on the situation in Jammu and Kashmir, India responded to the criticism saying grassroots-level democracy has been revived in the region and the government is pushing for economic development despite the challenges posed by the coronavirus pandemic and continued efforts of Pakistan to derail the process. India’s envoy …

The Centre’s Kashmir policy and a heavy price to pay
4 years, 7 months ago

The Centre’s Kashmir policy and a heavy price to pay

The Hindu  

While public attention is focused on COVID-19, Jammu and Kashmir suffers twin lockdowns, rising violence and unilateral government actions, all at the same time. Based on the Home Ministry’s order of March 31, these rules seek to replace the Jammu and Kashmir State subjects law, recognised under Article 35A of the Indian Constitution, which entitled permanent residents of the State …

No, This Lockdown Isn’t Like Kashmir’s, Stop Being Disrespectful
4 years, 9 months ago

No, This Lockdown Isn’t Like Kashmir’s, Stop Being Disrespectful

The Quint  

A country that cries watching Bigg Boss celebrities be separated from their family forgot to understand what it means to not be able to make a call home, a home knee deep in violence and political tension. Where family members did not know when their relatives passed away, and often no way of ever knowing what’s happening in the next …

Lockdown is new normal in Jammu & Kashmir
4 years, 10 months ago

Lockdown is new normal in Jammu & Kashmir

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: Two hundred days of the lockdown in Kashmir have been most difficult and those who are away from home are hurt that it is now a ‘new normal’ that is different from the rest of India. “There is still no internet in Kashmir which shows that nothing is normal there,” Hadif Nisar of the University of Hyderabad said. Students …

Kashmir situation violates human rights, says US Congresswoman Debbie Dingell; urges India to end curbs on internet, mass detention
4 years, 11 months ago

Kashmir situation violates human rights, says US Congresswoman Debbie Dingell; urges India to end curbs on internet, mass detention

Firstpost  

In the past several weeks, more than half a dozen US lawmakers have come out in support of India’s position on Kashmir. Washington: The situation in Kashmir violates human rights, a US Congresswoman has said, as she joined as cosponsors to a resolution urging India to end restrictions on communications and mass detentions in the newly-created Union Territory. Congressman Brad …

Diplomats Get a Modi-fied View of Kashmir on Day 1 of Visit
5 years ago

Diplomats Get a Modi-fied View of Kashmir on Day 1 of Visit

The Quint  

Over two months after the visit of around 20 Members of the European Parliament, Ministry of External Affairs on Thursday, 9 January, conducted a tour of diplomats from 16 countries as part of the Government of India’s initiative to convince the world that peace and normalcy had returned to the Valley. Authorities have been making efforts to falsify criticism from …

In Pictures: 100 days of crippling lockdown in Kashmir
5 years, 1 month ago

In Pictures: 100 days of crippling lockdown in Kashmir

Al Jazeera  

Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir – On August 5, the Indian government withdrew Article 370 of India’s constitution, which gave the disputed state of Jammu and Kashmir partial autonomy. India’s move also included bifurcating Jammu and Kashmir – India’s only Muslim-majority state – into two “union” territories, Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh, to be administered by the federal government. The abrogation of …

Allow democratic activity in Kashmir, National Conference urges Centre
5 years, 2 months ago

Allow democratic activity in Kashmir, National Conference urges Centre

The Hindu  

The National Conference on Tuesday urged the government to release all political leaders being detained in Jammu and Kashmir, allow political activities and normalise the situation there. In a statement, the party said November 5 marks three months since the central government abrogated the special status given to Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370 and its bifurcation into two Union …

UN urges India to fully restore rights of Kashmiris
5 years, 2 months ago

UN urges India to fully restore rights of Kashmiris

India TV News  

Expressing concern over the situation in Kashmir, the UN said on Tuesday that people in the Valley continue to be deprived of a wide range of human rights and urged the Indian authorities to fully restore their rights. "We are extremely concerned that the population In Kashmir continues to be deprived of a wide range of human rights and we …

UN urges India to unlock Kashmir, fully restore human rights
5 years, 2 months ago

UN urges India to unlock Kashmir, fully restore human rights

India Today  

Expressing concern over the situation in Kashmir, the UN said on Tuesday that people in the Valley continue to be deprived of a wide range of human rights and urged the Indian authorities to fully restore their rights. "We are extremely concerned that the population In Kashmir continues to be deprived of a wide range of human rights and we …

Kashmiris fear talking with non-Kashmiris
5 years, 2 months ago

Kashmiris fear talking with non-Kashmiris

Deccan Chronicle  

Hyderabad: The Kashmiri’s pain is palpable but they are unwilling to talk about it as their children are in jails and the Army is outside their homes. The group obtained the FIR to check why the sarpanch was arrested and it stated: “You have the potential to convince people that abrogation of Article 370 was wrong and for that reason …

India to allow tourists back into locked-down Kashmir
5 years, 3 months ago

India to allow tourists back into locked-down Kashmir

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — Authorities in Indian-controlled Kashmir will allow tourists back into the region two months after ordering them to leave because of security concerns amid an Indian crackdown, an official said Tuesday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist-led government also sent tens of thousands of additional troops to the region, already one of the most militarized in the world. …

US senator barred from Kashmir as lockdown enters 3rd month
5 years, 3 months ago

US senator barred from Kashmir as lockdown enters 3rd month

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — A U.S. senator and a well-known Indian activist were barred from visiting Indian-administered Kashmir, the disputed Himalayan territory where at least 10 people were injured Saturday in a grenade blast as a government security and communications lockdown entered a third month. “Police are probing to identify and nab the culprit.” Since removing several constitutional provisions in August …

Kashmir: A month later, shopkeepers refuse to open, even as curbs are eased
5 years, 4 months ago

Kashmir: A month later, shopkeepers refuse to open, even as curbs are eased

Business Standard  

Kashmir: A month later, shopkeepers refuse to open, even as curbs are eased Prime Minister Narendra Modi revoked special rights for Jammu and Kashmir on Aug 5, striking down the long-standing constitutional provisions for the Himalayan region Premium A man rides a bicycle past the closed shops and hotels during restrictions, after scrapping of the special constitutional status for Kashmir …

Kashmir lockdown: Stories of torture and arbitrary arrests
5 years, 4 months ago

Kashmir lockdown: Stories of torture and arbitrary arrests

Al Jazeera  

Thousands have been detained and many of them tortured since India revoked Kashmir’s autonomy a month ago. Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir – A month since India‘s powerful Home Minister Amit Shah announced the removal of the disputed Kashmir region’s special status, thousands have been detained, with some alleging torture by the Indian security forces. ‘Living in so much fear’ Nearly 30km …

Kashmir Updates: UN chief urges all parties to avoid escalation
5 years, 4 months ago

Kashmir Updates: UN chief urges all parties to avoid escalation

India Today  

The Ministry of Home Affairs held a high-level meeting on Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday. The meeting in North Block was chaired by the Union home secretary to discuss the implementation of the J&K Reorganisation Act, which bifurcated the state of Jammu and Kashmir into two Union Territories. 06.55 pm: Govt may soon announce package for setting up infra to …

Restrictions on movement lifted in most areas of Kashmir as no 'untoward incidents' on Friday; mobile, internet services remain suspended
5 years, 4 months ago

Restrictions on movement lifted in most areas of Kashmir as no 'untoward incidents' on Friday; mobile, internet services remain suspended

Firstpost  

Officials said people in Kashmir were allowed to move freely on Saturday even as deployment of security forces continued on the ground. Srinagar: Restrictions were lifted in most areas of Kashmir on Saturday, a day after strict curbs on the movement of people were imposed in the Valley in view of the Friday prayers and the proposed march of separatists …

UN human rights experts urge India to end blackout in Kashmir Valley, call it 'collective punishment' for entire J&K
5 years, 4 months ago

UN human rights experts urge India to end blackout in Kashmir Valley, call it 'collective punishment' for entire J&K

Firstpost  

United Nations called upon India to end the crackdown on freedom of expression, access to information and peaceful protests As communication blackout in Kashmir entered its 19th day, the human rights experts of the United Nations called upon India to end the crackdown on freedom of expression, access to information and peaceful protests. Though the government claims that slowly communication …

Restrictions continue in Kashmir despite security ease
5 years, 4 months ago

Restrictions continue in Kashmir despite security ease

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — Restrictions continued in much of Indian-administered Kashmir on Sunday, despite India’s government saying it was gradually restoring phone lines and easing a security lockdown that’s been in place for nearly two weeks. “This threatens 9 million Kashmiris under siege” in Kashmir, “which should have sent alarm bells ringing across the world with UN Observers being sent there,” …

Is lockdown in Kashmir justified?
5 years, 4 months ago

Is lockdown in Kashmir justified?

New Indian Express  

I have always bemoaned India’s poor strategic culture which leads to lack of understanding of the requirements of security in emergent conditions; the various actions which necessarily have to be taken. That is exactly what is happening in the case of the security lockdown in Kashmir post the momentous decisions on its constitutional and administrative status. If not knowledge on …

No space to hold detainees, private properties turn holding centres in Kashmir
5 years, 4 months ago

No space to hold detainees, private properties turn holding centres in Kashmir

India Today  

Over 10 days after India moved to abrogate provisions of Article 370 following which political workers and leaders were detained in Jammu and Kashmir, around a thousand detentions have prompted the administration to hire private properties across the Valley to accommodate those taken into custody. Mainstream political leaders, including former chief ministers Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti, were taken into …

Restrictions to be eased for Friday prayers in Kashmir, security forces on high alert
5 years, 5 months ago

Restrictions to be eased for Friday prayers in Kashmir, security forces on high alert

India TV News  

Restrictions will be put on ease on Kashmir to allow people to offer Friday prayers in local mosques, there will, however, be no Friday congregation at the historic Jama Masjid here. Officials said that security forces were put on high alert across the Valley in an apparent move to prevent possible protests. Ahead of the prayers, security forces have been …

No phone calls, no groceries: Kashmir on edge under lockdown
5 years, 5 months ago

No phone calls, no groceries: Kashmir on edge under lockdown

Associated Press  

SRINAGAR, India — Tens of thousands of government forces in riot gear patrol Indian-controlled Kashmir. Rabiya, who was left with blurred vision, said that after hearing the government’s announcement that Kashmir’s special status had been stripped, she thought to buy vegetables, anticipating a long curfew period in Srinagar. “We’ve no contact,” the middle-aged woman said before she could give her …

Kashmiris cut off from loved ones as government enforced blackout continues
5 years, 5 months ago

Kashmiris cut off from loved ones as government enforced blackout continues

CNN  

New Delhi CNN — For Kashmiri students living in India, Monday’s announcement that Prime Minister Narendra Modi was stripping their home – Jammu and Kashmir – of its special status came as a shock. “Immediately, I came out of my classroom and all the Kashmiri students were crying and some even collapsed.” In the days that followed, Yetoo tried to …

Kashmir experiencing unprecedented lockdown, 8 million people ‘incarcerated’: Shah Faesal
5 years, 5 months ago

Kashmir experiencing unprecedented lockdown, 8 million people ‘incarcerated’: Shah Faesal

The Hindu  

J&K People’s Movement president Shah Faesal on Wednesday said Kashmir was experiencing an unprecedented lock-down and the local people were yet to make sense of what had befallen them. But, no news of any killings,” said Mr. Faesal through his Twitter account. Mr. Faesal said the body language of security personnel manning barricades was “extremely harsh” and that people were …

Curfew continues after India removes Kashmir special status
5 years, 5 months ago

Curfew continues after India removes Kashmir special status

Al Jazeera  

Indian-administered Kashmir remained virtually cut off from the outside world for a second day on Tuesday, with phone and internet links shut down and thousands of troops enforcing a curfew. New Delhi has shut down mobile and internet services in Kashmir in times of turmoil before, but this time the blackout has included landlines and cable television networks. Monitoring groups …

‘Darkest day’: Uproar as India strips Kashmir of special status
5 years, 5 months ago

‘Darkest day’: Uproar as India strips Kashmir of special status

Al Jazeera  

The Indian government’s decision to abolish a special status for India-administered Kashmir has been widely criticised and opposed, as tensions prevail over the constitutional autonomy of the disputed region. Monday’s announcement sparked chaotic scenes in parliament, with opposition politicians condemning the presidential decree revoking Article 370 of the constitution that gives the state of Jammu and Kashmir a substantial degree …

India imposes Kashmir lockdown, puts leaders ‘under house arrest’
5 years, 5 months ago

India imposes Kashmir lockdown, puts leaders ‘under house arrest’

Al Jazeera  

Restrictions on movement and assembly imposed and mobile internet suspended as disputed region plunges into uncertainty. Residents fear New Delhi is planning to engineer “demographic changes” in India‘s only Muslim-majority region by scrapping a law that prohibits outsiders from buying land in India-administered Kashmir. https://t.co/EGENEM6qUz — ANI August 4, 2019 Concerns over Article 35A Earlier on Sunday, former state Chief …

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