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The Whole of Kashmir is a Prison at The Moment: Says Final Report By a Four Member Fact-Finding Team

We spent five days (9-13 August 2019) traveling extensively in Kashmir.… We spent five days moving around and talking to hundreds of ordinary people in Srinagar city, as well as villages and small towns of Kashmir. We spoke to women, school and college students, shopkeepers, journalists, people who run small businesses, daily wage labourers, workers and migrants from UP, West Bengal and other states. We spoke to Kashmiri Pandits and Sikhs who live in the Valley, as well as Kashmiri Muslims.…

Except for the BJP spokesperson on Kashmir Affairs, we did not meet a single person who supported the Indian government’s decision to abrogate Article 370. On the contrary, most people were extremely angry, both at the abrogation of Article 370 (and 35A) and at the manner in which it had been done. Anger and fear were the dominant emotions we encountered everywhere.…

The whole of Kashmir is, at the moment, a prison, under military control. The decisions taken by the Modi Government on J&K are immoral, unconstitutional and illegal. The means being adopted by the Modi Government to hold Kashmiris captive and suppress potential protests are also immoral, unconstitutional, and illegal. We demand the immediate restoration of Articles 370 and 35A.…

http://www.indiatomorrow.net/eng/the-whole-of-kashmir-is-a-prison-at-the-moment-says-final-report-by-a-four-member-fact-finding-team

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