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Aug 20 2019
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Kashmir
On August 5, “India… revoked the special status of Kashmir, the Himalayan region that has long been a flashpoint in ties with neighboring Pakistan, moving to grasp its only Muslim-majority region more tightly.” (Reuters)
The left is critical of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s support for Hindu nationalism and worries about the rights of Kashmiris.
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Jan 16 2020
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In Kashmir, a family's harrowing quest to prove their son's death
Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir - On an unusually tense afternoon when Indian-administered Kashmir was under full lockdown, Osaib Altaf Marazi, made a fatal decision.
The 17-year-old boy, who loved to travel and take selfies, left home to play cricket with his neighbourhood friends on August 5 last year - the day New Delhi stripped Kashmir of its autonomy.
He never returned
Al Jazeera
Jan 24 2020
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Fear in Kashmir as top general talks of 'deradicalisation' camps
Srinagar/New Delhi, India - India's newly recruited Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat has courted controversy after he claimed that so-called "deradicalisation" camps are operating in India, drawing a comparison with the internment of Uighurs in China.
"Like what we are seeing in Kashmir ... we saw radicalisation happening," Rawat said addressing the media and foreign delegates
Al Jazeera
May 13 2020
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Soldiers kill man in Kashmir, triggering anti-India clashes
Indian soldiers fatally shot a young man at a checkpoint in the Himalayan region of Kashmir on Wednesday, triggering anti-India protests and clashes in the disputed territory.
India's Central Reserve Police Force said the man was driving a car and ignored signals to stop at two checkpoints on the western outskirts of Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir's main city.
Al Jazeera
Apr 20 2020
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Kashmir journalist charged for 'anti-national' social media posts
Pulwama, Indian-administered Kashmir - Police in Indian-administered Kashmir have booked a female photojournalist under the stringent Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act (UAPA) for indulging in "anti-national activities" on social media.
Masrat Zahra, a 26-year-old photojournalist from the region's main city of Srinagar, is accused of "uploading anti-national posts [on Facebook] with
Al Jazeera
Apr 22 2020
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India troops kill rebels in Kashmir amid coronavirus lockdown
Indian government forces have killed four rebels in a gun battle in Indian-administered Kashmir during a stringent lockdown to combat the coronavirus, the Indian army has said.
The fighting broke out in a village in southern Shopian district as police and soldiers raided a house on a tip that rebels were hiding there late on Tuesday night, said army spokesman Colonel Rajesh Kalia on
Al Jazeera
Apr 01 2020
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'Demographic flooding': India introduces new Kashmir domicile law
Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir - The Indian government has announced a new set of laws for Indian-administered Kashmir, including domicile rights for Indian citizens, that experts and residents fear will alter the demographic status of the Muslim-majority Himalayan region.
Under the new law, those who have resided for a period of 15 years in Indian-administered Kashmir or studied
Al Jazeera
Feb 05 2020
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Indian government trying to erase Kashmir's history: Khalida Shah
Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir - Khalida Shah speaks poignantly about her late father Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah, the most influential leader of modern Kashmir, whose disputed legacy makes him a hero to some and a villain to others.
For decades, Sheikh Abdullah's birthday on December 5 was a state holiday in Indian-administered Kashmir. But it has now been erased from the calendar
Al Jazeera
Jan 31 2020
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Why did European Parliament delay a vote on India's CAA, Kashmir?
European Union parliamentarians have voted to postpone a vote that criticises India's Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and its lockdown in Kashmir.
The draft resolution had been brought by six groups representing 626 of 751 members of the European Parliament.
Al Jazeera
Nov 26 2019
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India: Two killed, several wounded in Kashmir grenade attacks
At least two people have been killed in grenade attacks in India-administered Kashmir and two armed rebels shot dead by Indian forces, officials said, in one of the region's most violent days since New Delhi imposed a security clampdown more than three months ago.
India's Hindu nationalist government shut down internet and phone lines and flooded the country's only Muslim-majority
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