Kashmir Lockdown

• International diplomats visit Kashmir to assess situation following shutdown

  Representatives from countries including Germany, Canada, France, New Zealand, Mexico, Italy, Afghanistan and Austria are on a two-day visit.

  World

  Feb 12, 2020
  
• India to break up Jammu and Kashmir — here’s what that means

  Jammu and Kashmir will be clubbed as one union territory with some 12.2 million people and Ladakh, with a population of less than 300,000 spun off into another.

  Politics

  Oct 30, 2019
  
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• European delegates arrive in Kashmir to assess living conditions

  The group, drawn from 11 countries, will assess the situation in Kashmir, Indian officials said Monday.

  World

  Oct 29, 2019
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• India holds elections in Kashmir, despite boycott by most parties

  But as the crackdown continues, Kashmiris have quietly refused to resume their normal lives, confounding India at their own economic expense.

  World

  Oct 24, 2019
• Kashmir postpaid cellphones to be restored by India

  A government spokesman said however that internet services will remain suspended for now. Authorities fear that insurgents and separatists will use the internet to provoke anti-India protests in the region.

  World

  Oct 12, 2019
• India to allow tourists in Kashmir, but they likely won’t have access to internet or phones

  The government instructed tourists and Hindu pilgrims to leave on Aug. 2, three days before India stripped the Muslim-majority region of its statehood and decades-old semi-autonomy.

  Politics

  Oct 8, 2019
• Kashmir grenade blast injures 10 as lockdown heads into 3rd month

  Director General of Police Dilbagh Singh said the blast was caused by a "militant attack'' and occurred near the office of a civil administrator in southern town of Anantnag.

  World

  Oct 5, 2019
• Pakistan leader accuses India of ‘cruelty’ in Kashmir during UN meeting

  Modi has defended the decision to strip Kashmir of its limited autonomy as freeing the territory from separatism.

  World

  Sep 27, 2019
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• 3-month-old among Canadians under lockdown in Kashmir, father says

  According to Global Affairs, there are currently at least 12 Canadians in the Kashmir region who have registered with the government.

  Canada

  Aug 15, 2019
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• ‘Take a position’: Kashmiri-Canadians urge Canada to lend stronger voice amid lockdown

  "The general feeling at the moment is that the Canadian government has been eerily silent on this issue," said one Kashmiri-Canadian.

  Canada

  Aug 14, 2019