Discover and read the best of Twitter Threads about #5thAugust
Most recents (2)
.@SFLCin along with a coalition of non-profit organisations and civil society groups has written to the #JammuAndKashmir Government to restore high speed internet access in the region. sflc.in/collective-sta…
#LetTheNetWork #KeepItOn #internetshutdown
#LetTheNetWork #KeepItOn #internetshutdown
The supporting organisations were:
@accessnow @AIDforAfricans @AfroLeadership_ @APC_News @CMRNepal @pressfreedom @ICLU_Ind
@ifjasiapacific @povmumbai @misazimbabwe @smcproject @RelaycorpHQ @Phandeeyar
@digitalrightsMM @vesinfiltro
@DEFindia @iNetDemocracy
@accessnow @AIDforAfricans @AfroLeadership_ @APC_News @CMRNepal @pressfreedom @ICLU_Ind
@ifjasiapacific @povmumbai @misazimbabwe @smcproject @RelaycorpHQ @Phandeeyar
@digitalrightsMM @vesinfiltro
@DEFindia @iNetDemocracy
The letter reinstated the plight of the citizens of #JammuAndKashmir as the region has had more than 365 days of restricted communication. Till 10th August 2020, #India has witnessed 433 #InternetShutdowns in total, out of which 55 have happened in 2020 alone and 106 in 2019.
One year ago today, I felt an overwhelming, undeniable urge to advocate for Hindu causes. I believe the Hinduphobic, anti-India media onslaught that started on 8/5/19, spurred me, a Kashmiri Hindu American, out of my slumber. I had lived in America my whole life, but never had
I used my voice to speak up for basic fairness in media representation of Hinduism & India, the ancient birthplace of Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, & Sikhism. We Americans enjoy the benefits of Hindu spirituality every day (yoga, Ayurveda, meditation, mind-body healing, etc), yet
we don't realize that a valiant, hard-scrabble, colonized population had to fight tooth & nail for millennia to preserve these ancient techniques & philosophies for us to use today. The very people who get a bad rap in the Western media, the Indian Hindus who are "too loud", "too
