Thread by @NihaMasih

1/Scathing report by the Forum for human rights in Kashmir, led by retd J. Madan Lokur.
On edu: Schools and colleges functioned
for barely 100 days between 2019 & 2020. After the pandemic, limiting networks to 2G has made it impossible for online classes to function adequately.

2/Political detentions: Less than a quarter of those detained under the PSA between August 2019 and March 2020 were released. The justifications provided for political detentions were flimsy in the extreme. #Article370

3/Detention of children: SC in its oral remarks on Dec 9, said petitioners should not be overly alarmed if children are detained for a few hours or a day coz in certain situations it is for their good. In law, illegal detentions remain illegal, whatever the quantum of time.

4/Sec 144: An examination of the situation prevailing in the state before August 2019 indicates that most of the Supreme Court’s guidelines as set out in the January judgement were not followed. Indefinite
restrictions under Section 144 are unconstitutional.

5/On patients: enormous difficulty of accessing medical care after Aug 5, similar difficulties in accessing non-COVID related medical care when covid hit, an exponential rise in mental health problems, inability to pay for medical care given closures and loss of jobs

6/Economic losses of almost
Rs. 40,000 crores (USD 5.3 billion) from Aug-Jun and while job losses in the valley were just under half a million or 497,000.

7/Media: Both direct and indirect intimidation of editors and proprietors, curbs on movement and restriction to 2G services severely restricted information flow. Calls the new media policy "egregious and injurious to democracy" #Article370