Thread by @thecaravanindia

#Article370 | Today marks two years since the Indian government abrogated Kashmir’s special status by reading down Article 370 of the Constitution.

The Caravan’s ground reports from #Kashmir:

“The bottom line is that they cannot accept it and swallow that there is a Muslim-majority state in India. So, they want to change the demography of the state,” Arif said.

Praveen Donthi’s dispatch from August 2019: bit.ly/3CahcKD

Archives | “Yahan kisiko bhool hai ki is qaum ko daba liya hai”—Some people here have the wrong impression that they have silenced this community, Abdul Qadir Bhat Pathan said. “There is a lava building here. It will explode like a bomb one day.”

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“They tied me to a chair and beat me up,” Feroz said. “A needle was inserted into my lip.” Chandgam’s residents said the army’s actions were in response to a grenade attack at the Tahab camp.

From October 2019: bit.ly/3s0Dutt

Replug | “While we pray for our son’s return, I have my husband, three children and myself to feed,” a 45-year-old woman in Soura said. “How can one manage under such circumstances? Only a Kashmiri woman understands her own suffering.”

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Replug | Mehwish said that the hospital authorities refused to mention the cause of death on her father's death certificate. A doctor told her he had instructions from “higher authorities” not to do so.

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Replug | Indian security forces have been accused of assaulting an eight-year-old boy with a brick, and throwing tear-gas shells inside homes causing a 12-year-old girl to vomit blood, during a midnight raid.
#Article370 #Kashmir

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“This time feels different from the past. People can clearly see the difference between right and wrong. They understand what their rights are. Everyone knows that what the Modi government has done is against our will.”

From Sept 2019, @Masratzahra in: bit.ly/2kofli8

Replug | Abdul Hamid Dar, a senior lawyer from the Heff-Shermal village, told me that the Indian army had tortured his cousin and broadcasted his shrieks on a loudspeaker “for all to hear.“ #Article370 #Kashmir

From Sept 2019, @IrfanMeraj in: bit.ly/2legf12

Replug | Scores of minors were picked up from their homes after 5 August when the centre read down Article 370. Media reports highlighted several instances where minors were detained and held for extended periods, and subjected to abuse while in custody.

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A Kashmiri journalist Atul Dev met several times said, “India has used its media as an extension of its military. One annihilates us physically, the other annihilates our truth.”

From December 2019, Atul Dev in “Manufacturing Normalcy”: bit.ly/387vEnp