Who are the authors of recent report “Increased abuses against minorities in India” published by @USCIRF and what is their background?

Is there any #Pakistani connection in USCIRF Report on India? A Thread 🧵 1/n

https://twitter.com/jkcdc_/status/1841825947689091425

USCIRF known for spreading falsehoods about India and its internal affairs, appointed a Pakistani origin ‘activist’ Asif Mahmood as one of its Commissioners in May 2024.

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Thread 🧵, in response to a misleading report titled “Increased abuses against minorities in India” published by @USCIRF

USCIRF's report on India misrepresents facts. Here is the pointwise rebuttal ⬇️

1/n 1. Misrepresentation of Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA):

The USCIRF report claims that the CAA discriminates based on religion, especially against Muslims. However, the CAA is designed to provide refuge to persecuted minorities from Afghanistan, Bangladesh, and Pakistan—

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A Thread🧵, in response to report published by secessionist group “Legal Forum for Kashmir” with the title “Bi-Annual Review 2024- Human Rights Situation in J&K” with multiple false & fabricated claims about #Kashmir

What happened in J&K in 2024? Here are the facts & figures ⬇️ #Claim 01: The first six months of 2024 recorded 72 killings in multiple incidents of violence across J&K including the killing of 19 civilians, 23 ‘freedom fighters’ & 30 security forces.

#Fact: Kashmir has witnessed an unprecedented era of Peace, Progress, and prosperity

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Point-wise rebuttal to Fabricated/misleading news which is being forwarded & shared in WhatsApp groups & other social media platforms with the title:

“Did anyone notice the eight big steps taken in 10 days by the MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS in Jammu & Kashmir?”

Thread🧵 1/n #Claim 01: 5 Lakh Hindu-Sikh Families Became Jammu & Kashmir Domiciles.

#Fact: This claim is exaggerated. The J&K Reorganization (Adaptation of State Laws) Order, 2020 introduced new domicile rules, which include individuals who have resided in J&K for 15 years or studied there for seven years and appeared in the class 10th/12th examination.

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In response to misinformation shared by several accounts with the false claim that “Modi government is suppressing the voice by allowing the prosecution of ARUNDHATI ROY & SHOWKAT HUSSAIN under UAPA in 2010 case”

Here is the truth ⬇️ [Thread🧵]

1/11 #Fact: Writer Arundhati Roy and former Central University of Kashmir professor Sheikh Showkat Hussain made provocative speeches at a conference organised under the title “Azadi – The Only Way” in October 2010 at LTG Auditorium, Copernicus Marg, New Delhi.

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𝐊𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐦𝐢𝐫- 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐨𝐫 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐮𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐲 (𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭 𝟎𝟑)

Mubeen Shah- A Thread 🧵

Mubeen Shah is Kashmiri-origin Turkish citizen currently living in Istanbul. He has a business of carpets, shawls and other handicrafts in Malaysia & Turkey.

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https://twitter.com/jkcdc_/status/1777340543607185847

Mubeen has been living outside India since 1991, first in Singapore, Malaysia and now in Turkey.

Kashmir Diaspora Coalition (KDC):
Mubeen Shah is Vice-Chairman of the Kashmir Diaspora Coalition. KDC is an international umbrella of Kashmiri diaspora propaganda organisations

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Kashmir- The Terror Industry (Part 1)
 
After failing at the international level on Kashmir, Pakistan and its Spy agency has started a PsyWar against India by sponsoring “New Age Activists” who operate outside Kashmir especially from UK, US, Turkey and Pakistan.

A Thread 🧵 Each “New Age Activist” have setup their own companies in the name of Kashmir.

@JKCDC_ will expose them and publish a detailed threads in parts, about these “New age activists” under the title #TheTerrorIndustry

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Thread🧵, in response to misleading tweet posted by @OmarAbdullah about gathering at PM Modi’s event in #Kashmir

Fact: It’s crucial to highlight any coercive tactics by authorities & it's equally important to acknowledge the diverse reasons why people may attend such events

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Pahari community overwhelmed with the recent development of reservation (ST status) are in unison to express gratitude the PM for this long pending demand and are going to participate in this really for the same reason.

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Ahead of PM Modi’s visit to #Kashmir, several Pakistan-based handles are spreading #FakeNews with the claim that “Human rights violations have increased in Kashmir after the abrogation of #Article370”

What happened in Kashmir after the abrogation of Article 370? A Thread🧵

1/n • No Stone pelting in Kashmir after the abrogation of #Article370-

The organised stone pelting incidents connected with terrorism-separatist agenda, which were as high as 1,458 in the year 2018 have come down to ZERO in the year 2023.

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FAKE NEWS by PAKISTAN’s Foreign Ministry @ForeignOfficePk regarding #KASHMIR with the claim that “India banned political parties in Kashmir”
 
#Fact: This claim is FAKE as NO Political party was banned in Kashmir. However, some separatist outfits were banned in J&K because

1/n of their involvement in Anti-national & Secessionist activities. These outfits were found spreading anti-India propaganda and continuing TERROR activities to fuel secessionism in J&K.

Banned separatist outfits in Jammu & Kashmir (under Section 3 of the UAPA):

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PROPAGANDA ALERT🚨

Pakistan and its embassies are orchestrating propaganda against India in the name of Kashmir with hashtag #KashmirSolidarityDay

What is Kashmir Solidarity Day? Why does Pakistan observe this so-called Solidarity Day on 05 Feb every year? A Thread🧵

1/11 “Kashmir Solidarity Day” is nothing but an annual propaganda tool invented by Pakistan against India in the name of Kashmir to put a show of fake sympathy on every 5th February since Pakistan started its proxy war in Kashmir by sponsoring terrorism (1990).

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Pakistan’s Disinformation Propaganda on Kashmir-2023

A Thread 🧵

After failing at the international level on Kashmir, Pakistan has started a proxy war against India.

(1/14) Pakistan has consistently resorted to disinformation campaigns by claiming that Indian Army has committed war crimes in #Kashmir using verified Twitter handles, including that of ISPR, PM’s Office, Foreign Affairs (MOFA) website, foreign media, and social media trolls.

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In response to a misleading story posted by DW Asia (@dw_hotspotasia ) with the claim that “Lower import duties punish local apple growers in #Kashmir”
 
#Fact: Only the additional duty on US-origin apples has been relaxed which was imposed in 2019.

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The 50% duty and minimum import price of Rs 50/kg would remain on US Origin Apples.

The decision to remove the additional duty was one of six World Trade Organisation disputes India and the U.S. resolved when Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited US in June this year.

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In response to a tweet posted by @RanaAyyub with the misleading claim about 06 Kashmiri Journalists

Who are these journalists, and why were they arrested? A Thread 🧵 (1/8) None of these Kashmiri journalists were booked because they were journalists, only because they were involved in different unlawful and anti-national activities and connected with registered FIRs based on their unlawful activities and work.

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Tweet thread in response to a misleading statement by Fernand de Varennes, UN Special Rapporteur on minority issues with multiple false claims about the situation in Jammu and Kashmir.

#Claim: Human rights violations have risen dramatically in Jammu and Kashmir since 2019 (after… twitter.com/i/web/status/1… #Claim: Denial of political participation rights of Kashmiri Muslims and minorities, following the suspension of democratic rights and local elections…

#Fact: Kashmir division which has Muslim majority population have witnessed almost highest ever turnout in the Political… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

A hate propaganda campaign is being constantly run and orchestrated against the Govt. of India by Pakistan-based social media handles and with the false claim that “Kashmiri Journalists including Irfan Mehraj, Fahad Shah, Asif Sultan & Sajad Gul are facing illegal detentions”
1/6 Fact: None of these journalists were booked because they were journalists, only because they were involved in different unlawful and anti-national activities and are connected with registered FIRs based on their unlawful activities and work.

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A video is being circulated by some hatemongers with the false #claim that “Indian authorities have cut down hundreds of Apple trees in Anantnag J&K.”

#Fact: Unidentified persons chopped scores of Apple trees belonging to nine families in two different orchards in Kandipora

1/5 area of Bijbehara, South Kashmir’s Anantnag district. The local inhabitants and the victims believe that this personal feud over a land dispute among families may be the cause of the incident.

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FACTS ABOUT J&K’s ACCESSION TO INDIA

The history of J&K’s “Accession to India” is a classic case of this myth-making. A lot of haze surrounds the historic accession of the princely state that took place on Oct 26, 1947. That allows for leaders in J&K to repeat the myth

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INSTRUMENT OF ACCESSION
The final chapter in India’s Independence saga was the challenge of the accession of the 565 princely states into one of the two dominions by August 15, 1947. A single document called the “Instrument of Accession” was

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Why was Kashmiri Photo Journalist Sanna Irshad Matto stopped from travelling to USA to collect her Pulitzer award?

Here are the facts: 👇

Sanna Irshad Mattoo is a photojournalist with Reuters who glorifies separatism in J&K through her stories and social media posts.

1/6 Her stories mention and use word Kashmir with “Indian Administrated Kashmir” and Indian controlled Kashmir, thus furthering the narrative of Anti India forces.

Her stories and social media posts has been often being referred by Pakistan intelligence agency ISI sponsored

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