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J&K Counter Disinformation Centre (JKCDC) is an initiative to counter disinformation and propaganda on Kashmir.
Apr 8 18 tweets 5 min read
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 🧵 Image 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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Mar 7 9 tweets 3 min read
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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Mar 6 20 tweets 7 min read
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 Image • 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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Mar 3 11 tweets 5 min read
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 Image 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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Feb 5 11 tweets 4 min read
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 Image “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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Jan 1 14 tweets 10 min read
Pakistan’s Disinformation Propaganda on Kashmir-2023

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

(1/14) Image 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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Oct 21, 2023 10 tweets 3 min read
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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Oct 4, 2023 8 tweets 4 min read
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) Image 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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May 16, 2023 6 tweets 7 min read
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… ImageImageImageImage #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… ImageImageImageImage
Apr 1, 2023 6 tweets 3 min read
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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Apr 1, 2023 5 tweets 2 min read
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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Oct 26, 2022 19 tweets 7 min read
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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Oct 24, 2022 6 tweets 2 min read
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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