Thread on our latest #BhimaKoregaon investigation: @SentinelOne dug into phishing emails received by Rona Wilson to piece together how he was targeted. What they found was startling: Two distinct groups attacked him in the same time period. 1/n washingtonpost.com/world/2022/02/… Wilson received dozens of emails — often from other activists he knew and sometimes disguised as news articles — that contained malware designed to infiltrate his computer. 2/n washingtonpost.com/world/2022/02/…

BREAKING: Introducing the Pegasus Project: a collaborative investigation involving more than 80 journalists on 4 continents showing how powerful spyware licensed only to governments targeted journalists, activists and more. (1/n) washingtonpost.com/investigations… The phones appeared on a list of over 50,000 numbers concentrated in countries known to engage in surveillance of their citizens and known to have been clients of the Israeli firm, NSO Group, a leader in the growing and largely unregulated private spyware industry. 2/n

THREAD on malware attacks in Bhima Koregaon:
1/Lawyer Surendra Gadling was sent three emails with malware in Feb 2016 from email IDs of people he knew that were either compromised or forged. washingtonpost.com/world/2021/07/… 2/Through the malware, the attacker had access to Gadling's computer, including sites he browsed, emails he composed & documents he edited.

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

Thread: For our latest piece, tried to get monthly death figures for 2019 and 2020 to spot any “excess” deaths. Began with Bombay, where a junior BMC officer obliged within hours. One phone call to a person I had spoken to once before. 1/ The figures for May showed a big spike.
May 2019: 6832
May 2020: 12,963 (Covid deaths 2269)
Later, I called the BMC chief for a comment. He took my call, gave me additional data and answered my questions. 2/

Tweet thread on a colony protest: At Defence Colony this morning where residents had planned a meeting on CAA, a dozen or so cops arrived in the park early to dissuade them. RWA president said disperse as "In this colony we don't like such type of things" The gathered residents including some elderly ladies said they had simply come to talk amongst themselves. Police said you don't have permission. Residents asked what stopped people from coming into their own park to talk.

Thread on UP: Photos of women in Lucknow beaten in police crackdown which spared "nothing and no one." Top official in the state said there was a process for public grievances& if anyone complained to the police, the law would be followed. #CAAProtests washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pac… Watch: A video shot by a Lucknow resident on Dec. 19 after policemen went on a "rampage," a charge denied by the police. Nearly 10 homes in that neighbourhood reported vandalism. #CAA_NRC_Protests washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pac…

Thread on #CAAProtests in Delhi today. Didn't have internet all day. Law student at Red Fort pointed to the heavy police presence in riot gear and said "India is becoming a police state but we will reclaim it." All protestors at Red Fort were immediately detained and put in buses. An elderly lady resisted but female cops surrounded her and took her away.

Thread: Very combative @HouseForeign subcommittee hearing on on Kashmir. Q by @BradSherman: Have we tried to send US diplomats?
Alice Wells: We have attempted to send a delegation but not recd permission. Indians are taking a conservative approach to opening up Kashmir. @SpanbergerVA07: Have spoken to the Indian govt& to my constituents from Kashmir. There are two conflicting accounts. How are we getting the truth?
Wells: There is very real hardship& inconvenience. when you don't have open media and communication, makes it hard for even the govt

#Kashmir thread: It’s been 20 days since India unilaterally revoked #Article370, flew in thousands of troops, imposed an unprecedented communications blackout & curfew-like conditions. Starting a thread on all of the @washingtonpost coverage of the issue here - On Aug 5, India revokes special status of Kashmir. The decision and its stealthy implementation are likely to further damage New Delhi’s relationship with its most restive state and ignite unrest there. 

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