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Armed Indian forces are detaining boys as young as 9 in midnight raids. Many detained are known to "disappear,” allegedly killed in custody and dumped in mass graves. Women and girls report being molested/raped during such raids.https://countercurrents.org/2019/08/kashmir-caged-fact-finding-report …
The Indian military is doing this by enforcing a controversial 1978 law called the “Public Safety Act (PSA)," which allows the government to detain a person for up to 2 years w/o trial, even if the person(s) may have committed no criminal offense at all.https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/explained-the-jammu-kashmir-public-safety-act/article29438694.ece …
India's detention with such vague & broadly defined allegations violates Article 9 of the @UN's International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), to which they are a party. https://treaties.un.org/doc/publication/unts/volume%20999/volume-999-i-14668-english.pdf …
“Everyone has the right to liberty & security of person. No one shall be subjected to arbitrary arrest or detention. No one shall be deprived of liberty except on such grounds & in accordance w/ such procedure as are established by law.” -Article 9, ICCPR https://treaties.un.org/doc/publication/unts/volume%20999/volume-999-i-14668-english.pdf …
100s of politicians are under house arrest. Some based in the Hindu-majority Jammu region were released, but most in the Muslim-majority Kashmir region remain imprisoned. *ELECTIONS TAKE PLACE TODAY* & opposition leaders call them a "joke on democracy".https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-49996399 …
Unofficial curfews are in place for Kashmiri civilians while the Indian government continues to spread misinformation and lies to hide their inhumane treatment. The article below is an example of such propaganda.https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/no-restrictions-in-jammu-and-kashmir-entire-world-supports-abrogation-of-article-370-amit-shah/articleshow/71359603.cms …
Why is this happening? The political party in power, the right wing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) led by @AmitShah, and under India’s Prime Minister, @narendramodi, is pushing to make India a Hindu-nationalist country, forgoing its once-secular democracy.https://www.newyorker.com/news/on-religion/the-violent-toll-of-hindu-nationalism-in-india …
Modi, who was re-elected in May, was part of a group called the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), and the BJP is its political wing. A former member of the RSS was responsible for the assassination of Gandhi & it holds anti-Muslim & anti-Christian views.https://www.npr.org/2019/05/03/706808616/the-powerful-group-shaping-the-rise-of-hindu-nationalism-in-india …
Modi was recently on-stage w/ Trump in TX for an event billed as one of the largest ever receptions of a foreign leader in the US. “Mr Trump used his speech to heap praise on Mr Modi, who he said was doing a 'truly exceptional job for India' & its people.”https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-49788492 …
As news of Kashmir tends to get downplayed or even blacked out by the press & social media, know that this is happening under the fascist leadership of what was once the largest democracy in the world. We must not turn our backs when democracy is under attack, both home & abroad.
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