Friday, November 8News and updates from Kashmir

‘Shrieks of Man being Tortured Resounded on a Mosque Loudspeaker’- The Abrogation of Article 370

Article 370 granting partial special status to Jammu Kashmir was abrogated on the 05th of August by the majoritarian Bhartiya Janta Party, the move was followed by a massive crackdown in which civilians, religious clerics, journalists, lawyers, business leaders, civilians and politicians were detained, also the Government festooned down Jammu Kashmir. Concertina wires were placed across almost every street and bridge.Government forces manned hundreds of checkpoints and helicopters circled low above the Srinagar city. Under this, intimidating lockdown, internet and other mobile services were banned in the Kashmir valley.

The Kashmiriyat editor, Qazi Shibli had been detained days ahead of the abrogation of the Articles 370 and 35A, The Kashmiriyat reporters, though, were on the ground zero, undaunted and unworried of the possible fear, though in the absence of internet or any means to communicate, their work remained unpublished, today we try to tell you the story of the abrogation through their photographs.

South Kashmir, the hotbed of uprising in the aftermath of the killing of Burhan Wani was placed under severe restrictions and people were barred from coming out of their homes.
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The Associated Press Reported, “Residents of over a dozen villages in Kashmir said that the soldiers inflicted beatings and electric shocks, forced them to eat dirt or drink filthy water, poisoned their food supplies or killed livestock, and threatened to take away and marry their female relatives. Thousands of young men have been arrested.”

Tens of thousands of additional troops were deployed, Amarnath Yatra (major Hindu pilgrimage) was cancelled, schools and colleges were shut, tourists were ordered to leave, telephone and internet services were suspended and regional political leaders were placed under house arrest./ Photo- Sajad Hameed~ The Kashmiriyat
Despite imposing harsh restrictions in Kashmir, the sense the Government gave outside the state was people of Kashmir supported the move of revocation of the special status/ Photo- Sajad Hameed~ The Kashmiriyat
Even during this clampdown, large demonstrations were reported on Friday from Soura, hotly refuted by the government at first. Large parts of South Kashmir remain cut off/ Photo- Sajad Hameed~ The Kashmiriyat
Major Masjids across the Kashmir valley were locked down, Eid congregation prayers disallowed, Prayers were allowed in Srinagar’s Grand Mosque 136 Days after the abrogation of the Article 370/ Photo- Sajad Hameed~ The Kashmiriyat
Residents of dozens of villages across South Kashmir alleged that the soldiers inflicted beatings and electric shocks, forced them to eat dirt or drink filthy water, poisoned their food supplies or killed livestock, and threatened to take away and marry their female relatives/ Photo- Sajad Hameed~ The Kashmiriyat
19 people including non local labourers were killed post the abrogation/ Photo- Sajad Hameed~ The Kashmiriyat

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