India blacked out Kashmir’s internet to enable un witnessed state violence
Evidence
That ended in August 2019. On August 5, the Indian parliament enacted the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization Act, which opened the door for greater military presence and Indian state control of the disputed territory. It was tantamount to annexation. — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 504 (
#contradicts, via linked claim)
Categorization
- corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim
- XREF: connects to: India functionally annexed Kashmir in October 2019 — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 491; Photography functions as political speech in Kashmir’s silencing military occupation; India imposed a six-month communications blackout on Kashmir with a million troops (+3 more)
Related
- India imposed a six-month communications blackout on Kashmir with a million troops (similarity 0.95)
- India functionally annexed Kashmir in October 2019 (similarity 0.88)
- India annexed Kashmir in August 2019 via a reorganization act (similarity 0.86)
- India imposed a six-month total internet blackout on Kashmir (similarity 0.82)
- Internet blackouts enable states to escalate violence against occupied minorities unseen (similarity 0.81)
- India gutted Kashmir’s political and activist class via mass detention (similarity 0.80)
- India restored only token 2G internet to Kashmir to maintain control while claiming relief (similarity 0.79)
- India annexed Kashmir with world silence while Russia’s invasion drew condemnation (similarity 0.79)
Broader Connections
- India gutted Kashmir’s political and activist class via mass detention
#corroborates(0.35) - India annexed Kashmir in August 2019 via a reorganization act
#contradicts(0.30) — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 504 - India deploys one soldier per thirteen Kashmir residents
#corroborates(0.30)