India imposed a six-month communications blackout on Kashmir with a million troops
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 (
#expands, 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; India blacked out Kashmir’s internet to enable un witnessed state violence; India annexed Kashmir in August 2019 via a reorganization act — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 504 (+2 more)
Related
- India blacked out Kashmir’s internet to enable un witnessed state violence (similarity 0.95)
- India functionally annexed Kashmir in October 2019 (similarity 0.89)
- India annexed Kashmir in August 2019 via a reorganization act (similarity 0.88)
- India imposed a six-month total internet blackout on Kashmir (similarity 0.85)
- India gutted Kashmir’s political and activist class via mass detention (similarity 0.80)
- India annexed Kashmir with world silence while Russia’s invasion drew condemnation (similarity 0.79)
- India revoked Kashmir’s quasi-autonomy through the 2019 Reorganization Act (similarity 0.78)
Broader Connections
- India blacked out Kashmir’s internet to enable un witnessed state violence
#corroborates(0.60) - India deploys one soldier per thirteen Kashmir residents
#corroborates(0.40) - India annexed Kashmir in August 2019 via a reorganization act
#expands(0.30) — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 504 - India gutted Kashmir’s political and activist class via mass detention
#corroborates(0.30)