India faces yet another international campaign against Occupied Kashmir lockdown

NEW DELHI -India faces yet another international campaign against OccupiedKashmir lockdown.

Amnesty International India on Thursday launched a global campaign in abid to highlight the human cost of the month-long lockdown in occupiedKashmir.

“The draconian communication blackout in [occupied] Kashmir is anoutrageous protracted assault on the civil liberties of the people ofKashmir,” read a press releaselinkbythe human rights watchdog.

“In response to this indefinite communication blackout, AmnestyInternational India has launched the campaign #LetKashmirSpeak on 5September, 2019 – which marks a month of the communications blackout, toask for immediate lifting of the lockdown,” stated Amnesty InternationalIndia.

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“While landline telephones have been announced to be restored, theirobsoletion in the recent past will fall woefully short in facilitatingcommunication for the 8 million people of Kashmir.”