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Mumbai Police Are Now Trying to Arrest a Woman for Carrying a ‘Free Kashmir’ Sign
Not only are authorities allegedly shutting down the #OccupyGateway protests by detaining dissenters, but they’re also seeking out a woman for having “separatist views”.
Indian Police Banned Protests Against the New Anti-Muslim Citizenship Law. Thousands Protested Anyway.
Hundreds of protesters have been arrested, and disturbing footage shows some being beaten and dragged away by police.
WhatsApp Is Kicking Kashmiris Out of Their Accounts
Kashmir has been cut off from the world for four months. Now, the internet shutdown could wipe out people's photos, videos, and cherished memories.
The Best Stuff We Wrote in India in 2019
A dystopian nightmare of a neighbourhood, the many stories of Kashmiris, the dead bodies surfacing on a melting Everest: here’s some of our best stories of how it all went down.
Kashmir Is Finally Getting Its Internet Back, but It Comes With Conditions
From “no social networking” to companies being made to hand over security agencies full access to their content, these are all the strings that come attached with the slow opening up of communications in the Valley.
A Shadowy Indian Company Co-Opted Dead Newspapers to Spread Propaganda
Researchers think it was an influence campaign aimed to sway lawmakers in Europe in favor of Indian interests in Kashmir.
We Spoke to Kashmiri Women Whose Husbands and Sons Have Been Detained in Mass Arrests
“The authorities are forcing our children to extreme paths. In Kashmir, they don’t let our children live a normal life, they force them to pick up a gun.”
BJP Website Hacked Once Again, This Time With Pro-Pakistan Messages and Threats
The website has also seen photos and recipes of beef in the past, when it was hacked while Prime Minister Narendra Modi was taking oath.
A Pakistani Minister Just Threatened to Bomb any Country That Sides With India over the Kashmir Issue
Federal Minister for Kashmir Affairs and Gilgit-Baltistan, Ali Amin Gandapur, said that if tensions with India rise over the Kashmir issue, Pakistan will be compelled to go to war.
These Reporters Won't Let Kashmir's Internet Blackout Stop Them
A government-imposed communications ban is preventing journalists from calling sources and doing research online.
After 72 Days of No Communication, Mobile Services Resume in Kashmir
Prepaid phone services, mobile internet and broadband still remain blocked, though.
‘Fuck Modi’, a Protest Show in NYC, Will Go Up on Sunday Alongside Houston’s ‘Howdy Modi’ Event
VICE caught up with Desi-American punks The Kominas and comedian Arish Singh to chat about their protest show in New York this weekend.