This report descibes the situation in the Kashmir Valley after August 2019 from the perspective of common Kashmiris.
Topics: education, health, media, Internet and communications shutdown, detentions, militarization
Terms: silenced, powerlessness, Public Safety Act (PSA), access to roads, access to communications, fear, harassment, intimidation, dissent, arbitrary detention, Re-Organisation Act, demographic fear, intimidation of clerics, economic subjugation, habeas corpus, Mian Abdul Qayyum, Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA), Nazir Ahmed Ronga, surveillance, censorship, women's rights, Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA), right to health, lack of access to healthcare, mental health, pellet Injuries
This report is a glimpse into the situation in Kashmir through the voices and experiences of the people in the valley. It attempts to share their pain, distress, displacement, shattered aspirations due to humiliation, hopelessness and fear accompanied by economic loss, breakdown of education, health and other public systems. It reflects the physical and psychological injuries that every person in Kashmir endures leaving gaping wounds that only peace, justice, recognition of an unresolved political crisis and care can heal.
March 2020
Originally published
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