This is a report by an Indian civil society group who travelled to Kashmir between September 25-30, 2019 and Jammu between October 6-7, 2019 as part of a solidarity and fact finding mission to understand the impact of the abrogation of Article 370 and the subsequent security clampdown and communication blockade on the lives of the people of Jammu and Kashmir.

Topics: civil disobedience, trauma, radicalization, extremism and the loss of a middle ground, fear, disunion, love and resilience, recommendations

Terms: torture, custodial torture, sexual harassment, excessive use of force, state impunity, army impunity, Jammu and Kashmir Public Safety Act (PSA), trauma, mental health issues, abrogation of Article 370, information blockade, arbitrary detention, dissent, religious persecution, Kashmiri Sikhs, Kashmiri Pandits, Kashmiri Christians