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Indian authorities have arrested more than 4,000 people, politicians of all stripes or human rights activists in Kashmir, since the revocation of autonomy of the region.
With our correspondent in New Delhi, Sébastien Farcis
Shehla Rashid is horrified and worried: she lives in New Delhi and compiles stories of violence, torture and arbitrary arrests in Kashmir. Stories reported by those who come back, as all communications with the region are cut off. The chairman of his Movement for the Kashmir People's Party was also arrested for no official reason. And no one knows where he is.
" According to Indian law, the authorities must present an inmate to a judge within 24 hours of arrest, " said the woman politician. The judge then decides whether or not to allow him to remain in detention. But the courts are closed. This means that all arrests are illegal. The government is therefore acting like a gang of kidnappers. And if someone disappears, he can deny that he stopped him. "
An unprecedented repression
Shehla Rashid believes that this unprecedented repression of Kashmiri's fundamental rights is very similar to what the Israeli government is doing to Palestinians . " Like the Israelis, this government sees Kashmir as a sacred land to be reclaimed from Muslims," Shehla Rashid said. And for that, they have no consideration for the cashmere people or their identity. In the field, they use Israeli military technology. Shehla Rashid has just filed an appeal with the Supreme Court to overturn the repeal of Kashmir's autonomy .
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Since 5 August 2019, New Delhi has unilaterally revoked the autonomy of Kashmir and imposed a new curfew. For more than two weeks, the population remains partially cut off from the world: mobile phones and the internet are cut off and travel restricted by military roadblocks.