"Inside a US ally’s secret war on its American critics. A foreign government is trying to silence US critics of its authoritarian turn — and it's succeeding."
If you are at all interested in politics at an international level, even of the armchair variety, I highly recommend '#Article370, the film now on Netflix about recent events in #Kashmir.
There is a good wiki piece about the historical/political background - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Article_370_of_the_Constitution_of_India
which you can either save to read until after watching to prolong the suspense, or brief yourself with in advance, according to personal taste.
Four decades of glacial data reveals substantial losses and water worries
An analysis of glacial data spanning four decades has provided valuable insights into the changes taking place in the #glaciers of the Pir Panjal range within the #Kashmir basin in India. The research, published in the International Journal of Hydrology Science and Technology, analyzed data for the period 1980 to 2020.
It reveals significant losses in glacial mass.
J&K High Court Warns Govt on Delay in Release of Detenus Whose Cases Are Quashed
Such instances should not re-occur, the court told the government, citing “government officials' lapse” leading to the detenu suffering around 79 days of illegal detention.
'Violated Principles of Natural Justice': Caravan Files Petition Against Govt Order On Army Story
In its petition, The Caravan has underlined that the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting's order asking the magazine to take down its article on allegations of torture and murder against the Indian Army also violated the fundamental right to free speech and expression and the freedom of the press.
Set Free a Day Ago, J&K Journalist Aasif Sultan Arrested Again Hours After Returning Home
'It is an old case. Since he had got clearance from the authorities, we assumed that he would not be arrested in this particular case,' his lawyer has said.
Keen to display a strongman image by making swift and decisive moves, a political leader with an eye on electoral benefits can ratchet up tensions and fuel escalation dynamics, writes Sushant Singh.
Nitasha Kaul, who heads the Centre for the Study of Democracy at the University of Westminster, was invited by the Karnataka government to attend ‘The Constitution and Unity in India’ conference as a delegate. She was denied entry and made to leave India, she says.
Use of pellet guns in farmers’ protests another milestone in shrinking space for dissent
Use of ‘non-lethal’ pellet guns in 2024 farmers protests, in Manipur in 2023 and Kashmir since 2010 has left many severely injured, and has been criticised by international humanitarian law and international human rights scholars.
The Union territory’s residents are demanding statehood and Sixth Schedule status, as they fear loss of control over land and resources after August, 2019.
Read: The Caravan's Article on Army Torture the Union Government Wants Taken Down
"For the affected families, the bundles of cash they received—Rs 10 lakh for the dead and lesser for the injured—were expected to replace their loved ones."
Union Govt Uses IT Act to Attack Press Freedom, Asks Caravan to Take Down Report
The magazine was told that if it fails to take down an article on the Poonch killings from its website within 24 hours, the entire website would be taken down. Caravan has said it will be challenging the order.
Pune: Over 15 members of Hindutva group detained for protests outside screening film on Kashmir
The protestors opposed the screening of a film named ‘I Am Not The River Jhelum’, alleging that it portrayed the Indian Army in a bad light, the police said.
Agha Shahid Ali was an inspiration to friends, a lover of people. His poems linked memory and history
Agha Shahid Ali rejected minimalism and sought to broaden English through the expressiveness of Urdu, despite his immersion in American poetry, writes Debdutta Chakraborty.
Something interesting that came up several times today in the Zoom for Palestine was that #India’s government is closely watching what happens in #Palestine so they may start developing the same sort of settlements in #Kashmir, and activists speaking out in India for #Gaza are being severely punished.
Permission for genocide will spread quickly and we have our own governments to blame.
3-Year-Old Supreme Court Orders Restricting Internet Outages Is Ignored In India, World’s Leading Offender
Three years ago, the Supreme Court severely restricted State power to shut down the Internet. Yet, in Manipur, a 5,000-hour Internet shutdown was the world’s longest in 2023, the year India also lost more than half a billion dollars due to such outages, according to two new reports.