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NEW DELHI, August 10: Today, Ms. Anuradha Bhasin, the Executive Editor of Kashmir Times, has filed a writ petition in the Supreme Court of India seeking directions to ensure that the State creates an enabling environment for journalists and all other media personnel in all parts of Jammu and Kashmir to practise their profession, and that the debilitating restrictions imposed through the complete shutdown on internet and telecommunication services, and severe curbs on the movement of photo journalists and reporters be immediately relaxed in order to ensure the freedom of the press and media.

The implications of the Modi government’s action are grave by any standard. By beginning the end of the special status of its part of Jammu & Kashmir under Article 370 of the Indian constitution, it has repudiated the solemn compact made with the people of Jammu & Kashmir at the time of the state’s questionable accession to India.

We, concerned citizens of India and organisations from across movements, condemn the attempted abrogation of Article 370 and the C.O. 272 /2019 and the Jammu and Kashmir Re-Organization Bill 2019.

Text of Statements by HRCP, PUDR and PUCL (and by Human Rights Watch, NY)

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