India Shut Down Kashmir’s Internet Access
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India Shut Down Kashmir’s Internet Access
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#2I think it is pretty clear that the Indian Government rushed into this because this is what their Hindu-nationalistic base wants - subdue the only Muslim Indian majority state. However, just like their ill-fated demonetization policy from 2016, they haven't given a whole lot of thought to what happens the day after. How long will they keep these restrictions? How far are they prepared to go if there is a mass uprising?
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#3Shutting down the internet in an effort to "keep the peace" is really dystopian: how do Indian citizens stand for it?
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#4> Jammu and Kashmir, an area of 12.5 million people that is claimed by both India and Pakistan
It would seem that India has the more practically demonstrable claim.
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#5Shutting down the internet in an effort to "keep the peace" is really dystopian: how do Indian citizens stand for it?
Any country that has been paying attention in recent years knows that the internet allows the opposition to organize, coordinate, and recruit effectively.
The US and China deal with this by ensuring they have leverage over the platforms that people use to communicate. Other countries that do not have this leverage, have to resort to shutting down the internet in areas of unrest.
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#6Shutting down the internet in an effort to "keep the peace" is really dystopian: how do Indian citizens stand for it?
Majority support annexing of the region
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#7At what point is a region so distinct from the state in which it resides that the best course of action would be secession? When I read the news I see conflicts in integration every where: Hong Kong, Kashmir, Kurdish Syria / Turkey. My general feeling is that due to a number of factors (imperialism, war, etc.) that our current global map just doesn't reflect the reality of international relations, unfortunately border disputes are rarely resolved peacefully...
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#8>Kashmir, an area of 12.5 million people that is claimed by both India and Pakistan and has long been a source of tension.
There is also a portion of the area that is claimed by China.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jammu_and_Kashmir#/media/File:...
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#9Shutting down the internet in an effort to "keep the peace" is really dystopian: how do Indian citizens stand for it?
Not just internet but mobile phones and even landlines. Only a handful out of 100s of newspapers are being published and that too with restricted pages. Mainstream pro-India political leaders have been arrested along with lawyers, professors, activists and general public.
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#10Am Kashmiri. Was born there. Have family there. My parents were born and raised there. This is scary even for a region marked by persistent curfews, border clashes between two nuclear powers, and an ongoing series of conflicts between insurgents and the Indian Army.
We have extended family from whom we haven’t heard any news since this went into effect. It’s all just anxious waiting.
What could possibly be the endgame from this unless you’re trying to actively foment rebellion? How can this have any widespread support?