In a subsequent tweet, she said that the two former chief ministers of occupied Kashmir weren’t jailed for “provocative comments” rather “their crime was to question GOI [Government of India] for its illegal actions in J&K”. Criticise BJP at your own peril.”The occupied Kashmir politicians were originally held under a law that allowed a maximum of six months in prison and their detention was about to expire. The home ministry in a reply before the parliament on Thursday said 389 people in occupied Kashmir were already booked under PSA since August last year. A strict lockdown and communications blackout has been in place in occupied Kashmir since August 5, 2019, when the Indian government unilaterally stripped the region of its special status. The removal of autonomy and subsequent crackdown in occupied Kashmir drew international criticism, and diplomats from several countries say they have raised human rights concerns with India’s foreign ministry.

Source: Pakistan Today February 07, 2020 07:52 UTC