Authorities must end repression of dissent in Jammu and Kashmir

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India must end repression of dissent in Jammu and Kashmir, says Amnesty International

India must stop using restrictive travel bans and arbitrary detentions under the country’s draconian laws to intimidate critical dissenting voices from speaking out on Jammu and Kashmir, Amnesty International said on Tuesday ahead of the first state elections in the last ten years. The authorities’ escalating repression of human rights after the revocation the special autonomous status of the region has resulted in arbitrary detentions, passport…