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it'll soon be a year since Art. 370 was de-operationalized in a span of 15 hrs, under the longest ever communication + internet shutdown, while extralegal detentions continued without remedy.
collating some essential writing on this heartbreaking siege. feel free to add:
collating some essential writing on this heartbreaking siege. feel free to add:
the 3-essay series by @shrimoyee_n on @raiotzine
1. https://www.raiot.in/dismantling-370-in-kashmir-part-1/
"In short, while the constitutional changes are cataclysmic and seem irreversible, in the domain of the everyday, the legal conquest of Jammu and Kashmir is neither as complete nor unquestionable..."
1. https://www.raiot.in/dismantling-370-in-kashmir-part-1/
"In short, while the constitutional changes are cataclysmic and seem irreversible, in the domain of the everyday, the legal conquest of Jammu and Kashmir is neither as complete nor unquestionable..."
2. https://raiot.in/dismantling-370-in-kashmir-part-2/
"The changes... have transformed the occupation, characterized by the de jure (in law) “temporary” suspension of Kashmiri sovereignty, into a permanent and irreversible annexation of its territory in law and fact."
"The changes... have transformed the occupation, characterized by the de jure (in law) “temporary” suspension of Kashmiri sovereignty, into a permanent and irreversible annexation of its territory in law and fact."
3. https://raiot.in/constitutional-lies-and-the-afterlives-of-law-in-kashmir/
"In “debunking” specific myths about the law in Kashmir I must confront my debilitating doubts about reinforcing a big, fat, foundational lie –that justice for Kashmiris is possible in a legal system premised in Indian law and constitutionalism ..."
"In “debunking” specific myths about the law in Kashmir I must confront my debilitating doubts about reinforcing a big, fat, foundational lie –that justice for Kashmiris is possible in a legal system premised in Indian law and constitutionalism ..."
Anumeha Yadav, Menaka Rao for @scroll_in
4. https://scroll.in/article/937856/even-as-thousands-are-detained-in-kashmir-courts-and-legal-system-remain-frozen
"Interviews with the families of those detained suggest many are not able to file petitions. In a large number of cases, there is no first information report or any kind of paperwork to show for the detention."
4. https://scroll.in/article/937856/even-as-thousands-are-detained-in-kashmir-courts-and-legal-system-remain-frozen
"Interviews with the families of those detained suggest many are not able to file petitions. In a large number of cases, there is no first information report or any kind of paperwork to show for the detention."
Freny Manecksha on the PSA from 2016:
5. https://thewire.in/government/public-safety-act-kashmir
"It is also no secret that the police file open FIRs ... (Open FIRs are when police stations report incidents of rioting and so on, and cite “unknown persons” as the accused. This enables them to add names later.)"
5. https://thewire.in/government/public-safety-act-kashmir
"It is also no secret that the police file open FIRs ... (Open FIRs are when police stations report incidents of rioting and so on, and cite “unknown persons” as the accused. This enables them to add names later.)"
