India/Jammu & Kashmir: Over 600 politicians & lawyers detained in Jammu & Kashmir up until now

August 17, 2019

Over 600 politicians and lawyers have been detained by authorities in Jammu and Kashmir since the intervening nights of 4 and 5 August, ThePrint has learnt.

A top government functionary told ThePrint that the detained individuals include those arrested by the state police; or put under preventive custody at detention centres; or house arrested; or sent to prisons outside Kashmir.

The figure does not account for other locals, mostly youth, who have been taken into custody from various parts of Kashmir on the apprehension that they may mobilise people in small towns and villages.

“Giving the total headcount will be difficult at the moment because there is no centralised mechanism overlooking the arrests. The arrests are being undertaken by local police. But roughly the numbers are more than 600,” said the government functionary who didn’t wish to be identified.

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Over 600 politicians & lawyers detained in Jammu & Kashmir up until now

Over 600 Kashmiri politicians, lawyers, activists arrested by India: report

https://news.yahoo.com/eight-protesters-injured-restrictions-reimposed-kashmir-officials-091741812.html

https://www.livelaw.in/top-stories/judicial-history-of-article-370-sc-rulings-on-jk-special-status-147257

http://www.rfi.fr/asie-pacifique/20190818-cachemire-4000-personnes-arretees-revocation-autonomie-inde (FRANCAIS)

“The people who have been arrested since last Monday include businessmen, lawyers, the head of the High Court Bar Association in Kashmir. They have just been taken away. We don’t even know what the charges are…The right wing enjoys such enormous power.”https://t.co/HnlU8WJdQx

— Frank Pasquale (@FrankPasquale) August 17, 2019

All the arrested leaders, activists, lawyers, educationists, trade group members, human rights activists, children should be immediately released. If the govt jails entire opposition to impose a decision, it's not democracy!#Kashmir

— varun vasu narayanan (@varunnarayanan1) August 16, 2019

#Cachemire : plus de 600 politiciens et avocats sont actuellement en détention https://t.co/qqZ7WHpVtb

— Patrick Henry (@patrhenry) August 18, 2019

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