Indian journalists, activists expose brutalities in IoK
NEW DELHI (92 News) – A group of Indian journalists and activists – who returned from Indian Occupied Kashmir (IoK) after a five-day trip – were barred from sharing video and images of deteriorating situation in IoK.
Addressing a press conference at India’s Press Club in New Delhi, they exposed the deteriorating situation in occupied Kashmir. They said that mosques are closed while the children and women are being victims of violence.
The officers, who are deployed in the Jammu Kashmir, also declared the occupation of Kashmir and revocation of Article 370 as state terrorism.
While speaking about the current deteriorating situation in Kashmir, the group of activists and journalists presented their observations and urged the Modi-led Hindu nationalist government to withdraw its move of revoking the special status of Indian-occupied Kashmir (IoK).
Kavita Krishnan said the situation is absolutely not normal, contrary to reports by several Indian news broadcasters. “There is a sense of imprisonment. There is a sense of being in prison. And people are not being allowed to speak and the situation is extremely grim over there,” she said.
“We were able to go to villages as well as small towns also. So the situation there is absolutely not normal. If some people of the media are saying all is well … the only thing we could think of saying was all is hell is a better description,” said Krishnan.
Activist Maimoona Moolah urged the Indian government to stop this occupation of Kashmir. “The occupation of Kashmir will not work. Get rid of this occupation. Put an end to the way press and people have been gagged there. And return democracy to the region. Return Article 370 and 35(A),” she said.
“The whole place was desolate, quiet, silenced, caged. People looked helpless. People looked humiliated. And people also looked angry.”
