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  • -This video has been shared widely across social media,

  • appearing to show chaotic crowds of protestors

  • and general unrest in Kashmir.

  • It was filmed after India revoked

  • a constitutional provision that granted autonomous powers

  • to the state of Kashmir on August 5th.

  • While Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi

  • has called the decision a new dawn

  • for residents in the area,

  • many people across those regions feel differently.

  • The Indian government and Kashmir state police officials

  • have said the region is calm and returning to normal.

  • -The valley has remained largely peaceful over the last one week.

  • -But video and eyewitness accounts

  • suggest a different story.

  • In order to understand what's happening in Kashmir,

  • you have to understand the history

  • of the long-disputed territory.

  • 72 years ago, the Indian subcontinent,

  • which was previously under British rule,

  • split into two separate, independent states --

  • Pakistan, which has a Muslim majority,

  • and India, which has a Hindu majority.

  • Jammu and Kashmir, which is on the border of India and Pakistan

  • initially chose to remain independent.

  • But the Hindu prince who ruled the region

  • later acceded to India.

  • That move led to Article 370 of the Indian Constitution,

  • which granted a special status of autonomy to the state.

  • And the Indian government's decision to overturn it

  • undoes nearly seven decades of history.

  • It removed Kashmir's semi-autonomous status,

  • which gave it the power to make its own laws

  • and prevented nonresidents from buying property in the region.

  • The government also stripped Kashmir of its statehood,

  • turning it into a, quote, "union territory."

  • Both Pakistan and India still claim control of the region.

  • -So it has been a big flash point

  • between the two nuclear-armed neighbors,

  • which have been rivals for the past 70 years.

  • -Kashmir is a Muslim-majority state in India,

  • and it's still a touch point in the predominantly-Hindu country.

  • Modi leads the Hindu nationalist party,

  • the Bharatiya Janata Party, or the BJP,

  • which won a landslide election during which Modi campaigned

  • on the promise of revoking Article 370.

  • -The actual implementation came as a surprise

  • to everyone in the country, especially to Kashmir,

  • 'cause there was no sort of preceding dialogue

  • or notice given to it.

  • It happened all of a sudden.

  • -In anticipation of the backlash to the decision,

  • the Indian government shut down

  • all forms of communication in Kashmir,

  • including the Internet, cable TV, and landlines.

  • Thousands of security forces

  • patrolled the streets at checkpoints,

  • public meetings of more than four people are banned,

  • and schools and colleges remain closed.

  • Many high-profile political leaders in Kashmir

  • continue to be held under detention.

  • -But there have been sporadic protests in the valley,

  • but the government has tried to ensure that no large-scale

  • protests or incidents of violence get reported.

  • -Misinformation, including old video,

  • has been widely shared during the aftermath

  • of the announcement to revoke Article 370.

  • However, the argument of old or fake footage

  • has also been used to decry real protests as fake.

  • -So what we found when we traveled there

  • was there was a sense of anger and resentment

  • against India's decision and the way it was implemented.

  • And I think that's a crucial point, as well,

  • that people felt cheated and betrayed that India,

  • after making promises for all these years,

  • has suddenly sort of unilaterally decided

  • to revoke something without even consultation with the people.

  • A section of the Indian National Press

  • and, of course, the government has tried

  • to sort of push back on this

  • and say that there are also people that are happy

  • and, you know, things are easing out.

  • But I think what we found there was definitely --

  • that was not the case.

  • -The Indian government has continued

  • to change its story regarding a protest

  • that occurred in Kashmir on August 9th.

  • First, they denied a large-scale protest took place in Srinagar.

  • Here's what video from the day shows.

  • Fact checkers in India geolocated the protests

  • at this mosque in Srinagar.

  • Signs referring to Article 370 verify these protests

  • were in response to the recent decision

  • and not old video that had resurfaced.

  • The Indian government walked back its statement

  • and acknowledged the unrest.

  • But Kashmir state police official denied any, quote,

  • "firing" took place.

  • Video published by the BBC has audio of firing

  • and tear gas as protesters disperse.

  • Officials later acknowledged pellets were fired

  • and caused injuries.

  • Their justification was that firing referred

  • to live bullets, not pellets.

  • More protests erupted on August 16th after Friday prayers

  • and continued into the following weekend.

  • In response to allegations that the protests were fake

  • or using old footage,

  • protesters started writing the date on their signs

  • to prove that these protests were, in fact, happening.

  • Photos and videos from the ground are hard to come by,

  • given the harsh crackdown on communication channels.

  • While India eased restrictions on landlines in Kashmir

  • after two weeks, authorities have refused to say

  • when Internet access and mobile services will be restored.

  • The existing visual evidence points to irrefutable proof

  • of discontent over the move to revoke Article 370,

  • a reality the Indian government has tried to deny.

-This video has been shared widely across social media,

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    林宜悉 に公開 2021 年 01 月 14 日
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