Internet Ban to Continue in Indian Occupied Kashmir
The order further said, High-speed internet had been restricted since August 2019 when India abolished the semi-autonomous status of the disputed region, split it into two federally ruled territories, and imposed a total lockdown and communications blackout. When the Supreme Court took the matter in hand, the Indian government only restored mobile data services in January beginning Hindu-dominated Jammu and afterwards in Muslim-majority regions of Kashmir. However, only government-authorised “whitelisted” sites were accessible. In addition to that, restrictions on social media to remain in force until March 4. High-speed internet was restored on August 17 in two of the districts, first is the Ganderbal district in the Muslim-majority region of Kashmir and Udhampur district in the Hindu-majority Jammu on a “trial basis” after a committee established on the order of the supreme court recommended “calibrated easing of internet restrictions in comparatively less sensitive geographical areas”. A number of human rights groups which include Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch have repeatedly asked India to restore full high-speed internet access in the disputed region, with the calls gaining more prominence amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Check out? Fraud Calls Even After Biometric Verification is Possible-Interior Ministry
