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Foreign Diplomats Visit Kashmir

  • A multinational delegation of foreign envoys entered Kashmir yesterday on a two-day trip to meet with the territory’s civil society leaders and evaluate political conditions in the region (Voice of America)

India Extends Detention of Former Kashmir Chief Ministers

  • Authorities extended the detentions of two former chief ministers of Jammu and Kashmir after they completed a six-month detention that began when India revoked Kashmir’s special status (Hindustan Times)

Pakistan National Assembly Ratifies Resolution on Kashmir

  • Pakistan’s legislature unanimously adopted a resolution that demanded India to rescind its annexation of Kashmir and reinstate the territory’s special rights and autonomy (Dawn)

Internet Service Partially Restored in Kashmir

  • Nearly six months after being cut off, internet service in Indian-administered Kashmir was partially restored over the weekend. The resumption of internet came with restrictions, including social media remaining shutdown and only a specific list of government-selected websites accessible in the area (Washington Post)

Pakistan Calls for UN Mediation Over Kashmir

  • Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan, at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, called for the United Nations to mediate his country’s dispute with India over the border territory of Kashmir (Reuters)

India Invites Pakistani Prime Minister to Attend Summit

  • The country will invite Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan to a regional cooperation summit later this year, an official said. It would be Khan’s first visit to India as prime minister (Al Jazeera)

India Arrests Kashmir Police Officer Traveling With Rebels

  • Authorities arrested a senior Kashmir police officer suspected of aiding pro-independence rebels in the region, the chief of police said (Al Jazeera)

India’s Supreme Court Rules Against Kashmir Restrictions

  • The court ordered India’s government to immediately review orders that restrict freedom of movement and basic rights in Kashmir, including the suspension of internet services (Hindu)

Diplomats Visit Indian Kashmir

  • India is hosting a two-day visit to Kashmir for a group of foreign diplomats, the first such visit since New Delhi stripped the region of its autonomous status in August. Officials said that around seventeen diplomats from Africa, Asia, South America, and the United States would participate. EU envoys chose not to participate due to restrictions on diplomats’ movement during the visit (Hindu)

One Killed, Dozens Injured in Grenade Attack in Kashmir

  • At least forty-five people have been wounded, and one person killed, after a grenade attack in the city of Srinagar in Indian-administered Kashmir (Reuters)

India’s Jammu and Kashmir Loses Statehood

  • The former Indian state is now divided into two federally administered territories: Ladakh, which borders China; and Jammu and Kashmir. The move was announced in August, as New Delhi revoked the region’s special status and launched a security crackdown there (Hindu)

EU Lawmakers Speak on Kashmir

  • Several lawmakers from the bloc told media during their visit to India-administered Kashmir that the situation in the region is “not as bad” as they thought, and they expressed support for New Delhi’s fight against terrorism there (Hindu)
  • India has been criticized for denying some Indian lawmakers access to the area (Al Jazeera)

EU Lawmakers Visit India-Controlled Kashmir

  • Twenty-seven lawmakers from the bloc are in Kashmir today to speak with local officials and residents in the first visit by a foreign delegation since India revoked the region’s special status in August (Reuters)

Pakistan Rejects India’s Request for Airspace

  • Islamabad denied a request by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to use the country’s airspace for an upcoming trip to Saudi Arabia. Pakistan’s foreign minister cited rights violations by India in the disputed Kashmir region (Press Trust of India)

India-Administered Kashmir Holds Local Elections

  • Elections for three hundred village councils were held in India-Administered Kashmir today. Many major parties boycotted the process, claiming the elections are illegitimate (Washington Post)

Nine Killed in Kashmir Exchange Between India and Pakistan

  • India and Pakistan traded gunfire over the line dividing the disputed territory, killing nine people, including both soldiers and civilians (Washington Post)

Four Killed in Cross-border Fire in Kashmir

  • At least four civilians were killed as Indian and Pakistani troops exchanged gunfire in the disputed region of Kashmir, officials from both sides said yesterday (Associated Press)

Indian Troops Exchange Fire with Kashmiri Separatists

  • Indian soldiers and Kashmiri rebels exchanged gunfire during a raid in the southern region of India-administered Kashmir. No casualties were reported in the exchange (Al Jazeera)

Cell Service Restored in Kashmir

  • Following more than two months of a communications blackout in Indian-administered Kashmir, the Indian government yesterday partially restored cell phone service (New York Times)

India Lifts Kashmir Travel Alert

  • The advisory for tourists to stay out of the region is set to be lifted today, more than two months after it was issued as part of a security lockdown by the Indian government (Hindu)

Pakistani Police Block Protesters Marching on Kashmir Border

  • Pakistani authorities in Kashmir stopped a group of Kashmiri protesters marching for an independent Kashmir state. The protesters were moving towards the Line of Control before Pakistani police blocked the demonstration five miles from the borderline. Separately, a woman was killed near her home by sniper fire coming from Indian-administered Kashmir (Deutsche Welled)
  • And finally, a U.S. delegation including several senators and the chargé d’affaires of the U.S. Embassy in Islamabad visited Pakistan-administered Kashmir to observe the situation amid India’s security lockdown in the region (PTI)

Kashmiri Journalists Protest ‘Media Gag’

  • More than one hundred journalists in India-administered Kashmir held a silent protest as mobile-network and internet shutdowns continued across the territory. The reporters say a media center set up by the Indian government is insufficient (Reuters)

India Says Thousands Detained in Kashmir

  • More than 3,800 people have been detained in Indian-administered Kashmir since New Delhi changed the region’s status, according to government data. Officials say the detentions aimed to prevent violence and around 2,600 people have already been released (Reuters)

Pakistan Warns of Risk of ‘Accidental War’ Over Kashmir

  • Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi, speaking at a UN Human Rights Council session yesterday, warned that India’s “illegal occupation” of Kashmir could lead to “an accidental war.” Pakistan submitted a statement backed by nearly sixty other countries calling on India to respect human rights and end the ongoing curfew and communications shutdown in Indian-administered Kashmir (Associated Press)

India’s Top Court to Look at Kashmir Decision

  • The Indian Supreme Court will hear legal challenges to the government’s decision to revoke the special status of the disputed Kashmir region. The court ordered the government to respond to more than a dozen queries, including questions about media restrictions in the territory. Judges are expected to begin regular hearings on Kashmir in October (Associated Press)
  • Separately, Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan is considering closing Pakistan’s airspace to India (Reuters)