Kashmiris Interrogated, Tortured by Cyber Police for Tweeting
▻https://theintercept.com/2020/12/06/kashmir-social-media-police
The crackdown on social media users in Kashmir is part of a sharp escalation of the Indian government’s censorship efforts. Ahmed was nervous as he approached the fortified police station, its walls covered with barbed wire and gun-toting cops guarding the entrances. The college student had received a phone call the previous day from Jammu and Kashmir’s cyber police, asking him to report to the station with no reason given. Ahmed, whose name has been changed for fear of retaliation, had (...)