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Modi’s Government Is Exploiting the Pandemic to Ramp up Repression in Kashmir
The people of Kashmir have been left badly exposed to COVID-19 by a state that spends lavishly on tools of repression while neglecting public health services. The Indian government is using the lockdown to extend its regime of surveillance and control.