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In Kashmir, military lockdown and pandemic combined are one giant deadly threat

  • Written by Ifat Gazia, Doctoral Student in Communications and Film, University of Massachusetts Amherst
In Kashmir, military lockdown and pandemic combined are one giant deadly threatKashmiri commuters at an Indian military checkpoint in the city of Srinagar, July 17, 2020. Tauseef Mustafa/AFP via Getty Images

COVID-19 is taking a terrible toll worldwide. But in the Himalayan territory of Kashmir, it’s only the latest indignity in a 73-year cycle of oppression, militarization and scarcity.

At least, that’s what the...

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