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Kashmir’s journalists staged a silent protest on Thursday, 3 October, against the restrictions on communication and internet connectivity in the area since the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution.
Calling it a communication ‘gag’, journalists held placards that read, “Journalism is not a crime’ and ‘End communication blockade’.
They demanded that communication and internet connectivity be restored as the blockade is not letting them do their job.
For the last two months, mobile phones and internet services have been shut down in the Valley. The government has said they have restored landline phones, however, there’s no information on when the mobile and internet services would be restored.
The government has set up a media centre with computers and only a few of them have internet connection. The journalists complain that it’s not enough for them to do their job.
Talking to The Quint Kashmiri journalist Rashid Maqbool said:
The government decided to scrap Jammu and Kashmir’s special status on 5 August.
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