[Marxistindia] Remove all restrictions in J&K

[news from the cpi(m)]

January 10, 2020
Press Statement
 
The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the
following statement:
 
Remove All Restrictions in Jammu & Kashmir
 
The Supreme Court has made significant comments on the curbs on civil
liberties in Jammu and Kashmir which bely the false claims of normalcy that
the Central Government has been peddling to the country and the world. 
 
The Central Government on the eve of the judgment tried to reinforce the
official claims by taking a group of foreign envoys on a farcical restricted
tour to J&K where they were allowed to see and hear only what the Government
wanted them to, which is why none of them could meet the three former Chief
Ministers still in jail. When five months after the lockdown,  political
leaders, MPs and parties representing the people of this country are
virtually banned from visiting Kashmir, such a tour is insulting to India's
parliament.
 
The Supreme Court has criticized the indefinite ban on internet services
holding that the use of internet is a constitutional right and is part of
freedom of speech and expression.  It has also held that the repeated use of
Sec 144 could not be used as a tool to oppress difference of opinion. While
ordering a review of all such orders within a week it has also said that
Government must put such orders in the public domain so that citizens
affected have the right to challenge them. 
 
The CPI(M) demands that the Central Government remove all such restrictions,
fully restore internet services, lift Sec 144 and ensure the democratic
rights of the people of Kashmir to freedom of speech and expression.
 
 
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