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UN urges India to revoke social media ban in Kashmir

Friday, 12 May 2017 11:59 PM [ Last Update: Friday, 12 May 2017 11:59 PM ]

Kashmiri students through stones during clashes with Indian government forces in central Srinagar. (Photo by AFP)

Shahana Butt
Press TV, Indian-Controlled Kashmir

United Nations’ experts have called New Delhi’s ban on social networking in Indian-controlled Kashmir a collective punishment. They urged India to revoke the ban and allow free speech in the disputed region. The ban was imposed last month after mass demonstrations by students against an Indian army raid on a college in southern Kashmir. The protests continue unabated as the protesting students seek freedom from Indian rule. Our correspondent, Shahana Butt, reports.

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