India Restores Some Internet Access In Kashmir After Long Shutdown

Months after imposing a sweeping communications blackout in Kashmir, the Indian government on Saturday unblocked several hundred websites in Jammu and Kashmir, bringing a tentative end to the world’s longest internet shutdown in a democracy. The announcement comes nearly half a year after India’s government, led by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, revoked Kashmir’s semiautonomous status. Bracing for subsequent unrest, authorities suspended landline and cellular connections, cut internet services and dispatched tens of thousands of troops to the area.

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