What Rights Teams Have Found

At least seven fact-finding teams have been to Kashmir after the lockdown started on August 5. Each has come back with similar as well as new findings. The members of these teams were individuals or representatives of rights organizations. Every team mentioned the heavy presence of uniformed forces and almost all spoke about the detention of children by the police and the paramilitary. Several teams also came back with anecdotes of paramilitary searches in homes at night. Many residents also spoke to them about how the communication blackout had crippled lives and served a body blow to businesses.