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 Índia divide estado de Jammu e Caxemira infographic
A infografia mostra como a Índia dividiu o estado de Jammu e Caxemira.
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POLÍTICA

Índia avança para a divisão de Caxemira apesar dos protestos

By Jordi Bou

October 31, 2019 - A Índia dividiu formalmente o estado de Jammu e Caxemira em dois novos territórios com administração federal, no âmbito de uma medida inesperada para aprofundar o domínio sobre a agitada região.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist government withdrew Kashmir’s autonomy in August but in addition it also announced the division of the state into two territories to be directly ruled from New Delhi — one consisting of Jammu and Kashmir and the other the remote Buddhist enclave of Ladakh.

In advance of the move, it poured thousands of more troops into the Muslim-majority Kashmir valley - where fighting against the Indian rule has been continuing for decades - and made sweeping arrests to prevent any outbreak of violence.

The government also imposed severe restrictions on travel and cut telephone and internet lines. Some measures have been scaled back but a security lockdown is still largely in place and broadband and mobile internet connections remain unavailable to most Kashmiris.

India and Pakistan both claim Kashmir in full, but control only parts of it.

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PUBLISHED: 31/10/2019; STORY: Graphic News
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