n Sunday, 5 August 2019, the Government of India revoked the special status of

the territory of Jammu and Kashmir.  With rights enshrined in what was known as
Article 370 of the Constitution of India, Jammu and Kashmir was guaranteed a
high level of autonomy over its future. While still hotly contested between India
and Pakistan since the early 1950s, Kashmir still employed a strong sense of
identity and self-rule. This came to an end on 5 August, when both houses of the
Indian Parliament dissolved Article 370 and allowed the Indian President the
authority to place the territory on lockdown as Indian soldiers were moved in to

Most recently, Free Kashmir launched a petition to condemn the decision of the
Gates Foundation, Microsoft founder Bill Gates’s humanitarian organization, to
award Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for humanitarian work in his country.
The petition amassed more than 100,000 signatures within one week and was
delivered to the Gates Foundation headquarters in Seattle, Washington in a
2,200-page collection. The late-September, where Free Kashmir and allies
planned a counter-rally, among other events for the week of the UNGA, to protest
his presence there.

Free Kashmir, a project of the human rights organization Justice for All, will
continue to advocate for the people of Kashmir. The campaigns long-term goals
include the call for self-determination of the people of Kashmir, the end of the
Indian military’s occupation of the territory, and a greater awareness among the
American people of the issues facing Kashmir.
award coincided with Modi’s speech at the United Nations General Assembly in
New York in

n Sunday, 5 August 2019, the Government of India revoked the special status of
the territory of Jammu and Kashmir.  With rights enshrined in what was known as
Article 370 of the Constitution of India, Jammu and Kashmir was guaranteed a
high level of autonomy over its future. While still hotly contested between India
and Pakistan since the early 1950s, Kashmir still employed a strong sense of
identity and self-rule. This came to an end on 5 August, when both houses of the
Indian Parliament dissolved Article 370 and allowed the Indian President the
authority to place the territory on lockdown as Indian soldiers were moved in to

Most recently, Free Kashmir launched a petition to condemn the decision of the
Gates Foundation, Microsoft founder Bill Gates’s humanitarian organization, to
award Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for humanitarian work in his country.
The petition amassed more than 100,000 signatures within one week and was
delivered to the Gates Foundation headquarters in Seattle, Washington in a
2,200-page collection. The late-September, where Free Kashmir and allies
planned a counter-rally, among other events for the week of the UNGA, to protest
his presence there.

Free Kashmir, a project of the human rights organization Justice for All, will
continue to advocate for the people of Kashmir. The campaigns long-term goals
include the call for self-determination of the people of Kashmir, the end of the
Indian military’s occupation of the territory, and a greater awareness among the
American people of the issues facing Kashmir.
award coincided with Modi’s speech at the United Nations General Assembly in
New York in

n Sunday, 5 August 2019, the Government of India revoked the special status of
the territory of Jammu and Kashmir.  With rights enshrined in what was known as
Article 370 of the Constitution of India, Jammu and Kashmir was guaranteed a
high level of autonomy over its future. While still hotly contested between India
and Pakistan since the early 1950s, Kashmir still employed a strong sense of
identity and self-rule. This came to an end on 5 August, when both houses of the
Indian Parliament dissolved Article 370 and allowed the Indian President the
authority to place the territory on lockdown as Indian soldiers were moved in to

Most recently, Free Kashmir launched a petition to condemn the decision of the
Gates Foundation, Microsoft founder Bill Gates’s humanitarian organization, to
award Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for humanitarian work in his country.
The petition amassed more than 100,000 signatures within one week and was
delivered to the Gates Foundation headquarters in Seattle, Washington in a
2,200-page collection. The late-September, where Free Kashmir and allies
planned a counter-rally, among other events for the week of the UNGA, to protest
his presence there.

Free Kashmir, a project of the human rights organization Justice for All, will
continue to advocate for the people of Kashmir. The campaigns long-term goals
include the call for self-determination of the people of Kashmir, the end of the
Indian military’s occupation of the territory, and a greater awareness among the
American people of the issues facing Kashmir.
award coincided with Modi’s speech at the United Nations General Assembly in
New York in

n Sunday, 5 August 2019, the Government of India revoked the special status of
the territory of Jammu and Kashmir.  With rights enshrined in what was known as
Article 370 of the Constitution of India, Jammu and Kashmir was guaranteed a
high level of autonomy over its future. While still hotly contested between India
and Pakistan since the early 1950s, Kashmir still employed a strong sense of
identity and self-rule. This came to an end on 5 August, when both houses of the
Indian Parliament dissolved Article 370 and allowed the Indian President the
authority to place the territory on lockdown as Indian soldiers were moved in to

Most recently, Free Kashmir launched a petition to condemn the decision of the
Gates Foundation, Microsoft founder Bill Gates’s humanitarian organization, to
award Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi for humanitarian work in his country.
The petition amassed more than 100,000 signatures within one week and was
delivered to the Gates Foundation headquarters in Seattle, Washington in a
2,200-page collection. The late-September, where Free Kashmir and allies
planned a counter-rally, among other events for the week of the UNGA, to protest
his presence there.

Free Kashmir, a project of the human rights organization Justice for All, will
continue to advocate for the people of Kashmir. The campaigns long-term goals
include the call for self-determination of the people of Kashmir, the end of the
Indian military’s occupation of the territory, and a greater awareness among the
American people of the issues facing Kashmir.
award coincided with Modi’s speech at the United Nations General Assembly in
New York in