Summary
Kashmir, 100 days were marked Tuesday since India stripped the restive Himalayan valley of its autonomy and imposed a strict communications blackout, with local journalists protesting the internet blackout.
Authorities have justified the ban as necessary to stop militants from neighboring Pakistan from using the internet to fan radicalization in the territory.
They instead set up an office with 10 internet-enabled stations for around 200 working journalists, who queue up to use the computers for 15 minutes each.
Kashmir has been split between India and Pakistan since 1947 and has sparked two wars and numerous flare-ups between the two nuclear-armed foes, most recently in February when they conducted tit-for-tat air strikes.
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