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CPOY 71 International Picture Story Gold: State of Conflict

In the summer of 2016, Kashmir witnessed one of its worst unrests in six years – following the death of Burhan Wani, chief commander of the armed group Hizb-ul-Mujahideen. The valley has seen armed conflict for decades. The Indian government is labeling it a war against terror, while the Kashmiri Muslim community is shouting freedom struggle.

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July 14, 2016
During the 90s and early 2000s, many young kashmiri men was taken by police for interrogations, never to return. Most of them has still not been officially declared dead. These disappearances left thousands of families with a file scuffed away in some drawer, filled with photographs, copies of court statements and Amnesty correspondence. A file once submitting a faint glimpse of hope. Now merely resembling a scar, reminding them of a dark chapter of their lives. What happened to these people and whether they had any affiliation with militant movements or not will never fully be known.
Emil Wesolowski / Mid Sweden University
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