Petition · past parliament
India’s steps to deny rights to the people of Indian Occupied Kashmir.
Rejected
11 signatures
What the petition asks
With an indefinite security lockdown in Indian-occupied Kashmir (IoK) and elected representatives under house arrest, India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) stripped Kashmiris of the special autonomy they had for 7 decades. The unprecedented are going unnoticed due to information blackout
The move raises fears of further violence in the Muslim-majority Himalayan region where Kashmiri fighters and many residents have fought for the region's independence or to join Pakistan.
"There will a very strong reaction in Kashmir. It's already in a state of unrest and this will only make it worse," Wajahat Habibullah, a former senior bureaucrat in Jammu and Kashmir, told AFP.
"There will a very strong reaction in Kashmir. It's already in a state of unrest and this will only make it worse," Wajahat Habibullah, a former senior bureaucrat in Jammu and Kashmir, told AFP.
Why it was rejected
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Timeline
| 15 Aug 2019 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 21 Aug 2019 | Rejected by the Petitions Committee |
Key facts
Signatures
11
Status
Rejected
Rejected
21 Aug 2019
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.