Kashmir and the Criminalization of Dissent
By: Dr Ghulam Nabi Fai The recent conviction of three prominent Kashmiri women leaders—Aasiya Andrabi, Fahmeeda Sofi, and Naheeda Nasreen—by an Indian National Investigation Agency (NIA) court in New Delhi underscores a disturbing trend in India’s governance of Jammu and Kashmir: the systematic criminalization of peaceful political dissent under the guise of counterterrorism. The three…