
Patients struggled to reach healthcare, especially in the early weeks of the lockdown. There were cancelled surgeries, drug shortages, and lengthy backlogs, as @muddasirali27 and @MaqboolMajid reported: https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2019/09/19/Kashmir-lockdown-healthcare-access-rights-crisis
âYou will leave in a while and then we have to face the wrath of troops in the evening.â In silent Kashmir villages once awash in protests, locals accused soldiers of nightly raids, arrests, and torture. https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2019/10/21/Kashmir-torture-inquiry-fear-India-clampdown-youth-militancy
âThere were 18 bullet holes and I still remember how deep they were.â @Nusratsidiq explored the undiagnosed mental health crisis in what one psychiatrist calls one of âthe saddest place in the worldâ. https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2019/12/23/Kashmir-conflict-mental-health #Kashmir
Some clampdown restrictions eased in 2020, but a ban on high-speed mobile internet remains. The communications blockades have far-reaching impacts â especially for doctors preparing for the #COVID19 pandemic. @Kaashur: https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2020/04/01/kashmir-internet-ban-coronavirus
No domestic violence shelters. Few options to safely report gender-based violence. A year of military crackdowns and the coronavirus have kept survivors locked in with their abusers. @soul_restlesss: https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news-feature/2020/07/09/Kashmir-women-violence-coronavirus #Kashmir
An outspoken graffiti artist. A bystander blinded during protests. A pregnant woman navigating military clampdowns. @Masratzahra and @Peerzadamuzamil explore the shifting role of women and girls amid lockdowns and violence in Kashmir
: https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/photo-feature/Kashmir-military-conflict-violence-women

The coronavirus pandemic has disrupted education across the globe. For Kashmirâs students, however, itâs just the latest hurdle: many havenât been to formal classrooms for a year, as @MaqboolMajid reports: https://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/news/2020/07/21/Kashmir-lockdown-schools-children-mental-health