Jammu, July 5 -- A month after Pakistan outlawed the Jammu and Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee (JKJAAC), the protest movement in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) has intensified, with the organisation's leaders openly appealing to the people of Jammu and Kashmir and the rest of India for support against what they describe as Islamabad's continued repression.
The renewed appeal comes amid an escalating crackdown by the Pakistani authorities, who banned the JKJAAC on June 5 after designating it a terrorist organisation. Since then, protests have spread across different parts of PoJK, with activists alleging mass arrests, the use of force against demonstrators and growing restrictions on civil liberties.
The JKJAAC, which was ...