India’s mass detentions in Kashmir

Atul Loke for The New York Times
In the days before and after the Indian government revoked the territory’s special status, an estimated 2,000 people — including business leaders, human rights defenders, elected representatives, teachers and students as young as 14 — were arrested. They have no access to lawyers, and no idea of the charges against them or how long they will be held.
Political analysts say the mass roundup was the final piece of a detailed plan that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government set into motion last year.