{"id":34611,"date":"2019-08-17T15:31:03","date_gmt":"2019-08-17T15:31:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/?p=34611"},"modified":"2019-08-17T15:31:03","modified_gmt":"2019-08-17T15:31:03","slug":"as-indias-blackout-leaves-kashmir-in-the-dark-us-must-do-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ismartnetwork.co.uk\/?p=34611","title":{"rendered":"As India&#8217;s blackout leaves Kashmir in the dark, US must do more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Imagine for a moment that nearly all residents of the US state of Virginia &#8212; population roughly 8.5 million &#8212; were blocked from communicating with each other or the outside. Imagine that their movements within their vicinities were highly restricted due to military-enforced curfews and checkpoints. And imagine they could not access reliable datum because, due to the clampdown, journalists were largely prevented from reporting or publishing the news. <a href=\"http:\/\/rss.cnn.com\/~ff\/rss\/cnn_topstories?a=sqj1VsQwQSU:pdBztu3uTZ4:yIl2AUoC8zA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/rss\/cnn_topstories?d=yIl2AUoC8zA\" border=\"0\"> <\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/rss.cnn.com\/~ff\/rss\/cnn_topstories?a=sqj1VsQwQSU:pdBztu3uTZ4:7Q72WNTAKBA\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/rss\/cnn_topstories?d=7Q72WNTAKBA\" border=\"0\"> <\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/rss.cnn.com\/~ff\/rss\/cnn_topstories?a=sqj1VsQwQSU:pdBztu3uTZ4:V_sGLiPBpWU\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/rss\/cnn_topstories?i=sqj1VsQwQSU:pdBztu3uTZ4:V_sGLiPBpWU\" border=\"0\"> <\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/rss.cnn.com\/~ff\/rss\/cnn_topstories?a=sqj1VsQwQSU:pdBztu3uTZ4:qj6IDK7rITs\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/rss\/cnn_topstories?d=qj6IDK7rITs\" border=\"0\"> <\/img><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/rss.cnn.com\/~ff\/rss\/cnn_topstories?a=sqj1VsQwQSU:pdBztu3uTZ4:gIN9vFwOqvQ\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~ff\/rss\/cnn_topstories?i=sqj1VsQwQSU:pdBztu3uTZ4:gIN9vFwOqvQ\" border=\"0\"> <\/img><\/a> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/rss\/cnn_topstories\/~4\/sqj1VsQwQSU\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<p>Read more: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2019\/08\/15\/opinions\/de-dora-iftikhar-cpj-as-indias-blackout-leaves-kashmir-in-the-dark-us-must-stand-up-for-free-expression\/index.html?utm_source=feedburner&#038;utm_medium=feed&#038;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fcnn_topstories+%28RSS%3A+CNN+-+Top+Stories%29\">cnn.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Imagine for a moment that nearly all residents of the US state of Virginia &#8212; population roughly 8.5 million &#8212; were blocked from communicating with each other or the outside. Imagine that their movements within their vicinities were highly restricted due to military-enforced curfews and checkpoints. 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