State-Mandated Purge: Indian-Administered Kashmir Orders Sweeping Library Audits to Eradicate "Anti-National" Literature
SRINAGAR — Authorities in Indian-administered Kashmir have instituted a rigorous, multi-tiered audit of all public libraries, universities, colleges, and school-level educational institutions. The directive mandates the immediate identification, removal, and destruction of digital and physical archives deemed "anti-national," "secessionist," or "glorifying terrorism." Issued earlier this month by the Jammu and Kashmir administration—which operates under the…
