What next for Kashmir? Inside the 16 August Guardian Weekly
This week, the Guardian’s international news magazine features reports from Kashmir, Hong Kong and beyond. Subscribe here
The announcement last week that Indian prime minister Narendra Modi was to revoke the special constitutional status of Indian-administered Kashmir prompted immediate fear in one of the most militarised corners of the planet. The revocation – followed by an almost North Korean style communications blackout and a military crackdown – led Pakistan’s PM Imran Khan to call on the UN to act. But, as ordinary Kashmiris tried their best to celebrate Eid al-Adha this week, there was no sign of a return to normality. In this week’s cover story, Rebecca Ratcliffe and Ahmer Khan report on the despair felt in Kashmir as the region teeters on the brink. Then, Simon Tisdall analyses the role that Donald Trump’s promises to “mediate” between Indian and Pakistan have had in Modi’s big move.
The 10th weekend of pro-democracy protests in Hong Kong was perhaps the most dramatic yet. For days, protesters occupied Hong Kong International airport, resulting in a raft of cancelled flights. Elsewhere in the city, confrontations between protesters and police grew more violent, with rights groups and democracy activists accusing the police of using increasingly excessive force. The territory’s leader Carrie Lam warned on Tuesday that violence will push Hong Kong “down a path of no return”. That seemed to be a feeling echoed on the streets, where our Beijing bureau chief Lily Kuo found that for ordinary Hongkongers, things will never be the same. Kuo also reports on how the protests are being framed in mainland China.
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