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| * {{flagdeco|Afghanistan|Taliban}} [[Taliban]] – According to ''The New York Times'', the Taliban has warned Pakistan against any meddling and coupling the [[Afghanistan–United States relations|American–Afghanistan talks]] to the Kashmir developments. The Taliban states, "Linking the issue of Kashmir with that of Afghanistan by some parties will not aid in improving the crisis at hand because the issue of Afghanistan is not related nor should Afghanistan be turned into the theatre of competition between other countries."<ref>{{cite news|last=Abi-Habib|first=Maria |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/09/world/asia/kashmir-india-pakistan.html |title=Pakistan Runs Out of Options as India Tightens Grip on Kashmir|work=The New York Times|date=9 August 2019|access-date=2019-08-22}}</ref> The Taliban statement released by [[Zabiullah Mujahid]] for the "[[Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan]]" also expressed "deep sadness in this [revocation of the autonomous status of Kashmir] regard and urges both India and Pakistan to refrain from taking steps that could pave a way for violence and complications in the region and usurp the rights of Kashmiris".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/kashmir-taliban-afghanistan-pakistan-peace-1578995-2019-08-09 |title=Kashmir is not Afghanistan: Taliban rebukes Pakistan, calls for peace in region|work=India Today|date=9 August 2019|access-date=2019-08-22}}</ref> | | * {{flagdeco|Afghanistan|Taliban}} [[Taliban]] – According to ''The New York Times'', the Taliban has warned Pakistan against any meddling and coupling the [[Afghanistan–United States relations|American–Afghanistan talks]] to the Kashmir developments. The Taliban states, "Linking the issue of Kashmir with that of Afghanistan by some parties will not aid in improving the crisis at hand because the issue of Afghanistan is not related nor should Afghanistan be turned into the theatre of competition between other countries."<ref>{{cite news|last=Abi-Habib|first=Maria |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/09/world/asia/kashmir-india-pakistan.html |title=Pakistan Runs Out of Options as India Tightens Grip on Kashmir|work=The New York Times|date=9 August 2019|access-date=2019-08-22}}</ref> The Taliban statement released by [[Zabiullah Mujahid]] for the "[[Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan]]" also expressed "deep sadness in this [revocation of the autonomous status of Kashmir] regard and urges both India and Pakistan to refrain from taking steps that could pave a way for violence and complications in the region and usurp the rights of Kashmiris".<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/kashmir-taliban-afghanistan-pakistan-peace-1578995-2019-08-09 |title=Kashmir is not Afghanistan: Taliban rebukes Pakistan, calls for peace in region|work=India Today|date=9 August 2019|access-date=2019-08-22}}</ref> |
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| ==Demonstrations==
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| {{See also|Stone pelting in Kashmir|Crowd control in Jammu and Kashmir|Human rights abuses in Jammu and Kashmir|Human rights abuses in Azad Kashmir}}
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| On 9 August, according to a [[Reuters]] report, over 10,000 people protested in [[Srinagar]] against the Indian government's decision to revoke Article 370, with some protesters [[stone throwing|pelting stones]] at government security personnel.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Bukhari |first1=Fayaz |last2=Ghoshal|first2=Devjyot |last3=Siddiqui|first3=Zeba |title=Some signs of normality return to Kashmir, but India's clampdown still strict |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-india-kashmir/some-signs-of-normality-return-to-kashmir-but-indias-clampdown-still-strict-idUSKCN1V00N8 |work=Reuters |date=10 August 2019|access-date=2019-09-19}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Inside Kashmir's lockdown: 'Even I will pick up a gun' |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-49294301 |publisher=BBC News |access-date=29 August 2019 |date=10 August 2019}}</ref><ref name="IT2019">{{cite news |title=Forces did not fire, miscreants pelted stones to cause widespread unrest in Kashmir: MHA |url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/forces-did-not-fire-miscreants-pelted-stones-to-cause-widespread-unrest-in-kashmir-mha-1580541-2019-08-13 |agency=Press Trust of India|work=India Today |access-date=29 August 2019|date=13 August 2019}}</ref> In response, Indian police used [[tear gas]] and [[shot (pellet)|pellets]] against the protesters to disperse them.<ref name="reuters/9aug2019">{{cite news |last1=Ghoshal|first1=Devjyot |last2=Bukhari|first2=Fayaz |title=Thousands protest in Indian Kashmir over new status despite clampdown |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-india-kashmir/thousands-protest-in-indian-kashmir-over-new-status-despite-clampdown-idUSKCN1UZ0OT |access-date=9 August 2019 |work=Reuters |date=9 August 2019}}</ref> According to [[Al Jazeera]], it has been receiving information from Srinagar residents via satellite phones and Wi-Fi available in the Kashmir region. They have reported protests on Friday. Clashes were occurring between the protesters and Indian forces, accompanied with pellet gun attack and the firing of tear gas shells by the Indian Forces.Some report that the pellet gun attacks have severely wounded and lacerated civilians.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Bhat|first1= Adnan|last2=Sofi|first2=Zubair |title=Kashmir: Civilians severely wounded in pellet gun attacks'|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2019/08/kashmiris-fighting-lives-pellet-gun-attacks-190808105704499.html |publisher=Al Jazeera|date=9 August 2019|access-date=2019-08-20}}</ref>
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| The Indian government called the Reuters report "completely fabricated and incorrect", but acknowledged that after the Friday mosque prayers, there were "a few stray protests in Srinagar/[[Baramulla]] and none involved a crowd of more than 20 people".<ref>{{cite news|url= https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/completely-incorrect-mha-refutes-reuters-report-protests-kashmir-1579431-2019-08-10 |title=Completely fabricated, incorrect: MHA refutes Reuters report on protests in Kashmir|work=India Today |date=10 August 2019|access-date=2019-08-22}}</ref> ''[[The Wire]]'' said that the visuals published by BBC belie the Government reports.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://thewire.in/security/kashmir-article-370-protests-pellet-guns |title=Kashmir: Protests in Srinagar on Friday, MHA Claims Reports 'Fabricated'|work=The Wire|date=10 August 2019|access-date=2019-08-22}}</ref>
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| According to the BBC, it witnessed the police opening gunfire and using tear gas to disperse a crowd in Srinagar after Friday prayers on 9 August 2019. This witness report contradicts the Indian government statement that the "protest never took place".<ref>{{cite news |title=Article 370: Gunfire at Kashmir rally India denies happened |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/av/49306816/article-370-gunfire-at-kashmir-rally-india-denies-happened |publisher=BBC News|date=10 August 2019|access-date=2019-08-10}}</ref> On 11 August, the Jammu and Kashmir director general of police, Dilbag Singh told Reuters, "between 1,000 and 1,500 people were returning from praying at mosques on Friday when 'some miscreants' started pelting stones at security officials", and in a reaction to the stone-pelting, rounds of pump-action gun was fired that caused injuries to a few people.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/india/story/kashmir-live-updates-eid-ul-azha-in-jammu-and-kashmir-restrictions-curfew-continue-1579871-2019-08-12 |title=Kashmir Live Updates: On Eid, curfew, restrictions continue in parts of Kashmir; relaxations in Jammu|work=India Today|date=12 August 2019|access-date=2019-08-22}}</ref> According to Reuters, hundreds of people protested in Srinagar on 11 August, after authorities had eased restrictions in the city over the weekend to allow people to buy groceries, medicines and prepare for the Islamic festival of [[Eid al-Adha]].<ref name=reutersAug112019>{{cite news|last1=Siddiqui|first1= Danish |last2=Siddiqui|first2=Zeba |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-india-kashmir/hundreds-chant-anti-india-slogans-in-seething-kashmir-on-eve-of-eid-idUSKCN1V10AZ |title=Hundreds chant anti-India slogans in seething Kashmir on eve of Eid|work=Reuters |date=11 August 2019 |access-date=2019-08-22}}</ref>
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| According to ''[[India Today]]'', in the Hindu majority Jammu region, people held widespread "massive celebratory" demonstrations over several days with the distribution of sweets, bursting of firecrackers and dancing.<ref>{{cite news|last=Bhat|first=Sunil |url= https://www.indiatoday.in/mail-today/story/celebrations-jammu-continue-revocation-article-370-1578060-2019-08-07 |title=Celebrations in Jammu continue over revocation of Article 370|work=India Today |date=7 August 2019|access-date=2019-08-22}}</ref> In Ladakh, the Buddhist organizations celebrated the removal of Article 370 provisions and making the Ladakh region a separate Union Territory.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2019/aug/07/ladakh-rejoices-over-union-territory-status-no-legislature-a-concern-2015106.html |title=Ladakh rejoices over Union Territory status, no legislature a concern|agency=Indo-Asian News Service|work=[[The New Indian Express]] |date=7 August 2019|access-date=2019-08-22}}</ref> The people in Leh and Matho celebrated 15 August as a day of "independence from Kashmir" and welcomed their Union Territory status.<ref name="Mint2019aug15">{{cite news|url=https://www.livemint.com/news/india/ladakh-celebrates-1st-independence-day-after-being-declared-ut-1565875091148.html |title=Ladakh celebrates '1st Independence Day' after being declared UT|agency=Press Trust of India|work=Mint|date=15 August 2019|access-date=2019-08-22}}</ref>
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| In the Kargil region with a Muslim majority, there were protests against the Indian government's move to make it a union territory.<ref name=Ladakh>{{cite news | url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/jammu-kashmir/protest-in-kargil-over-govt-s-move-to-make-ladakh-union-territory/814880.html |title=Protest in Kargil over govt's move to make Ladakh union territory|work=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]]|date=8 August 2019|access-date=15 August 2019}}</ref><ref name=Ladakh2>{{cite news |last=Das|first=Shaswati | url=https://www.livemint.com/news/india/ladakh-in-lockdown-as-protests-flare-up-against-j-k-bifurcation-1565287271826.html |title=Ladakh in lockdown as protests flare up against J&K bifurcation |work=Mint |date=8 August 2019|access-date=15 August 2019}}</ref><ref name=Ladakh3>{{cite news | url=https://thewire.in/politics/kargil-ladakh-hartal-article-370-jammu-and-kashmir |title=Hartal in Kargil Against Centre's Decision to Read Down 370, Make Ladakh a UT |work=The Wire |date=7 August 2019|access-date=15 August 2019}}</ref>
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| A number of demonstrations and rallies were organised in [[London]], [[England]] after India scrapped autonomous status of Jammu and Kashmir. A large number of protesters demonstrated outside the Indian High Commission in London on 10 August 2019 to express anger over Indian action.<ref name=LondonDemo5>{{cite news | url=https://www.newsflare.com/video/308268/politics-business/angry-kashmir-protest-held-outside-indian-embassy-in-london |title=Angry Kashmir protest held outside indian embassy in London| last=Parkinson |first=Jason N| publisher=Newsflare | date=10 August 2019|access-date=15 August 2019}}</ref><ref name=LondonDemo6>{{cite news | url=http://en.rfi.fr/asia-pacific/20190811-Kashmir-rally-London-Pakistan-warns-against-Hitler-nationalism |last=Seale|first=Alexander |publisher=[[Radio France Internationale]]|title=Kashmir rally in London as Pakistan warns against nationalism|date=11 August 2019|access-date=15 August 2019}}</ref> There was another demonstration outside the [[Palace of Westminster]] on 14 August.<ref name=LondonDemo4>{{cite news | url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/512015-big-demo-outside-british-parliament-protests-indian-brutalities-in-iok |title=Big demo outside British Parliament, protests Indian brutalities in IOK|work=[[The News International]]|date=14 August 2019|access-date=15 August 2019}}</ref> A large protest took place outside the [[Indian High Commission in London|Indian High Commission]] in London the following day, in which [[Non-resident Indian and person of Indian origin|Indians]] celebrating [[Independence Day (India)|Indian Independence Day]] were attacked. [[egging|Eggs]], glass bottles, shoes and other objects were thrown at the High Commission and the people celebrating by the anti-India protesters, who were mostly [[British Pakistanis]] and [[Khalistan movement|Sikh extremists]].<ref>{{Cite news|url= https://gulfnews.com/world/asia/pakistan/protesters-attack-indians-celebrating-independence-day-in-london-1.65846569|title=Protesters attack Indians celebrating Independence Day in London|agency=Indo-Asian News Service|work=Gulf News|date=16 August 2019|access-date=2019-09-03}}</ref><ref name=LondonDemo2>{{cite news | url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-india-kashmir-britain/thousands-protest-in-britain-for-kashmir-outside-indian-high-commission-idUSKCN1V51AL |title=Thousands protest in Britain for Kashmir outside Indian High Commission|date=15 August 2019|work=Reuters|access-date=15 August 2019}}</ref><ref name=LondonDemo1>{{cite news | url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1499680 |title=Thousands protest in Britain for Kashmir outside Indian High Commission|work=Dawn|date=15 August 2019|access-date=15 August 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://scroll.in/latest/916065/london-khalistani-members-and-pro-modi-demonstrators-clash-outside-indian-embassy|title=London: Khalistani members and pro-Modi demonstrators clash outside Indian embassy|website=Scroll.in|date=10 March 2019|access-date=2019-09-03}}</ref> British Prime Minister [[Boris Johnson]] later expressed "regret" over this violent incident, and assured that all necessary steps will be taken to ensure the safety and security of the embassy, its personnel, and visitors.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/boris-johnson-regrets-indian-embassy-london-violence-1587916-2019-08-21|title=British PM Boris Johnson regrets violence outside Indian Embassy in London|agency=Asian News International |work=India Today|date=21 August 2019|access-date=2019-09-03}}</ref>
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| On 3 September, another violent protest took place outside the Indian High Commission in London, when pro-Pakistan protesters pelted stones and eggs at the High Commission building, causing damage to the premises. [[Mayor of London|London Mayor]] [[Sadiq Khan]] tweeted, "I utterly condemn this unacceptable behaviour and have raised this incident with the [[Metropolitan Police]] to take action."<ref>{{cite news|last=Canton|first=Naomi |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/uk/kashmir-protests-get-ugly-again-in-london-indian-high-commission-targeted/articleshow/70968542.cms|title=Kashmir protests get ugly again in London, Indian High Commission targeted|agency=Times News Network|work=The Times of India|date=4 September 2019|access-date=2019-09-19}}</ref><ref name="TheQuint">{{cite web|editor-last=Sachdev|editor-first=Vakasha |url=https://www.thequint.com/news/india/kashmir-protests-london-violence-india-hc-windows-smashed|title='Unacceptable Incident': MEA on Indian HC Vandalism in London|website=[[The Quint]]|date=4 September 2019|access-date=2019-09-19}}</ref> The Metropolitan Police made two arrests for causing criminal damage at the Indian High Commission following the incident.<ref>{{cite news|last=Sibbal|first=Siddhant |editor-last=Sujay|editor-first=Shobhit |url=https://zeenews.india.com/world/two-arrested-for-violent-pro-pakistan-protests-outside-indian-high-commission-in-london-2231914.html|title=Two arrested for violent pro-Pakistan protests outside Indian High Commission in London|publisher=Zee News|date=4 September 2019|access-date=2019-09-19}}</ref> British Foreign Secretary [[Dominic Raab]] condemned the violence towards [[British Indian]]s while addressing Parliament.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/british-foreign-secretary-dominic-raab-indians-1595453-2019-09-04|title=Violence against any community is deplorable: Foreign Secy condemns protests outside Indian Embassy|agency=Asian News International|work=India Today|date=4 September 2019|access-date=2019-09-06}}</ref>
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| There were protest demonstrations outside the Indian consulate in [[Birmingham]] on 9 August to denounce the Indian revocation of autonomous status of Jammu and Kashmir.<ref name=BirmDemo1>{{cite news | url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/2032493/1-kashmir-lockdown-protest-outside-indian-consulate-birmingham/ |title=Kashmir lockdown: Protest outside Indian Consulate in Birmingham|date=10 August 2019|work=The Express Tribune|access-date=15 August 2019}}</ref> Former Member of the British Parliament [[George Galloway]] was also part of the protest gathering and demanded a plebiscite in Kashmir.<ref name=BirmDemo1 />
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| A large number of protesters took to streets in [[Toronto]], [[Canada]] on 11 August 2019 in support of the people of Jammu and Kashmir.<ref name=TorontoDemo1>{{cite news | url=https://www.blogto.com/city/2019/08/kashmir-protests-toronto/ |title=Protesters storm Toronto's Yonge-Dundas Square in support of Kashmir|last=O'Neil|first=Lauren |website=blogTO |date=11 August 2019|access-date=15 August 2019}}</ref> Demonstrators chanted protest slogans and carried placards.<ref name=TorontoDemo1 /> The event description read "Kashmiris do not accept the illegal occupation or unilateral colonial impositions by India. Kashmiris are sovereign Indigenous people who have the right of self-determination and government".<ref name=TorontoDemo1 />
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| People in [[Calgary]], Canada held a demonstration outside the [[Calgary City Hall]] on 8 August 2019 against the clampdown and to support the people of Jammu and Kashmir.<ref name=CalgaryDemo1>{{cite news | url=https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/local-kashmir-community-protests-india-s-removal-of-region-s-statehood-constitutional-status-1.4541830 |title=Local Kashmir community protests India's removal of region's statehood, constitutional status|last=Wiebe|first=Stephanie |publisher=[[CTV News]]|date=8 August 2019|access-date=15 August 2019}}</ref> The demonstrators said that 800,000 military personnel were deployed in Kashmir and the Internet and communications were blacked out and they did not know what was happening to their families.<ref name=CalgaryDemo1 />
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| In the week after India announced the revocation, members of the Kashmiri Muslim community, according to the Pakistani newspaper ''Dawn'', held a number of protest demonstrations in the [[United States]] in the cities of [[Washington, D.C.]], [[New York City|New York]], [[Chicago]], [[Houston]], [[Los Angeles]], [[San Francisco]] and [[Seattle]] against India's removal of autonomous status of Jammu and Kashmir.<ref name=USADemo1>{{cite news |last=Iqbal|first=Anwar | url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1499269 |title=Protesters urge US to do more on Kashmir|date=11 August 2019|work=Dawn|access-date=15 August 2019}}</ref> Protesters also gathered outside the [[White House]] on 10 August 2019 and urged Washington to help the people of Kashmir.<ref name=USADemo1 /> Pakistan's ambassador Asad Majeed Khan held community events asking the United States to "inject some more sanity on the Indian side". Ghulam Nabi Fai, a Kashmiri diaspora alleged that the Indian plan is "not only to deprive them [Kashmiris] of their rights but to subjugate them through widespread killings and torture", while another protester originally hailing from Srinagar stressed that now was the time for the United States to mediate.<ref name=USADemo1 />
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| On 25 August 2019, according to ''India Today'', the Kashmiri Pandit community in the US held a rally supporting the decision, saying that Article 370 was "discriminatory" towards minorities in the Kashmir region.<ref name=itodaykp>{{Cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/amp/india/story/kashmiri-pandit-community-hold-rally-in-us-to-support-revocation-of-article-370-1591336-2019-08-25|title=Kashmiri Pandit community holds rally in US to support revocation of Article 370|agency=Press Trust of India|work=India Today|date=25 August 2019|access-date=2019-08-25}}</ref> At their rally, they told personal stories of their minority status in the Kashmir valley, the religious discrimination against them, their forced exodus in the 1990s, and they wanting to "go back to their homeland [valley]" which they left due to Islamic militancy.<ref name=itodaykp/> At an Atlanta rally, the protestors alleged that the Article 370 was high discriminatory against the resident "Shias, Dalits, Gujjars, Kashmiri Pandits, Kashmiri Sikhs" in the state, according to ''India Today''.<ref name=itodaykp/>
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| Many protest demonstrations have been reported in [[Bangladesh]] against the change of autonomous status of Jammu and Kashmir.<ref name=BanglaDemo1>{{cite news | url=https://abbtakk.tv/en/protest-in-bangladesh-over-indias-kashmir-stance/ |title=Protest in Bangladesh Over India's Kashmir Stance|publisher=[[Abb Takk News]]|date=7 August 2019|access-date=15 August 2019}}</ref><ref name=BanglaDemo2>{{cite news |last1=Hossain|first1=Syed Zakir |last2=Nabi|first2=Saidun |url=https://www.dhakatribune.com/videos/2019/08/08/india-stop-opression-in-kahmir/ |title=Kashmiri students at DU: Stop oppression in Kashmir|work=Dhaka Tribune|date=8 August 2019|access-date=15 August 2019}}</ref><ref name=BanglaDemo3>{{cite news|url=http://weeklyholiday.net/index.php/2019/08/09/protest-demonstration-in-dhaka-on-kashmir-issue/|title=Protest demonstration in Dhaka on Kashmir issue|work=[[Holiday (newspaper)|Holiday]]|date=9 August 2019|access-date=15 August 2019|archive-date=15 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190815210506/http://weeklyholiday.net/index.php/2019/08/09/protest-demonstration-in-dhaka-on-kashmir-issue/|url-status=dead}}</ref> Pakistan's [[Abb Takk News]] channel reported that hundreds protested in [[Dhaka]] on 6 August 2019 against the Indian move.<ref name=BanglaDemo1 /> Again on 7 August 2019, there was another demonstration in the city of Dhaka where the protesters criticized [[Narendra Modi]] and his scrapping of autonomy of Jammu and Kashmir.<ref name=BanglaDemo3 /> There was another demonstration on Thursday 8 August 2019 at the [[University of Dhaka]] by several Kashmiri students from different educational institutions.<ref name=BanglaDemo2 /> There were more protests on 9 August 2019 after Friday prayers which were led by the Kashmir Solidarity Council Bangladesh.<ref name=BanglaDemo4>{{cite news | url=https://www.presstv.com/Detail/2019/08/09/603081/Pakistan-India-Kashmir-final-train-link |title=Pakistan halts final rail link with India in Kashmir dispute|publisher=Press TV|date=9 August 2019|access-date=15 August 2019}}</ref>
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| On 12 August 2019, [[Bahrain]] took punitive action against a group of Pakistani and Bangladeshi nationals who held a protest on the Kashmir decision the previous day. The protest was conducted after [[Eid al-Adha]] prayers in Bahrain illegally.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Sibal |first= Sidhant |url=https://www.wionews.com/india-news/bahrain-takes-legal-action-against-pakistanis-who-held-anti-india-rally-after-eid-prayers-242562|title=Bahrain takes legal action against Pakistanis who held anti-India rally after Eid prayers|publisher=WION|date=13 August 2019|access-date=2019-09-04}}</ref> The official Twitter handle of the [[Ministry of Interior (Bahrain)|country's Interior Ministry]] tweeted about the action taken by the local police to contain the protests and also about the legal proceedings being taken against them. Bahrain authorities further requested its citizens to not exploit religious gatherings to further political motives.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.indiatoday.in/world/story/bahrain-jammu-kashmir-article-370-protest-1580128-2019-08-12|title=Bahrain takes action against Pakistanis who held rally for Kashmir after Eid prayers |work=India Today|date=12 August 2019|access-date=2019-09-04}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/trends/pakistanis-bangladeshis-face-legal-action-for-rallying-against-india-over-kashmir-issue-4329611.html|title=Pakistanis, Bangladeshis face legal action for rallying against India over Kashmir issue|website=[[Moneycontrol.com]] |date=13 August 2019|access-date=2019-09-04}}</ref>
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| Protests were held in [[Paris]], [[France]] on 9 August 2019 to denounce Indian step of abrogation of autonomous status of Jammu and Kashmir.<ref name=ParisDemo1>{{cite news | url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/510313-hundreds-rally-in-paris-to-denounce-india-s-kashmir-move |title=Hundreds rally in Paris to denounce India's Kashmir move |work=The News International|date=9 August 2019|access-date=15 August 2019}}</ref> The protesters alleged that India was conspiring to change the demography of Kashmir by expelling Kashmiris from their homes and bringing in Hindu settlers from other parts of India.<ref name=ParisDemo1 />
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| Pro-India and anti-India protesters faced off each other in [[Melbourne]], [[Australia]]. [[Kashmiri Pandit]] groups welcomed India's decision, but the Pakistani community in Australia expressed "deep concern" regarding the situation in Kashmir. Indian groups in Australia said that this is something India has done internally and Pakistan has no right to interfere in India's internal matters.<ref>{{cite news|last=Handley|first=Erin |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-08-13/kashmir-crisis-indias-latest-steps-expose-deep-fault-lines/11404212|title=Kashmir crisis: India's latest steps expose deep fault lines in Australia's Indian and Pakistani communities|publisher=ABC News|date=13 August 2019|access-date=2019-09-19}}</ref>
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| [[Geo News]] reported that members of the Kashmiri community gathered at the [[Pariser Platz]] of [[Berlin]]'s [[Brandenburg Gate]] and protested against India on 11 August 2019.<ref name="BerlinDemo1">{{cite news|url=https://www.geo.tv/latest/244796-dont-know-if-our-families-are-safe-occupied-kashmir-diaspora-in-germany-worries-about-home|title='Don't know if our families are safe': occupied Kashmir diaspora in Germany worries about home|last=Aftab|first=Irfan|date=11 August 2019|access-date=15 August 2019|publisher=Geo News}}</ref>
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| In [[South Korea]], a group of protesters in [[Seoul]] who waved [[flag of Pakistan|Pakistani flags]] and shouted anti-India slogans—along with abuses towards Modi—were confronted by an Indian delegation including Indian activist [[Shazia Ilmi]]. The Indian delegation started to counter the protesters, following which the local police intervened and escorted Shazia Ilmi and her associates from the location.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.aninews.in/news/national/general-news/pak-supporters-confronted-by-shazia-ilmi-others-in-seoul-for-raising-anti-india-anti-modi-slogans20190817221016/|title=Pak supporters confronted by Shazia Ilmi, others in Seoul for raising anti-India, anti-Modi slogans|agency=Asian News International|date=17 August 2019|access-date=4 September 2019}}</ref>
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