Tonight on APEX Express, learn about the resistance to the occupation of Kashmir. Kashmir is the most densely militarized land on earth, with over 700,000 Indian military personnel deployed in Indian administered Kashmir. On August 5th, India inflicted an unprecedented curfew and media ban on Kashmir when it dissolved Article 370 of its constitution, stripping Kashmir of its semi-autonomous status, which only allowed Kashmiris to own land in the Valley.

Kashmir is a UN recognized disputed region. Over 100,000 Kashmiris have lost their lives in the decades-old resistance movement. We will talk with Anuradha Bhasin, a Jammu based journalist with the Kashmir Times and filmmaker Sanjay Kak, who were recently in Srinagar. Then we speak with Kashmiri Professor and poet Ather Zia. We’ll be joined in studio by a Bay Area member of #StandWithKashmir. Plus community calendar and more!

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