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India’s Supreme Court on Friday, while hearing petitions challenging the restrictions on movement and communication imposed in occupied Kashmir since August 5, said that freedom of internet is a fundamental right and ordered the administration to review all restrictive orders within a week. In a rebuke for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government, the court termed shutting down the internet “unconstitutional”. “Freedom of …

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