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The same people who have refrained from showing much – if at all any – respect to Malala Yousafzai in the past have been quick to attack her on social media this past month for not being vocal enough on Kashmir.
Malala had sent out a tweet on Kashmir in August, urging India and Pakistan to work together to resolve the seven decades’ old dispute over the prized valley.
For haters, this was not in the least enough. A segment of Pakistanis accused her for “keeping it safe” while Indians were offended with Malala for speaking on Kashmir at all!
For almost a month thereafter, no tweet about the lock-down in Kashmir was sent from Malala’s Twitter handle although her father, Ziauddin Yousafzai remained very vocal on the subject.
However, after spending the previous week collecting stories of Kashmiri girls with the help of journalists and human rights activists who had access to the otherwise locked-down valley, Malala broke her silence on Kashmir over the weekend.
She sent a series of tweets especially focusing on the plight of school-going girls who have been unable to go to school thanks to a curfew that has kept hundred of thousands of Kashmiris in complete lock-down for over a month.
In addition to the curfew, there is an complete blackout of communication with telephone lines, mobile networks, internet services and even access to news having been severed by the Indian government.
“It took a lot of work from a lot of people to get their stories because of the communications blackout.”
-Malala
The Nobel Laureate shared first-hand accounts from three Kashmiri girls whose stories painted a bleak picture of uncertainty and absolute fear.
Malala also brought the attention of the world to the 4000 Kashmiris who are believed to be under Indian custody and towards girls who had missed 40 straight days of school.
Read: How Malala Fund In Pakistan & IRD Turned 500 School Girls Into Community Leaders
