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Hear My Voice: Kashmir's Resistance Music

Kashmir has been blighted by conflict for more than three decades. Now, young Kashmiri artists are giving protest a new vocabulary - through music.

Kashmir, India's only Muslim majority region, has been blighted by conflict for more than three decades. Stripped of its autonomy and statehood in 2019 by India, the region has been under a strict clampdown by Indian forces ever since. Freedom of speech has curtailed and social media is closely monitored. But over the last few years, an artistic form of resistance is on the rise. Young Kashmiri artists are giving protest a new vocabulary - through music. Aamir Peerzada reports from Kashmir's capital, Srinagar.

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