India frees former minister after 14 months in detention
Former chief minister of Indian-administered Kashmir, Mehbooba Mufti, has been freed by Indian authorities, more than a year after her detention.
She was detained on the 5th of august last year, when the Indian government stripped the region of its partial autonomy.
She was put under house arrest under a controversial law that allows detention without charge for up to two years.
Her daughter had filed a petition in the Supreme Court challenging her mother’s detention.
The Indian government is believed to have detained thousands of other people last year, including activists, local politicians and businessmen, after it moved to revoke the special status of Indian-administered Kashmir in August 2019.
The government said the move, decried by critics as draconian, was necessary to maintain law and public order in the region.
