Government of Jammu & Kashmir General Administration Department

September 2021

Originally published

SUMMARY
Posted to KLJP on
October 19, 2021

This is an order that subjects government employees, effectively the non-farming economic foundation of IAJK and effectively the entirety of professional and middle class opportunities in IAJK, to denial of a passport and the right to travel if they are "under suspension or facing department inquiry or prosecution on account of serious charges."

Topics: change in laws in force, violation of international humanitarian law, denial of right to travel, violation of social rights, violation of right to work, violation of economic rights, violation of freedom of belief, denial of due process, failure of the rule of law, imposing sanctions for defending human rights

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Creating a mechanism for denying passports to employees facing "department inquiry or prosecution."

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