"Indian police arrested activist Sonam Wangchuk on Friday following the deadly protests in Ladakh earlier in the week, which left at least four people dead. Mobile internet services have also been suspended in the city of Leh. It comes just a day after authorities enforced a curfew on that district of Ladakh and Kargil, as well as restricting public gatherings to groups of five. New Delhi had blamed Wangchuk for the protests in the Himalayan region, where people were calling for statehood."
"A promise had been made to include Ladakh in the "Sixth Schedule" of India's constitution, which would allow the people of the disputed region to make their own laws and policies, but this has yet to come to fruition. Wangchuk went on hunger striker as he demanded full statehood for Ladakh or for the land and their fragile environment largely due to climate change be constitutionally protected."
Indian police arrested activist Sonam Wangchuk after deadly protests in Ladakh that killed at least four people. Mobile internet services were suspended in Leh, and authorities enforced a curfew in Leh and Kargil while restricting public gatherings to groups of five. New Delhi blamed Wangchuk for the protests, and authorities did not disclose formal charges. Wangchuk was detained before a planned press conference. Ladakh was separated from Indian-controlled Kashmir in 2019, residents have pushed for greater political rights and statehood, and a promised inclusion in the Sixth Schedule has not been implemented. Wangchuk undertook a hunger strike demanding statehood or constitutional protection for land and the environment due to climate change.
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