Climate activist Sonam Wangchuk has called for national unity and reiterated demands for democratic and constitutional rights for Ladakh during his first visit to Kargil post-detention. Leaders from Leh and Kargil expressed hope for renewed dialogue with the government.
India on Saturday ended the preventive detention of prominent activist Sonam Wangchuk, freeing him six months after he was arrested over protests in India-held Ladakh.
The Buddhist-Muslim enclave was _deprived_ of its autonomy in 2019 when Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government carved it out of occupied Kashmir, placing the region under New Delhi’s direct control.
Wangchuk, 59, an…
Ladakh activist Sonam Wangchuk, detained since September 2025 under the National Security Act, was released after the Union Government withdrew its detention order ahead of a scheduled Supreme Court hearing. The Union Government on March 14 revoked the detention of Ladakh activist and climate campaigner Sonam Wangchuk under the National Security Act, 1980, days before […]