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The US confirms detaining award-winning Kashmiri filmmaker Arfat Sheikh on September 24; Sheikh entered on a student visa in 2019 and applied for asylum in 2020 (Kanishka Singh/Reuters)

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Kanishka Singh / Reuters:
The US confirms detaining award-winning Kashmiri filmmaker Arfat Sheikh on September 24; Sheikh entered on a student visa in 2019 and applied for asylum in 2020  —  An award-winning filmmaker whose work has explored conflict in his native Kashmir has been detained by US immigration officials …