They Beat Me In School Because I Am Kashmiri They beat me in school because im Kashmiri By YFK June 22,2016 On March 2, 2014, as Pakistan defeated India in a cricket match during the Asia Cup, the usual cheering for Pakistan brought a heavy price for Kashmiri students in mainland India. This ‘grave crime’—cheering…
Punishing Kashmiris For Hoisting Third-Country Flag By YFK June 22,2016 Human rights activists worldwide are facing a new legal question in Kashmir: If Kashmiris raise the national flag of another country, say Pakistan, during peaceful protests, can India’s occupation administration try them under Indian national laws on sedition? Recently we saw few incidents in Indian…
Killing Kashmiri Youth During Peaceful Protests Killing Kashmiri Youth During Peaceful Protests By YFK June 22,2016 Unarmed Kashmiris who choose the option of peaceful protest to demand political rights face extra-judicial killings, illegal detentions and house arrests, gang rapes, student expulsions and beatings at Indian colleges, targeted killings of young men, and enforced disappearances by…
India Plans Israel-Style Segregated Settlements To Stoke Religious Conflict In Kashmir India Plans Israel-Style Segregated Settlements To Stoke Religious Conflict In Kashmir By YFK April. 19,2018 The rightwing government of Indian Prime Minister Modi announced in early 2015 a plan to establish separate ‘townships’ for Kashmiri Hindus, who are also known as Pandits. The Pandits…
India: Weapon Purchase Spree Ignores Woes of Millions of Poor India: Weapon Purchase Spree Ignores Woes of Millions of Poor By YFK June 22,2016 Recently India has increased its defense spending by 7.9% in the fiscal budget for the year 2015-16 with the amount now reaching to $40 bn (2.47 trillion Indian Rupees). For the…