The Kashmir crisis isn’t about territory. It’s about a Hindu victory over Islam. Kashmir Updates – The Washington Post- August 16 ,2019 For two weeks, Kashmir, India’s sole Muslim-majority state, has existed in a surreal state of nonexistence. Since a presidential decree abolished the state, revoked its autonomy and partitioned it into two federally administered…
Kashmir India’s illegal power grab is turning Kashmir into a colonyKashmir Updates – The Guardian- August 14 ,2019 Ihaven’t been able to hear the voices of my parents for more than a week now. We usually talk or exchange messages a few times during the day, mostly about their creeping health issues or about my…
‘They want to make us a minority in our land’Kashmir Updates – ARAB NEWS – August 12 ,2019 SRINAGAR: Kashmiris are fearing demographic change following the revocation of Article 370 of the constitution. Article 370 gave exclusive land rights to the people of Kashmir and blocked outsiders from seeking jobs and settlement in the state. However,…
Kashmir fears end of special rights as India deploys more troopsKashmir Updates – TRT WORLD – July 8 ,2019 Tensions in India-administered Kashmir rose on Sunday over the weekend deployment of at least 10,000 paramilitary troops –– set to rise to 20,000 –– to the disputed region despite authorities’ assertions the move was routine. India…
Trump says Modi asked for US mediation on Kashmir, India deniesKashmir Updates – Al Jazeera and news agencies – July, 22 2019 US President Donald Trump has said Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi asked him to mediate on the decades-long Kashmir dispute with Pakistan, a claim rejected by New Delhi. “He actually said, ‘Would you like to be…
Breaking the silence over KashmirKashmir Updates – Ershad Mahmud – July, 21 2019 The UN report on human rights situation in Azad Kashmir and Indian-occupied Kashmir means that the international community is waking up to the Kashmiris’ plight. The recently released 43-page report by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR)…
‘We received patients as young as eight’: Kashmir’s drug problemKashmir Updates – Aijaz Nazir – July, 18 2019 Boys and young men are turning to hard drugs such as heroin, as efforts to raid poppy fields do little to stem crisis. Anantnag, Indian-administered Kashmir – Reyaz* hides under a restaurant stairway, in a village about…
Gory tales of torture in Indian-administered KashmirKashmir Updates – Aamir Ali Bhat – July, 16 2019 On March 19, 2019, Mohammad Asadullah Pandith, received a dead body of his 28-year-old son, Rizwan Asad Pandith, a school principal by profession, from police in Indian-administered Kashmir. Just two days before he was allegedly killed in the custody, Rizwan,…
UN Releases Second Critical Kashmir Report, India Calls it Output of ‘Prejudiced Mindset’Kashmir Updates -The Wire Staff- July, 08 2019 New Delhi: In a second report on Kashmir in 13 months, the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has reiterated its accusations about the rising graph of human rights violations and the…
Independent Permanent Human Rights Commission (IPHRC) of The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)Kashmir Updates – OIC-IPHRC – July, 11 2019 The OIC Independent Permanent Human Rights Commission (IPHRC) welcomes the Second report by the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) on the state of human rights in Indian Occupied Kashmir,…