As India beats its war drums over Pulwama, its occupation of Kashmir is being ignoredKashmir Updates – Hafsa Kanjwal – February 22, 2019 Hafsa Kanjwal is an assistant professor in South Asian history at Lafayette College. Her PhD, from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, was on the social history of modern Kashmir. Last…

European Parliament heard details on the humanitarian situation in Jammu & KashmirKashmir Updates – February 19, 2019 YFK–International Kashmir Lobby Group obtained this video with permission European Parliament’s Subcommittee on Human Rights heard details on the humanitarian situation in Indian-controlled Jammu & Kashmir on 19 February 2019. According to its official web page, the agenda…

Kashmiri Leader Briefs Foreign Diplomats on Kashmir ConflictKashmir Updates – February 19, 2019 Mr. Altaf Hussain Wani, Director Programs, at Kashmir Institute for International Relations, KIIR, briefs the foreign diplomats on Jammu & Kashmir Conflict at Foreign Service Academy, Islamabad on February 19, 2019. Mr. Wani comes from Srinagar, under Indian military control, and Secretary-General of Jammu Kashmir National…

No one from Pakistan came to attack Indian CRPF convoy in Kashmir, Says Indian Swami AgniveshKashmir Updates – February 18, 2019 Maharashtra, Feb 17, Renowned social activist and religious leader from India, Swami Agnivesh Sunday said that the suicide attack carried out in Kashmir was the work of a Kashmiri youth and no people from…

Call for Kashmiri journalist’s release after spurious chargesKashmir Updates – February 14, 2019 Reporters Without Borders (RSF) reiterates its call for Kashmiri journalist Aasif Sultan’s immediate and unconditional release on the eve of another hearing in his case. Held on nothing more than a police report since 24 August, he was finally charged under the…

The Kashmiri politician who quit civil servant job over killingsKashmir Updates – Aijaz Nazi – February 08, 2019 Shah Faesal resigned as India’s civil servant in January and has rallied in Kashmir, promising he will bid for peace. Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir – On Monday, people gathered in the snow to listen to Shah Faesal in…

CPJ calls on Jammu and Kashmir police to drop charges against journalistKashmir Updates – February 07, 2019 New York, February 7, 2019–The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Jammu and Kashmir police to immediately cease all legal proceedings against journalist Aasif Sultan and release him from jail after local news outlets reported that formal charges…

Kashmiris launch calendar to remember disappeared loves onesKashmir Updates – By Rifat Fareed – January 27, 2019 Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir – Safiya Azad, 43, dreads forgetting her husband. She doesn’t know whether he is dead or alive. Every day, for the past 26 years, she has tried to remember him. On a Spring afternoon in…