5000 Black Balloons In Islamabad Skies For Free KashmirBy News Desk 5000 Black Balloons In Islamabad Skies For Free Kashmir By News Desk ISLAMABAD—International Lobbying Group Youth Forum For Kashmir (YFK) organized a Black Day theme to mark 15th August Indian independence as Black Day by releasing 5000 Black Balloons in Federal Capital Islamabad…
Seminar On Medical Emergency In Kashmir & Protest Against Arrival Of RajNath SinghBy News Desk Seminar On Medical Emergency In Kashmir & Protest Against Arrival Of RajNath Singh By News Desk ISLAMABAD—International Lobbying Group Youth Forum For Kashmir (YFK) organized a seminar in Islamabad “Medical Emergency In Kashmir” to highlight the use of pellets…
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…
Impunity Continues In Kashmir Impunity continues in Kashmir By YFK April. 19,2018 Introduction The first six months of the year 2015 prove to be disastrous for the civil rights of nearly thirteen million Kashmiris living under Indian rule in Jammu and Kashmir. The territory remains at the center of an international dispute for the 67th…
Pakistan Civil Society Slams Indian Terrorism In KashmirBy News Desk Pakistan Civil Society Slams Indian Terrorism In Kashmir By News Desk ISLAMABAD—A coalition of Pakistani civil society organizations held a peaceful protest in the heart of Federal Capital Islamabad against recent killings in Handwara, Indian-occupied Kashmir and the harassment of college students specially National…
Activists Assemble In Islamabad To Send A Message Through Art Work: We Stand By KashmirBy News Desk Activists Assemble In Islamabad To Send A Message Through Art Work: We Stand By Kashmir By News Desk ISLAMABAD—Pakistani capital Islamabad witnessed a unique moment on Friday when students of top universities of Pakistan and Kashmir joined hands…