The U.N. Can’t Ignore Kashmir AnymoreKashmir Updates -THE NEW YORK TIMES- 2 OCTOBER , 2019 Pakistan’s prime minister, Imran Khan, was a man on a mission at the United Nations, imploring members last week to persuade India to lift its siege of Kashmir, a longtime flash point between the two nations, which both have nuclear…
‘Depressed, frightened’: Minors held in Kashmir crackdownKashmir Updates -NEWS/INDIA- 2 OCTOBER , 2019 Abrar Ahmad Ganai was taken into custody in the wake of a decision by the Indian government to strip Kashmir’s special status. He was sent several thousand kilometres away from his home to Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh state. Ganai was released last week…
Communications blockade in occupied Kashmir must end: US lawmaker Alexandria Ocasio-CortezKashmir Updates -DAWN- 1 OCTOBER , 2019 In a post shared on Twitter, Ocasio-Cortez, who is among a group of progressive US congresswomen popularly known as “The Squad”, said: “We stand for the basic human dignity of Kashmiris [and] support democracy, equality, and human rights…
New York: Thousands rally for human rights in KashmirKashmir Updates -Al Jazeera- 29 September, 2019 New York, US – Gurpatwant Singh Pannun still has vivid memories of the summer of 1984. A teenager at the time, he remembers security forces taking boys from his village in Punjab in the aftermath of a deadly Indian army operation in the Golden Temple,…
Here are the world leaders who raised Kashmir issue at UNGAKashmir Updates -Geo NEWS- 28 September, 2019 NEW YORK: World leaders are raising the Kashmir issue at international forums ever since Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi decided to illegally annex the occupied territory back in August. On Friday, Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad said despite…
The detained children of KashmirKashmir Updates -BBC NEWS- 23 September, 2019 Several families allege that children are being illegally detained in Indian-administered Kashmir. Read More
In Pictures: Night raids, arrests amid Kashmir lockdownKashmir Updates -ALJAZEERA- 23 September, 2019 Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir – The Himalayan region of disputed Kashmir, one of the most militarised regions in the world, is claimed by both India and Pakistan, who administer parts of it. On August 5, India revoked the partial autonomy of Jammu and Kashmir state and divided the Muslim-majority state…
Crackdown on lawyers narrows road to justice in Kashmir Kashmir Updates -ALJAZEERA- 25 September, 2019 Bandipora/Srinagar – For nearly a month, Shafia Ganai, a softly-spoken 19-year-old undergraduate student of sociology in northern Kashmir’s Bandipora, has visited the police station every day. “The security forces took my brother Mohsin, a quarry worker, in a raid on our neighbourhood on…
Restore normal life to Kashmir, India’s top court tells governmentKashmir Updates -REUTERS- 16 September, 2019 India stripped its portion of Muslim-majority Kashmir of autonomy and statehood on Aug. 5, shutting off phone networks and imposing curfew-like restrictions in some areas to dampen discontent. Some of those curbs have been relaxed, but mobile communications in the…
Kashmir in focus at Muslim Day Parade in New York Kashmir Updates -NEWS/INDIA- 23 September, 2019 New York, United States – The 35th annual Muslim Day Parade marched down New York’s Madison Avenue on Sunday afternoon, with a strong focus on Kashmir and Muslim unity. Organisers estimated that nearly 3,000 people attended the parade, which celebrated Muslim Americans…