27 October: A Bloody Trail of Colonialism By Altaf Hussain Wani Monday, 26 October 2020 The invasion of Jammu & Kashmir by India on the fateful day of October 27 is the most dreadful incident of India’s colonial history that threw the region into throes of instability and perpetual violence. Right on this day in 1947…
USA, EU and UK fully backed Amnesty International work in India By Arif Qureshi Friday, 23 October 2020 The United States, European Union and United Kingdom have shown their deep concern over the illegal freezing of bank accounts of Amnesty International in India last month. The US State Department, the US Commission on International…
OIC and Kashmir Issue By Arif Qureshi Friday, 16 October 2020 The Kashmir dispute between India and Pakistan has attracted attention at various multilateral forums, including the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), and has become an intrinsic feature in Pakistan’s diplomacy to muster support against India in the Islamic world. Pakistan has consistently highlighted…
OIC Seeks Peaceful Resoulation of Kashmir, Stresses for Daoilouge Between India and Pakistan OIC Seeks Peaceful Resoulation of Kashmir, Stresses for Daoilouge Between India and Pakistan By Asfundyar Khan June 01, 2019 Organisation of Islamic Cooperation-OIC 14th summit will be held on 31 may in Makkah. The custodian of two holy mosques, King Salman…
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…
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…