75th Anniversary of Indian Invasion in Kashmir: Kashmiri Activists Condemn India’s Occupation in RegionWashington, DC. Wednesday, 13 October 2021 The World Kashmir Awareness Forum (WKA) issues the following statement on the 75th anniversary of India’s invasion of Kashmir: “On the 75th anniversary of India’s invasion of Kashmir, Indian military occupation beginning in 1947 has produced…
Hundreds Gathered At The UN Demanding Freedom From Indian OccupationBy Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai Wednesday, 29 September 2021 “The right of self-determination which was promised to the people of Kashmir by both India & Pakistan and was endorsed by the UN Security Council needs to be fulfilled. The Kashmir dispute has no military solution. It…
KIIR webinar pays homage to Shaheed-e-Azeemat Sheikh Abdul AzizKashmir Updates By KIIR – 11 August 2021 Islamabad: Speakers at a Webinar organized by Kashmir Institute of International Relations (KIIR) while paying rich tributes to martyred APHC leader Sheikh Abdul Aziz said that the unity and concurrence within the resistance leadership was imperative to take the…
Why the US should take a firm stance with IndiaKashmir Updates By Colonel Wes Martin (Ret.), opinion contributor – 10 August 2021 Paraphrasing Edmund Burke: All it takes for evil to succeed is for good people to do nothing. The human rights abuses now being conducted on the people of Jammu and Kashmir by the…
Flashback Chota Bazar – June 11th, 1991: 32 civilians massacred by Indian security forcesKashmir Updates By Asifa Amin Koul – 9 June 2010 The memories of “Syed Mansoor-Chota Bazaar mayhem” perpetrated by the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel 18 years ago still causes a deep stir inside the hearts of the scores of bereaved…
Pro-India Kashmiri politician tortured in custody, say UN expertsKashmir Updates By Rifat Fareed – 3 Jun 2021 Srinagar – United Nations experts have expressed concern over “repressive measures and broader pattern of systematic infringements of fundamental rights” in Indian-administered Kashmir and asked the Indian government to respond to allegations of rights violations in the disputed…
Global Media and Kashmir Dispute Kashmir Updates By Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai – 1 June 2021 I am gratified by this opportunity to explore media influence in the United States on foreign and national security policy regarding Muslim nations and peoples in general and Kashmir in particular. Let me begin by summarizing the case of…
Kashmiri journalist Aasif Sultan kept in jail for more than 1,000 daysKashmir Updates By Bilal Kuchay – 31 May 2021 This month, Aasif Sultan, a journalist from Indian-administered Kashmir, completed 1,000 days in prison since his arrest in August 2018 under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act or UAPA, a stringent anti-terror law. Sultan, 34, who…
‘Economy on deathbed’: The great depression in Kashmir Kashmir Updates via The Kashmir Walla By Gafira Qadir – 10 May 2021 Riyaz Ahmad Wani, a resident of central Kashmir’s Budgam district, purchased a passenger vehicle four years ago, hoping it would change his life. But the 38-year-old transporter, a father of two, now regrets his…
دفعہ 370اور35اے کی منسوخی اقوام متحدہ کی قراردادوں کی کھلم کھلا خلاف ورزیPress Release – Monday, August 31, 2020 ا دفعہ 370اور35اے کی منسوخی اقوام متحدہ کی قراردادوں کی کھلم کھلا خلاف ورزی بھارت متنازعہ علاقے کی حیثیت میں کسی قسم کی تبدیلی لانے کا مجاز نہیں: مقررین کاKIIRکے زیر اہتمام منعقدہ سیمنار سے خطاب۔…
Across All Continents Kashmiri Diaspora Organizations Condemn Annexation of KashmirWashington, D.C. August 4, 2020 On August 5, 2019, the Government of India laid bare its naked ambition extant since partition in 1947 to brutally colonize the territories of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K). On that date, it threw away any pretense of acknowledging the J&K’s right…
یوم شہداء: کشمیر میں ایک آذان مکمل کرنے کے لئے 1931 میں 22 افراد شہید ہوئے۔Press Release – Sunday, July 12, 2020 اسلام آباد – جموں و کشمیر سمیت دنیا بھر میں 13 جولائی کو 89 واں یوم شہدا منایا جا رہا ہے۔ یہ 13 جولائی 1931 کا دن تھا جب بائیس کشمیریوں کو ڈوگرہ…
Anniversary: 22 Men Killed in 1931 For Demanding Freedom in KashmirYFK Press Release – Sunday, July 12, 2020 ISLAMABAD – Kashmir marks the 89th Martyrs Day on 13 July, the day in 1931 when twenty-two Kashmiri civilians gave their lives in a tragic incident that lives in the memory of millions as a story of…
بھارت مقبوضہ کشمیر میں اپنی غیر قانونی کارروائیوں کے لئے بین الاقوامی حمایت حاصل کرنے میں ناکام رہا ہے۔Press Release – Thursday, July 9, 2020 اسلام آباد – بھارت کشمیریوں اور عالمی برادری کی طرف سے مقبوضہ کشمیر میں اپنی پالیسی پر حمایت حاصل کرنے میں ناکام رہا ہے۔ یہ ایک اہم پیشرفت ہے جس…
India fails to garner international support for illegal actions in KashmirYFK Press Release – Thursday, July 9, 2020 ISLAMABAD– India has failed in securing support from Kashmiris and from the international community on its policy in Kashmir. This is an important development four years after the extrajudicial killing of Burhan Wani, a college student whose…
Deliberate, politically motivated violence against civilians in IoK amounts to war crime: WaniPress Release – Monday, May 18, 2020 Islamabad: Voicing his grave concern over the fast deteriorating political and human rights situation in the Indian occupied territory of Kashmir senior vice chairman of Jammu and Kashmir National Front (JKNF) Altaf Hussain Wani has said…
کشمیر میں لوٹ مار اورشہریوں کے خلاف تشددکی بڑھتی ہوئی لہر جنگی جرائم کے مترادف ہے: الطاف وانیPress Release – Monday, May 18, 2020 لوٹ مار کی پالیسی کشمیریوں کو معاشی طور پر کچلنے کی دانستہ کوشش ہندوستان اسرائیل کے نقش قدم پر گامزن کشمیرکو فلسطین بنانے کے درپے اسلام آباد: جموں وکشمیر نیشنل فرنٹ…
Wani seeks action against India for promoting politics of hatePress Release – Wednesday, May 13, 2020 Islamabad: Voicing his serious concern over the ever growing hate crimes against Muslims in India, the chairman Kashmir Institute of International Relations (KIIR) Mr. Altaf Hussain Wani has said that it was incumbent upon the UN Secretary General Mr.…
نفرت کی سیاست کو فروغ دینے پربھارت کے خلاف سنگین کارروائی کی جائے: الطاف وانی یو این او سے مطالبہPress Release – Wednesday, May 13, 2020 اسلام آباد: ہندوستان میں مسلمانوں کے خلاف بڑھتے ہوئے نفرت انگیز جرائم پر اپنی شدید تشویش کا اظہار کرتے ہوئے، چیئرمین کشمیر انسٹی ٹیوٹ آف انٹرنیشنل ریلیشنز (کے آئی…
Kashmir a UN recognized dispute is not a constitutional matter for India: Altaf Wani Says Labour Party leader must revisit his wisdom on KashmirPress Release – Monday, May 4, 2020 Islamabad: Rejecting the UK Labour Party leader Sir Keir Starmer’s contentions on the issue of Jammu and Kashmir, veteran Hurriyat leader and senior vice chairman…
مسئلہ کشمیر آئینی معاملہ نہیں بلکہ تسلیم شدہ عالمی تنازعہ ہے: الطاف وانی لیبر پارٹی کے سربراہ کو کشمیر بارے اپنی دانشمندی پر نظر ثانی کرنی ہوگیPress Release – Monday, May 4, 2020 اسلام آباد: جموں و کشمیر کے معاملے پر یوکے لیبر پارٹی کے رہنما سر کیر اسٹارمر کے حالیہ بیان کو یکسرمسترد کرتے…
مقبوضہ کشمیر میں منظم نسل کشی کا خاتمہ کریں: الطاف وانیPress Release – Tuesday, April 28, 2020 اسلام آباد: مقبوضہ کشمیر میں بھارتی ریاستی دہشت گردی کے بڑھتے ہوئے واقعات پر شدید تشویش کا اظہار کرتے ہوئے سینئر وائس چیئرمین جموں وکشمیر نیشنل فرنٹ الطاف حسین وانی نے کشمیریوں کی منظم نسل کشی کے خاتمے…
Wani seeks end to systematic genocide in occupied KashmirPress Release – Tuesday, April 28, 2020 Islamabad: While expressing grave concern over the rising incidents of Indian state terrorism in occupied Kashmir senior Hurriyat leader and vice chairman Jammu and Kashmir National Front Mr. Altaf Hussain has sought the international community’s help to end systematic genocide…
KIIR chief seeks UN intervention to end persecution of Kashmir journalistsPress Release – Thursday, April 23, 2020 Slams India’s massive crackdown on journalists Islamabad: Veteran human rights activist and Chairman Kashmir Institute of International Relations (KIIR) Altaf Hussain Wani has sought United Nation’s urgent intervention to end continued persecution of Kashmiri journalists at the hands…
کشمیری صحافیوں پر ظلم و ستم کا سلسلہ بند کیا جائے کے آئی آر کے سربراہ کی ا قوام متحدہ سے فوری مداخلت کی اپیلPress Release – Thursday, April 23, 2020 کالے قوانین کے ذریعہ صحافیوں کو ہراساں کرنے اور دھمکانے کے لاامتناعی سلسے کے فی الفور خاتمے کا مطالبہ اسلام آباد: انسانی حقوق کے…
کشمیری قیدیوں کو فی الفوررہا کیا جائے حریت رہنماء الطاف وانی کا بھارت سے مطالبہ پیپلز لیگ کے چیئرمین شہید ایس حمید کو خراج تحسینPress Release – Sunday, April 19, 2020 اسلام آباد: بھارت کے مختلف جیلوں میں قیدو بند تمام غیر قانونی طور پر نظربند حریت رہنماؤں اور کارکن کی فوری رہائی کا مطالبہ…
Wani reiterates his demand for release of Kashmiri prisoners says India should learn a lesson from other world countries pays eulogizing tributes to PL chairman Shaheed S HameedPress Release – Sunday, April 19, 2020 Islamabad: Reiterating his call for urgent release of all illegally detained Hurriyat leaders and activist lodged in different prisons of India…
Catastrophe India occupation forces have turned Kashmir into a killing field says Wani Thanks Pakistan for raising Kashmir at UNHRCPress Release – Sunday, April 12, 2020 Islamabad: Veteran Hurriyat leader and senior vice Chairman Jammu Kashmir National Front (JKNF) Altaf Hussain Wani has expressed grave concern over the stepped up human rights violations and wanton…
KIIR chief writes UN SG, calls for revocation of anti-Kashmir lawsPress Release – Friday, April 10, 2020 Islamabad: Veteran Hurriyat leader and Chairman Kashmir Institute of International Relations (KIIR) Altaf Hussain Wani has made a passionate appeal to the UN Secretary General Antonio Gutters urging him to mount pressure on India to revoke all anti-Kashmir-laws…
Wani urges world to take notice of India’s constitutional terrorism against KashmirisPress Release – Thursday, April 2, 2020 Flays Indian MHA notification, terms as a ploy to change Kashmir’s demography Islamabad: Urging world human rights bodies to take effective notice of India’s constitutional terrorism against Kashmiris, veteran political and human rights activist Altaf Hussain Wani…
Corona-virus threat: JKNF demands urgent release of Kashmiri prisoners Press Release – Thursday, March 26, 2020 Islamabad: Voicing his serious concern over the prevailing situation emerged after the Corona virus outbreak the senior Hurriyat leader and senior vice chairman of Jammu and Kashmir National Front Altaf Hussain Wani has urged India to allow world health…
Anger over India’s diplomat calling for ‘Israel model’ in KashmirKashmir Updates – Al Jazeera News – 28 NOVEMBER, 2019 In video posted by filmmaker, India’s consul general to US seems to advocate Israel-like settlements of Kashmiri Hindus. A senior Indian diplomat has triggered a controversy by calling for the adoption of an “Israeli model” in…
After Article 370: Kashmir’s mental health time bombKashmir Updates – Shahinda Syed – 26 NOVEMBER, 2019 Already considered an epidemic before India’s revocation of regional autonomy, Kashmiris have been plunged into another crisis affecting their psychiatric health. Filmmaking student Faiq Faizan left his native Kashmir with his parents when he was just four years old…
Delaying solution to Kashmir has consequences for worldKashmir Updates – Mehmet Ozturk – 23 NOVEMBER, 2019 In exclusive interview with Anadolu Agency, Azad Kashmir president Masood Khan discusses variety of issues linked to Kashmir. President of Pakistan-administered Kashmir, Sardar Masood Khan, has said that threats of war and use of nuclear weapons have made the…
Turkey hosts international conference on KashmirKashmir Updates -Riyaz ul Khaliq – 21 NOVEMBER, 2019 Speakers reiterate that voice of Kashmiris integral to any future solution. Kashmir is not an internal matter of India, speakers gathered at an international conference in the Turkish capital agreed on Wednesday. Kashmir Turmoil: Emerging Threats to Peace and Role of…
Recollections of a Long Siege in KashmirKashmir Updates -TIMES- 19 NOVEMBER, 2019 A military siege is like a chokehold on an entire people. I was a teenager when I lived through a long curfew in Kashmir in the 1990s when the rebellion against Indian rule was at its peak. After decades of betrayals, broken promises,…
J&K police not only detaining minors but making them pay for food in custody, say familiesKashmir Updates -The Prints- 13 NOVEMBER, 2019 Srinagar: The families of juveniles being detained by the Jammu and Kashmir Police in Srinagar have alleged that authorities are not only picking up their children but are also making them pay for the…
Kashmir shutdown caused losses of more than $1 billion, trade body saysKashmir Updates -REUTERS- 19 NOVEMBER, 2019 SRINAGAR (Reuters) – Economic losses in Kashmir have run well over a billion dollars since India revoked its autonomy and statehood in August, the main trade body in the Himalayan region said, adding that it planned to sue…
In Pictures: 100 days of crippling lockdown in KashmirKashmir Updates -ALJAZEERA- 11 NOVEMBER, 2019 Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir – On August 5, the Indian government withdrew Article 370 of India’s constitution, which gave the disputed state of Jammu and Kashmir partial autonomy. The article, abrogated in a cloak-and-dagger manner by the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)…
Resolve Kashmir crisis for regional prosperity: PM Khan at KartarpurKashmir Updates -NAWAIWAQT GROUP- 10 NOVEMBER, 2019 Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday said the time was not far when the subcontinent would become a prosperous region once the Kashmir issue was resolved and the Kashmiris got their due rights. READ MORE: PML-N challenges President Alvi’s decision…
Pakistan condemns restrictions on Eid Milad-un-Nabi congregations in occupied KashmirKashmir Updates – DAWN- 10 NOVEMBER, 2019 The Foreign Office (FO) on Sunday condemned the restrictions imposed by Indian authorities on congregations in occupied Kashmir on Eid Milad-un-Nabi. “All roads leading to the Hazratbal Shrine in Srinagar and other holy shrines and mosques in India- occupied…
Kashmir businesses facing uncertain periodKashmir Updates – Al Jazeera- 5 NOVEMBER, 2019 Businesses are struggling three months after New Delhi stripped Indian-administered Kashmir of its autonomy. It has been three months since New Delhi stripped Indian-administered Kashmir of its autonomy. India said the decision would usher in development in the region. Read More
India’s clampdown in occupied Kashmir has entered its 4th month — here’s everything you need to know Kashmir Updates – Dawn – 5 NOVEMBER, 2019 On November 3, the lockdown imposed in occupied Kashmir on August 5 by the Indian government crossed ninety days. The security and communication clampdown has now entered its fourth month.…
Shops shuttered, streets deserted as Kashmir loses special statusKashmir Updates -ALJAZEERA – 31 OCTOBER , 2019 Shops and offices were shut in Indian-administered Kashmir on Thursday and the streets largely deserted as federal authorities formally revoked the restive state’s constitutional autonomy and split it into two federal territories. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s decision in August to change Kashmir’s…
Kashmiris are resisting government ‘through satyagraha’, says fact-finding reportKashmir Updates -Scroll.in – 13 OCTOBER , 2019 Not a single person in the Kashmir Valley is happy about the Narendra Modi government’s decision to revoke the state’s special constitutional status, advocate Nitya Ramakrishnan and sociologist Nandini Sundar have said in a report prepared after their visit…
Kashmir families live in fear as lovedKashmir Updates -The Guardian – 16 OCTOBER , 2019 The last time he saw her, Mehraj-ud-din Wani assured his wife that he would soon be a free man. Wani was speaking to his wife, Gulshan, from behind bars in Srinagar jail in Kashmir. “He was certain that he would be…
Kashmiri children among prisoners in India crackdownKashmir Updates -Osama Bin Javaid – 18 OCTOBER , 2019 More than two months after New Delhi revoked the autonomy of Indian-administered Kashmir, thousands of Kashmiris are still in jail. Among them are children as young as nine-year-old. Some families accuse the Indian government of torture and abuse which has…
India’s repression in Kashmir is not compatible with democracyKashmir Updates -The Washington Post- 14 OCTOBER , 2019 WHEN INDIA’S Parliament abruptly stripped the state of Jammu and Kashmir of its autonomy on Aug. 5, the government of Narendra Modi claimed it was a prelude to a new era of economic development and expanded civil liberties for a…
India Vows to Restore Mobile Service in KashmirKashmir Updates -Sameer Yasir- 12 OCTOBER , 2019 NEW DELHI — After imposing a sweeping communications blackout in Kashmir two months ago, the Indian authorities announced on Saturday that cellphone service would be partly restored within days in the disputed Himalayan region, though the internet will remain blocked.…
Kashmir communications ban hits key climate studies Kashmir Updates -Athar Parvaiz- 11 OCTOBER , 2019 An important project on climate change has been disrupted by the prevailing security scenario and communication shutdown across Kashmir, say scientists at the University of Kashmir in Srinagar. The project is part of the Himalayan Alpine Dynamics Research Initiative (HIMADRI), in which…
60 days on, occupied Kashmir remains under siegeKashmir Updates -DAWN- 4 OCTOBER , 2019 The lockdown and communications blackout in occupied Kashmir entered its 61st day on Friday. Frustration, anger and fear have been growing in occupied Kashmir since August 5, when the Hindu nationalist-led government of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi stripped the region…
India’s judges are ignoring the government’s abuses in KashmirKashmir Updates -The Economists- 5 OCTOBER , 2019 Two months ago Narendra Modi, India’s prime minister, boldly scrapped seven decades of legal precedent. Voiding Jammu & Kashmir’s semi-autonomous status, his government abolished its legislature, sliced the state in two and demoted the new parts to “union territories”, subject…
Kashmir has become an open air prison, says Iltija Mufti, Mehbooba Mufti’s daughterKashmir Updates -GULF NEWS- 3 OCTOBER , 2019 Iltija Mufti, daughter of Mehbooba Mufti, the former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir, and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president, feels that Kashmir has been turned into an open air prison by the BJP-led government…
Standing with Pakistan on Kashmir is Turkey’s duty: Parliament speakerKashmir Updates -DAILY NEWS- 2 OCTOBER , 2019 Turkey sees standing by Pakistan on the issue of Kashmir as its duty, the Turkish parliament speaker said on Oct. 1. Speaking at the opening of the parliament’s third legislative session of the year in the capital Ankara, Mustafa Şentop said: “Our nation…
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…
Detained in KashmirKashmir Updates -YASHRAJ SHARMA- 9 September, 2019 RINAGAR, Kashmir—Around the Soura neighborhood of Srinagar, the capital of Indian-administered Kashmir, civilians have dug trenches and built wood, tin, and barbed wire blockades. Standing next to a bonfire near one blockade on Aug. 20, Farhan Mohammad, a 26-year-old local whose name has been changed, warned,…
Jammu and Kashmir world’s ‘largest open jail’Kashmir Updates -ASIA-PACIFIC- 3 September, 2019 Prime minister of Azad Kashmir, Pakistani-administered Kashmir, said that Indian-administered part of Jammu and Kashmir is the “largest open jail” in the world. “Now the state of Jammu and Kashmir is the largest open jail in this earth,” Raja Farooq Haider Khan told…
The Kashmiris detained more than 700km away from homeKashmir Updates -BBC NEWS- 19 September, 2019 India’s federal government is believed to have detained thousands of people including activists, local politicians and businessmen in Indian-administered Kashmir since it stripped the region of its autonomy on 5 August. Many have even been moved to jails elsewhere in…
Have they sealed Yasin Malik’s fate?Kashmir Updates -DAWN- 19 September, 2019 WHILE Kashmir continues to reel under a serious humanitarian crisis in the wake of the Aug 5 abrogation of Article 370, it seems another sinister potion is brewing in the Hindutva cauldron of India, to be served at an appropriate time to the collective…
Kashmir economy in tailspin as apples rot in orchardsKashmir Updates -AJ IMPACT- 19 September, 2019 It’s harvest time, but the market in the northern Kashmiri town of Sopore – usually packed with people, trucks and produce at this time of year – is empty, while in orchards across India’s Jammu and Kashmir state, unpicked apples rot on the…
Trump on KashmirKashmir Updates -DAWN- 19 September, 2019 AS the leaders of Pakistan and India get ready to fly to the US to attend the UN General Assembly, there has been speculation of a possible meeting on the Kashmir issue at the multilateral moot, with Washington playing the role of facilitator. President Donald Trump’s recent comments that…
Text of the Statement made by H.E. Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Minister for Foreign Affairs at the 42nd Session of the Human Rights CouncilMinistry of Foreign Affairs Government of Pakistan 10 September, 2019 Statement made by H.E. Makhdoom Shah Mahmood Qureshi, Minister for Foreign Affairs at the 42nd Session of the Human Rights Council…
India revokes Kashmir’s special status Kashmir Updates -AlJAZEERZA- 4 September, 2019 The Indian government revoked the special status accorded to Indian-administered Kashmir in its constitution, the most far-reaching political move on the disputed region in nearly 70 years. A presidential decree issued on August 5 revoked Article 370 of India’s constitution that guaranteed special rights to the Muslim-majority state,…
Why the U.S. must mediate Kashmir under a nuclear shadowKashmir Updates -Jack Rosen- 2 September, 2019 You don’t have to be Jewish to know that land disputes between nations can be volatile and intractable things. Today, one such dispute finds two nuclear powers facing off, and its resolution — in which one-fifth of the world’s…
‘Our children are in jail’: How India is keeping Kashmir isolated and in fearKashmir Updates -Rana Ayyub- 5 September, 2019 Rana Ayyub is an Indian journalist and author of “Gujarat Files: Anatomy of a Cover Up.” On Aug. 6, days after the Indian government revoked Kashmir’s special status, Mohammed Ashiq, 13, had gone to sleep on…
Ghosts of Kashmir: Indian authorities refusing to issue death certificates for civilians killed in clashes, say familiesKashmir Updates -Zubair Sofi – 26 August, 2019 Families in Kashmir say several civilians have died amid clashes between security forces and protesters since India announced its decision to withdraw the region’s autonomy, despite the government’s official stance that there has not been…
‘Don’t beat us, just shoot us’: Kashmiris allege violent army crackdownKashmir Updates -ameer Hashmi – 29 August, 2019 The BBC heard from several villagers who said they were beaten with sticks and cables, and given electric shocks. Residents in several villages showed me injuries. But the BBC was not able to verify the allegations with…
My 14 days of siege in Kashmir; a first-hand account from the valleyKashmir Updates -Sadiq Shaban – 26 August, 2019 It was in the middle of such a tourist season — when it is usually hard to find a hotel room in Kashmir — that the government issued a spate of advisories asking visitors to…
Why the Mental Health of Kashmiris is a Matter of Grave Concern Kashmir Updates -RAJEEV KHANNA -2 SEPTEMBER, 2019 Developments in Kashmir since the complete clampdown for over three weeks will likely compound the psychological agony of the people in the Valley who have been living amid militancy and militarisation for decades. With a large…
How Children Are Being ‘Picked Up’ in Night Raids Across Kashmir Kashmir Updates -ADITYA MENON- August 26,2019 “Nights fill us with dread,” says Zainab* (name changed), a resident of Baramulla in north Kashmir. Zainab is in her late forties, and her children have grown up, but as many as three children have been “picked up”…
Under the curtain: Kashmir residents contend with pellet guns and restrictions Kashmir Updates – CNN- August 23,2019 When the Indian government stripped the stateof Jammu and Kashmir of its autonomy and reclassified it as a union territory earlier this month, it left many citizens there in a state of confusion and concern. Anticipating public backlash to…
‘Kashmir women are the biggest victims of this inhumane siege’Kashmir Updates – FEATURE/ASIA- August 21,2019 Srinagar, Indian-Administered Kashmir -After August 5, when India revoked Kashmir’s special status and followed the move with a military lockdown, Uzma Javed did not leave her house for days. Every few hours, she looked out of the window from her…
‘Fighting back’: Kashmir enclave blocks entry of Indian troopsKashmir Updates – NEWS/INDIA- August 20,2019 For more than a week, the young men of Soura, a densely-populated enclave in Indian-administered Kashmir’s main city of Srinagar, have been taking turns to maintain a round-the-clock vigil at the entry points to their neighbourhood. Each of the dozen or so…
UN rights experts urge India to end communications shutdown in Kashmir Kashmir Updates – UHCHR- August 20,2019 GENEVA (22 August 2019) – UN human rights experts* today called on the Government of India to end the crackdown on freedom of expression, access to information and peaceful protests imposed in Indian-Administered Kashmir this month. The experts…
‘Occupation’: India arrests more than 1,300 as embattled citizens reveal intensifying crackdown Kashmir Updates – INDEPENDENT- August 14,2019 More than 1,300 people have now been arrested in Indian-administered Kashmir, as Narendra Modi’s government continued to enforce a complete lockdown in an attempt to stave off a popular uprising. Cut off from the outside world by a complete…
Kashmir, genocide and the spirit of resistanceKashmir Updates – The New Arab – August 20,2019 What is so revolting about tyranny that it stirs the human spirit in such a way, compelling us to resist? Instinctively, the thought of oppression pierces at the very essence of our human condition. Film, music, art and literature all…
As India’s blackout leaves Kashmir in the dark, US must stand up for free expressionKashmir Updates – CNN OPINION- August 15,2019 This may sound like the plot of a dystopian novel, but it is almost exactly what’s happening in the Indian-administered Kashmir Valley right now. Fortunately, senior US officials will have a golden opportunity to address this…
Across Kashmiri Villages, Talk of ‘Oppression, Excess, Betrayal’: Fact-Finding TeamKashmir Updates – The Wire- August 14,2019 New Delhi: Ever since the Union government decided to read down Article 370 and split Jammu and Kashmir into two union territories, officials and a section of the Indian media have consistently been claiming that the situation is largely calm…
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,…
India’s BJP to revive Hindu settlement plan in Kashmir: ReportKashmir Updates – Reuters news agency – July, 12 2019 India’s ruling party will revive a plan to build secure camps to resettle scores of Hindus in the Muslim-dominated Kashmir Valley, a senior leader said, a proposal that would almost certainly heighten tensions in the restive…
Six-monthly HR Review: 271 Killings, 177 CASOs, 51 internet blockadesKashmir Updates – JKCCS Press Release- July, 03 2019 The first half of 2019 in Indian administered Jammu and Kashmir (IAJK) witnessed continued and increased violence. The first six months of 2019 recorded 271 killings in IAJK in various incidents of violence, which include 43 civilians,…
2019 Is Proving to Be Another Bloody Year in Kashmir: ReportKashmir Updates – The Wire Staff – July, 06 2019 New Delhi: If 2008 was the deadliest year of the decade in terms of killings and violence in Jammu and Kashmir, as 586 people lost their lives, the first half of 2019 has been no better. Since January,…
Pakistan welcomes UN report on rights abuses in held Kashmir Kashmir Updates – Baqir Sajjad Syed – July, 09 2019 ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Monday welcomed the new United Nations report on the situation in India-occupied Kashmir, which for the second consecutive year called for setting up of a Commission of Inquiry (CoI) for investigating human…
Amnesty’s Statement On UN OHCHR Report On Human Rights Situation In KashmirKashmir Updates – Amnesty International India Bengaluru/ New Delhi: – July, 08 2019 Responding to the second-ever report released by the UN on the human rights situation in both Indian-Administered Kashmir and Pakistan-Administered Kashmir, Aakar Patel, Executive Director, Amnesty International India, said: “India must pay heed…
Kashmiris Call for Investigation of Torture Accusations Against IndiaKashmir Updates – Sameer Yasir and Kai Schultz – July, 06 2019 RAWALPORA, Kashmir — Mohammad Ishaq Lone got a call from the Indian Army one February night, ordering him to meet soldiers at an outpost near his house in Kashmir. It was only after he was…
Kashmir and Kashmiris aspire for peace and securityKashmir Updates – The Nation – July, 03 2019 International Human Rights Association of American Minorities (IHRAAM) in collaboration with International Commission for Human Rights (ICHR), Indigenous Peoples Nations Coalition (IPNC) and South Asia Centre for Peace and Human Rights (SACFPHR) organised a parallel event at the 41st…
A Viral Disturbing Video Shows Terrified School Children, After Indian Army Assaults Their Bus DriverKashmir Updates -YFK – June, 28 2019 A disturbing video from Indian Administrated Kashmir doing rounds on the internet. The video on Twitter showed terrified children crying out of fear when army personnel thrashed the bus driver. The video was shared…
What it’s like to be a Kashmiri in an Indian cityKashmir Updates – Idris Hassan Bhat – June, 15 2019 How Kashmiris are navigating the increasing threat of Hindu nationalist mobs in big Indian cities and why many of them are moving back to their conflict-torn home. On a late February morning, with border tensions…
India: Act on UN Rights Report on KashmirKashmir Updates – June 14, 2018 Authorities Should Allow International Investigation, Provide Redress for Abuses. (New York) – The Indian government should immediately act on the recommendations in the first-ever report by the United Nations on human rights in Kashmir, Human Rights Watch said today. India has long…
India Halts Amnesty From Releasing Report On HR Violations In KashmirKashmir Updates – Associated Press Thursday, June, 13 2019 Government officials in Indian administrated Jammu & Kashmir stopped prominent human rights watch group from releasing a document containing reports of a controversial law, reports Associated Press (AP). This law allows people to be held for…
India officials stop Amnesty International event in Kashmir Kashmir Updates – Washington Post (Associated Press) – June 12, 2019 SRINAGAR, India — Authorities in Indian-controlled Kashmir stopped Amnesty International from holding an event on Wednesday announcing a report on detention of activists in the disputed region under a law that allows people to be held…
9 Years On: Waiting For Justice Kashmir Updates – Muhammad Ashraf Matoo – June 11, 2019 Today we are commemorating the 9th martyrdom anniversary of our beloved and only son Tufail Ashraf Mattoo of Saida Kadal, Rainawari, whom we miss a lot. Tufail was brutally murdered by J&K police personnel at the gates of Ghani…
Indian troops kill one, wound 70 in Kashmir clashesKashmir Updates – TRT World – May 30, 2019 Soldiers fired live bullets and shotgun pellets on protesters who helped rebels escape two separate sieges by Indian troops, authorities in India-administered Kashmir say. Indian troops and police shot dead a civilian and wounded at least 70 protesters…
‘Allegations of human rights violations very grave, India not allowing us to visit’: UN Special RapporteurKashmir Updates – Quratulain Rehbar – May 29, 2019 Nilz Melzer, United Nations Special Rapporteur on torture, said that the allegations that ‘550-page report on human torture in Kashmir’ by two local NGOs is making are very serious and might…
UN demands answers on civilian killings in KashmirKashmir Updates – Basharat Ali – May 28, 2019 The more Modi tries to choke Kashmir, the greater the possibility for the emergence of more radical forms of response. In 2014, several Indian liberal intellectuals believed in a man called Narendra Modi. Aatish Taseer, the author of the…
UN demands answers on civilian killings in Kashmir Kashmir Updates – Ahmad Adil – May 20, 2019 CHANDIGARH, India India refuses to engage on issue with stakeholders, rejects UN report on human rights abuse in Jammu and Kashmir. Three UN rapporteurs have written a letter to India seeking details of steps taken to provide justice…
India’s Modi will continue to use Kashmir as fodder for Hindu nationalismKashmir Updates – Hilal Mir – May 25, 2019 Although the country’s far-right has always derived its strength from dehumanising Kashmir’s right to self-determination, the “secular” parties oversaw worse atrocities against the Kashmiri people when they were in power. Ahead of the Indian parliamentary…
Wounds that never heal: what torture in Kashmir says about IndiaKashmir Updates – Mohamad Junaid – May 23, 2019 Torture may shatter the world of its Kashmiri victims, but it is Indian society that is becoming irretrievably corroded. In the 2012 UK Channel Four documentary film Kashmir’s Torture Trail by Jezza Neumann, an older-looking Kashmiri…
‘Breaking the silence’: Report documents torture in KashmirKashmir Updates – Rifat Fareed – May 20, 2019 Rights bodies say India uses torture as ‘instrument of control’ to quash rebellion in Indian-administered Kashmir. Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir – Prisoners in Indian-administered Kashmir have been subjected to abuse and torture, including “water-boarding, sleep deprivation and sexualised torture”, according to…
Kashmir group seeks UN probe into torture by India troopsKashmir Updates – Aijaz Hussain | AP – May 20, 2019 SRINAGAR, India — A prominent rights group in Indian-controlled Kashmir is advocating for the United Nations to establish a commission of inquiry to investigate what it calls the endemic use of torture by government forces amid a…
Torture: Indian State’s Instrument of Control in Indian Administered Jammu and KashmirKashmir Updates – JKCCS (Press Statement) – May 20, 2019 Human Rights Groups Release First Comprehensive Report on Torture in Indian Administered Jammu & Kashmir; Case Studies Find 70% of Torture Victims are Civilians and 11% die during or as a result of torture.…
Kashmir Group Seeks UN Probe Into Torture by India TroopsKashmir Updates – NY Times (The Associated Press) – May 19, 2019 SRINAGAR, India — A prominent rights group in Indian-controlled Kashmir is advocating for the United Nations to establish a commission of inquiry to investigate what it calls the endemic use of torture by government…
Kashmir: how conflict and stigma are creating a mental health crisisKashmir Updates – Joe Wallen – May 16, 2019 The embattled district of Shopian in the south of Kashmir is at breaking point. An unknown gunman has shot and injured a local politician in the village of Chitragam. He is the third politician shot this week…
Man killed over allegation of cow smuggling in KashmirKashmir Updates – The Washington Post (Associated Press) – May 16, 2019 SRINAGAR, India — A Muslim man was fatally shot and another was injured by Hindu vigilantes in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Thursday over allegations of cow smuggling. A group of Hindu men intercepted the two Muslims…
Unrest erupts over toddler’s rape in KashmirKashmir Updates – BBC – May 14, 2019 Huge protests have continued for the third day in Indian-administered Kashmir with people demanding the death penalty for a man who allegedly raped a three-year-old girl. “The accused had tried to flee, but we caught him,” the girl’s father told BBC…
Thousands protest in Kashmir over rape of three-year-oldKashmir Updates – Aljazeera – May 13, 2019 Police said the girl was hospitalised in critical condition on May 8 but her condition has stabilised. Thousands of people have taken to the streets in Indian-administered Kashmir, angered by the alleged rape of a three-year-old girl by a neighbour who lured…
Kashmir: Where guns empty mothers’ lapsKashmir Updates – Aamir Ali Bhat – May 12, 2019 The world’s most militarised zone Indian-administered Kashmir (IAK) continues to be one of the longest-running unresolved conflicts between two neighbouring countries, India and Pakistan. Both the nuclear states claim the region in full but only control parts. Since the armed…
I Will Not Stay Silent. Our Leaders Are Failing Human Rights.Kashmir Updates – Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein – May 06, 2019 I spent four years defending human rights at the U.N. — and they’ve never been more at risk. In the video Op-Ed above, a former U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights, Zeid Ra’ad Al…
Time to take Kashmir back to world stage: President of AJKKashmir Updates – Anadolu Agency staff – May 07, 2019 ‘Bilateral process between India and Pakistan a mirage,’ says president of Pakistan-administered Kashmir. ANKARA President of Pakistan-administrated Kashmir (PaK) Sardar Masood Khan called upon the international community to focus on the Kashmir conflict, as people…
‘India shelling’ kills two in Pakistan-administered KashmirKashmir Updates – Asad Hashim – May 07, 2019 Pakistan’s army says at least 16 civilians have been killed by Indian gunfire across Line of Control this year. Islamabad, Pakistan – At least two people have been killed by Indian shelling across the Line of Control (LoC) in Pakistan-administered…
The media’s code of silence on Kashmir Kashmir Updates – Aijaz Zaka Syed – May 03, 2019 The Indian media boasts an illustrious history. Born during the freedom struggle against the British colonial rule, it quickly mastered the rules of the game, working around the stiff curbs and acute sensitivities of the colonial masters. If…
Human rights and the law in Indian-controlled KashmirKashmir Updates – Alasdair Pal, Fayaz Bukhari – April 30, 2019 SRINAGAR (Reuters) – Both the United Nations and the International Criminal Court consider the way civilians said they were used by the Indian army to search houses in south Kashmir to be illegal under international law, experts…
Women of change in restive KashmirKashmir Updates – Nusrat Sidiq – April 24, 2019 Since the start of the armed struggle in Kashmir in 1989, the strife-torn valley has witnessed killings and destruction, but women are the ones who have suffered the most. The women of Kashmir are bruised with agonies inflicted on them by…
Students advised to use social media for Kashmir cause Kashmir Updates – Our Correspondent – April 23, 2019 LAHORE: School of Media and Communication Studies of University of Management and Technology (UMT) on Monday organised a seminar “Kashmir: Peoples’ determination in New Horizon”. According to a press release, speaking at the seminar Mishal Malik, wife…
Boycott and curbs subdue India’s election in disputed KashmirKashmir Updates – Umar Baba – April 23, 2019 At least 86 percent of eligible voters in the Kashmir valley abstained from voting, although in the southern Jammu belt, where Muslims and a sizeable Hindu population doesn’t shy away from casting votes, a 70 percent turnout was…
No end to miseries of held Kashmir Kashmir Updates – Waqar Ahmed – April 21, 2019 The killings by Indian troops of Kashmiri youth continues. Most young men are killed in occupied Kashmir during cordon and search operations. The Indian police and military routinely claim that the youth they killed are militants and were killed…
Suspension of inter-Kashmir trade causes huge losses Kashmir Updates – Munawar Hasan – April 20, 2019 LAHORE: A unilateral and abrupt suspension of inter-Kashmir trade by India for an indefinite period has caused huge losses to traders who consider these curbs as an attempt to deprive them of livelihood opportunities. The commencement of trade between…
Move to change status of KashmirKashmir Updates – Malik Muhammad Ashraf – April 19, 2019 Pakistan does not have to wait for the Modi government to repeal article 370 of the Indian constitution to change the status of IHK before seeking intervention by the UNSC. The pledges made by BJP in its manifesto for the…
India suspends cross-border trade in Kashmir in new crackdownKashmir Updates – Aljazeera – April 19, 2019 Indian home ministry says armed groups were using the cross-border route to send arms, drugs and fake Indian currency. India suspended cross-border trade with Pakistan-administered Kashmir because it was being used to funnel weapons and drugs in a further…
2nd phase of Indian elections ends amid Kashmir lockdownKashmir Updates – Aijaz Hussain | AP – April 18, 2019 SRINAGAR, India — Voting in the second phase of India’s general election on Thursday remained largely peaceful amid massive security and a lockdown in parts of the main city in Indian-controlled Kashmir. Indian officials said the turnout was…
Kashmir’s apartheid route may be a pretext for more to comeKashmir Updates – Shams Irfan – April 13, 2019 The Indian state has imposed a partial ban on a vital highway connecting the north and the south of the disputed territory ahead of Indian elections, making life even more difficult in an already contentious region.…
‘Living here is expensive. Dying here is extremely cheap’: Kashmiri voters speak outKashmir Updates – Sugam Pokharel and Nikhil Kumar, CNN – April 13, 2019 Uri, Indian-controlled Kashmir (CNN) – Kashmir resident Gulam Rasul has seen it all: Two wars between India and Pakistan which were sparked by the disputed region as well as dozens…
Held Kashmir continues to simmer Kashmir Updates – Zahoor Khan Marwat – April 12, 2019 The held Kashmir simmers as all BJP strategies to control the situation have backfired. As it is, senior BJP leaders are repeatedly emphasising the party’s commitment to abrogate the Article 370 from the state.According to media reports, BJP President Amit…
Behind the Kashmir Conflict: Abuses by Indian Security Forces and Militant Groups ContinueKashmir Updates – HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH – July, 1999 Torture has been used routinely by all the security forces operating in Kashmir. Although the problem is widely known to the authorities in Srinagar and New Delhi, neither has ever made any serious effort…
Pakistan PM Khan: Kashmir issue ‘cannot keep boiling’Kashmir Updates – BBC – April 10, 2019 Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan has told the BBC that peace with India over the disputed territory of Kashmir would be “tremendous” for the wider region. Mr Khan, a former cricketer who became leader eight months ago, said the nuclear-armed…
Closure of Key Highway Adds to Kashmir’s WoesKashmir Updates – Meenakshi Ganguly – April 9, 2019 India’s ‘Muscular’ Approach Disregards Rights. The beleaguered people of India’s Jammu and Kashmir state are facing a new challenge. Indian authorities declared that National Highway 44, critical to bringing essential goods to the region, will be closed to civilians…
Kashmir independence activists face new crackdownKashmir Updates – Ekip – March 30, 2019 8-member group also to move against sympathizers of independence movement among government workers, including teachers. Indian administrators have formed a new eight-member group to further crack down on pro-independence activists and sympathizers in the disputed Kashmir region, according to a Home Ministry…
Seeking resolution of Kashmir issue not a crime: Mirwaiz Kashmir Updates – K Reader – March 30, 2019 Srinagar: Hurriyat (M) chairman and Kashmir’s chief priest Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Friday said seeking resolution of Kashmir issue was not a crime. “Asking for resolution of Kashmir issue is neither terror nor a crime,” said Mirwaiz…
Kashmir most internet shutdown-prone region: studyKashmir Updates – Zahid Rafiq – March 25, 2019 Stanford University study says internet shutdowns are extension of curfews to restrict public gatherings. SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir A recent study has found that 47 percent of India’s internet shutdowns take place in the disputed Jammu and Kashmir state where unrest…
India bans top pro-independence group in KashmirKashmir Updates – Rifat Fareed – March 23, 2019 The JKLF is the second separatist group to be banned by India this month in the disputed region. Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir – India’s government has for the second time this month banned a top pro-independence organisation in Indian-administered Kashmir, accusing…
Is Kashmir the most dangerous place in the world?Kashmir Updates – Al Jazeera News – March 22, 2019 We talk to Arundhati Roy about Kashmir and Modi and debate US intervention in Venezuela. In this week’s UpFront, we ask award-winning author and activist Arundhati Roy about the disputed region of Kashmir and her criticisms of…
A teacher is killed in Kashmir – where is the justice?Kashmir Updates – Ahmed Bin Qasim – March 22, 2019 Another man has been killed in police custody in Kashmir, this time a school teacher. Where do Kashmiris go for justice? It is winter in Kashmir, and the desolate sky perfectly reflects the grey mood…
Kashmir matters not KashmiriKashmir Updates – Dr Muhammad Khan – March 19, 2019 TRACING the history of Kashmir under Indian occupation, there emerged a clear indication that for India ‘Kashmir matters’ not the Kashmiris. In recent times, this conclusion was more pronounced after the Pulwama attack, February 14, 2019. Sequel to this attack, Indian Army…
Kashmir mattersKashmir Updates – A.G. Noorani – March 16, 2019 RELATIONS between India and Pakistan have nosedived since Narendra Modi became prime minister in 2014. If anyone thought that he would make up the loss by a conciliatory policy towards Kashmiris, they were mistaken. It was never part of his agenda. The Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh…
After the crisisKashmir Updates – Sherry Rehman – March 14, 2019 ALTHOUGH the 2019 India-Pakistan standoff may have passed its immediate intensity, it is clear that the entire episode has left a slew of new worries for policymakers all over the world. It is crucial that lessons are learnt and crisis-handling procedures between the two…
Kashmir dailies print blank front pages to protest gov’t ad banKashmir Updates – Rifat Fareed – March 10, 2019 Srinagar, Indian-administered Kashmir – Major English- and Urdu-language newspapers in Indian-administered Kashmir have printed blank front pages to protest against the central government’s decision to block advertisements to two dailies. In place of regular news, the papers’…
Kashmir shuts down over threat to special rightsKashmir Updates – Sanjay Kumar – March 6, 2019 There was a shutdown in Indian-administered Kashmir on Tuesday over attempts to change a law that gives special rights to the state and the people living there. Trade associations staged the one-day in strike in protest at calls among…
Kashmir conflict: Pakistan foreign minister says war would be ‘suicidal’Kashmir Updates – BBC – March 1, 2019 Pakistan’s Foreign Minister has told the BBC that he hopes tensions between his country and India can be defused. Speaking to the BBC’s Secunder Kermani, Shah Mahmood Qureshi warned that war would be “suicidal”. Violence has flared since…
Pakistan Claims Kashmir’s ‘Moral High Ground’Kashmir Updates – Lawrence Pintak – February 28, 2019 The president of Pakistani Kashmir explains why his country deserves far more credit for its role in the disputed region. KARACHI, Pakistan—“I feel like I am invisible,” the president of Kashmir told me a few months ago. “Wherever I go, no…
‘India playing with fire’ Pakistan-administered Kashmir leaderKashmir Updates – Sudipto Mondal & Showkat Shafi – February 27, 2019 Doha, Qatar – In the cyclic escalation of hostilitiesbetween the nuclear-armed India and Pakistan, the perspective from Pakistan-administered Kashmir is often overlooked. That rare opportunity presented itself last week during a visit to Doha by Masood Khan, the 27th president of the…
Statement by Dr. Shireen M. Mazari, Minster of Human Rights, Pakistan at 40th Regular Session Human Rights Council in GenevaKashmir Updates – Pakistan Mission, Geneva – February 26, 2019 We greatly value the work of the Office of the High Commissioner on Human Rights (OHCHR). The new High Commissioner, Ms Bachelet, brings the experience and…
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…
An 18-Month-Old Victim in a Very Old FightKashmir Updates – By Malik Sajad – January 19, 2019 Renewed conflict in Kashmir is killing and blinding the young as politicians remain unwilling to find a just resolution to the old dispute. Read more
2018 deadliest year of the decade – APDP and JKCCS Annual Human Rights ReviewKashmir Updates – December 31, 2018 The year 2018 was the deadliest year of the last decade in Indian administered Kashmir as violence peaked during the year resulting in the killing of at least 586 people in different incidents of violence, which…
Who killed Shujaat Bukhari? Kashmir Updates – Aijaz Zaka Syed – June 22, 2018 I never had the pleasure of meeting Shujaat Bukhari, the soft-spoken editor of the Rising Kashmir with a steely spine, who was assassinated last week. But we remained in touch over the years. He often shared his amazing articles and I…
Kashmir’s children are being brutalisedKashmir Updates – Rouf Dar – May 4, 2018 A new report that details the extent of violence against children in Jammu and Kashmir suggests that Indian armed forces have directly targeted children. In the wombs and outside of them, inside homes and on the streets, in the lush green fields…
Kashmir ‘mass rape’ survivors fight for justiceKashmir Updates – Aliya Nazki – October 07, 2017 More than 26 years ago, Indian soldiers allegedly raped more than 30 women in the Kashmiri villages of Kunan and Poshpora. Those who survived the attack are still fighting for justice, as Aliya Nazki from BBC Urdu reports. It was…