Srinagar, April 17: Students of Kashmir University and colleges continued to hit the streets, demanding justice for eight-year-old Kathua rape and murder victim, Aasifa Bano. The students of the Kashmir University staged massive protests inside the campus, demanding hanging of the perpetrators of this heinous crime. Students from various departments assembled inside the campus holding […]
Archives for April 17, 2018
Youth, expecting his first child, critical
(Zehru Nissa) Srinagar, April 17: A few months from now, Adil Ahmed would be a happy—and lucky—father, if he survives. A resident of Anantnag district, Adil, 25, received “firearm injuries” in the head on 11 April at Qaimoh in Kulgam, where a gunfight had erupted between militants and forces. Four civilians were killed when the […]
What the rape and murder of a child reveals about Modi’s India
(By Mitali Saran) New Delhi, April 17: India is sliding toward a collapse of humanity and ethics in political and civic life, as the recent reports of the rape and murder of an 8-year-old girl from a seminomadic Muslim community in the disputed state of Jammu and Kashmir reveal. Politicians from India’s governing Bharatiya Janata […]
New York Times grills Modi’s conduct on Aasifa attack
New York, April 17: New York Times, American newspaper with worldwide influence and readership, in its editorial came down hard on Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s callous response to the horrifying rape and murder of the 8-year-old Kashmiri girl, Aasifa, and the dangers faced by women and minorities at the hands of nationalist and communal […]
Protests continue across Kashmir against Kathua minor rape-and-murder
Srinagar, April 16: Protests erupted at various places across Kashmir valley on Monday against the rape-and-murder of eight-year-old Muslim nomadic girl in Kathua earlier this year. Scores of members of Kashmir High Court Bar Association held a protest march in Srinagar as a mark of solidarity with the victim.
‘Had State acted on Kunan-Poshpora, Kathua wouldn’t have happened’
On October 21, 1991, Mishra decided to close the case as “untraced.” The police didn’t submit their closure report to the court and instead maintained silence. (AFAQ SHAH) Srinagar, April 16: The rape and murder of an 8-year old nomadic girl in Kathua has reopened the wounds of the survivors of the Kunan-Poshpora mass rape […]
