(By Muhammad Farooq Rehmani) The principles accepted and laid down in India-Pakistan communications with the UNCIP on Kashmir dated Decemberists 23 and December 25 and adopted by the United Nations Commission for India and Pakistan, are supplementary to the Commission’s Resolution of August 13, 1948. Its first question links accession of J&K to a free […]
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Unarmed freedom fighters #Kashmir
Muzamil Jaleel| Sun 31 Aug 2008| Kashmiri Muslims have broken new ground by waging a non-violent separation struggle but the Indian authorities seem unsure how to respond Flowing black beard, a headband with “Allahu akbar” (God is greatest) and a fluttering green flag. This has been the trademark picture of the recent azadi(freedom) processions of […]
In Kashmir, security searches lead to sexual abuse
India’s renewed Cordon and Search Operations are proving a nightmare for Kashmir’s women. By Qadri Inzamam | August 13, 2018| Zareena (name changed on request) remembers every detail of that evening: “There was a commotion outside. A group of policemen made their way into the lawn and started kicking and breaking whatever their eyes fell […]
Listen to the voiceless – accountability for HR abuses and violations cannot be indefinitely suspended
“Accountability for human rights abuses and violations cannot be indefinitely suspended while we wait for a political solution to Kashmir” Written by Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein | June 27, 2018 Most conversations about Kashmir focus on the tensions between India and Pakistan and the seemingly intransigent dispute between the two nuclear-armed neighbours. What is often […]
Why the NYT is really wrong about Kashmir
by Hafsa Kanjwal & Mohamad Junaid 23| May| 2018 On May 18, the New York Times published an editorial entitled “A long shot in Kashmir“. The editorial completely misrepresents the nature of the Kashmir issue and reinforces the false notion of it being a “territorial dispute” between India and Pakistan. In addition, it raises the […]
Kashmir – Two large funerals and a quiet burial
(by Khalid Gul) Such is the political climate of Tral that if you die for a side that you see as the enemy then you even don’t get a fitting goodbye. That was how the funeral of Lateef Ahmad Gojri went: quiet, unnoticed, and unsung. He was a policeman who died in a shootout with […]
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 […]
The systematic use of rape as a weapon of war in Kashmir
The rape and murder of Asifa Bano contains within it the story of Kashmir’s marginalised communities. [By Rauf Dar] On January 10, Asifa Bano, an eight year old Muslim girl from the Bakerwal community was abducted from Rasana village in Jammu and Kashmir. It was later found that she had been drugged, tortured and raped […]
APC in AJK backs IHK peoples’ struggle, Condemns Kashmiris killings
[By Muhammad Aslam Mir] For the last one week, people across Pakistan and Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) have been continuously condemning the rising human rights violations in Indian Held Kashmir (IHK) and the recent killings of more than 20 Kashmiris at the hand of Indian armed forces. Following the latest bloodbath in IHK, All […]
Kashmir today – Repression is at an all-time high
A.G. Noorani THE sacking of Kashmir’s finance minister, Haseeb Drabu, by Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on March 12 will give a severe jolt to the PDP’s coalition with the BJP. He was its architect, in partnership with BJP General Secretary Ram Madhav (an RSS official seconded to the BJP). Madhav has declared that there is […]
