HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT 2016 – INDIAN OCCUPIED JAMMU & KASHMIR
HUMAN RIGHTS REPORT 2016 INDIAN OCCUPIED JAMMU & KASHMIR Researched & Compiled by Mahnoor Wani Ms. Attiya Asim Download PDF TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction Enforced Disappearance Arbitrary arrests and illegal detentions Injuries Due to Excessive Force Used Against Peaceful Protestors Torture Assault on health services & aid workers Sexual More...
Trolled on social media for meeting Mehbooba Mufti, Dangal girl Zaira says sorry
Dangal girl from Jammu and Kashmir Zaira Wasim, who gave a sparkling performance in the Aamir Khan-starrer record-breaking movie, took to social media on Monday to post an apology for meeting state Chief Minister More...
Solidarity with Kashmiris
Severe torture is being done to Kashmiri youth in IOK. An eye opener for the muted world By Tariq Rizwan February 5, each year is observed as a Kashmir Day when a part of Kashmir was liberated from India called More...
Geelani sets demilitarization as pre-condition for dialogue on Kashmir
Geelani said that India is trying all means to “legitimize” its illegal control on Kashmir since 1947. Hurriyat (G) Chairman Syed Ali Geelani on Thursday said that he was not against talks as a means to end More...
The Kashmir Upspring
By Sadiq Zafar A month has passed and peace seems to be an unimaginable thing in the valley of Kashmir. Burning in the political inferno, only the people of Kashmir are at the suffering end while the Indian state More...
The Forgotten War in Kashmir Is Turning Nasty
By Baba Umar Ever since they entered into a cease-fire agreement in the disputed Kashmir, relations between Pakistan and India never seemed to be unraveling. Over the past month and a half, however, the South Asian More...
Mapping Kashmir’s Cycle of Discontent
By Asma Khan Lone Kashmir has erupted once again, engulfed by yet another cycle of conflict and violence—its Sisyphean bane. The trigger this time is the killing of rebel commander, Burhan Wani, the tech-savvy More...
Kashmir: A story of defiance amid grief
People in Indian-administered Kashmir aim their anger at security forces as death toll and eye injuries mount. Human rights activists say the security forces enjoy impunity from prosecution [EPA] By Elizabeth More...
Kashmir, the Paradise that Breaks Your Heart
By Shome Basu A look at the lives of locals and those affected by pellet guns during the weeks of violence and protests in the Valley, before the curfew was finally lifted after 51 days. On August 5, Umar Yousuf, More...