Kashmir Update

The state should remember that its repression will only deepen solidarities amongst persecuted minorities and also Hindus who recognise the perversion of their faith.

The Kashmiri people deserve the same rights of freedom of association, expression, movement and religion as we all do

Twenty-one people fell to bullets of the paramilitary BSF men in this frontier town on Jan 25, 1990 , barely

ISLAMABAD: Senior counsel Mohammad Akram Sheikh on Thursday suggested to the federal government to refer to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) the matter of violation of human rights and lockdown of eight million Kashmiri people by Indian forces in occupied Kashmir in the wake of the top UN court’s landmark verdict against the Myanmar government in a case related to Rohingya Muslims’ genocide.

After it became one of the first countryside towns to bleed within the first week of Jagmohan’s return as a second-time governor of J&K, Handwara was denied a martyrs’ memorial. Years later, the memorial with a new identity not only got resurrected, but also went on to decimate the notoriously famous watchtower in the town.

The situation in Kashmir violates human rights. Thousands have been detained unjustly & millions are

Mobile internet and social media remain largely blocked in Indian-administered Kashmir, despite the government saying it partially lifted its internet blockade in the region.

Srinagar: With tourism in Kashmir taking a severe hit following the abrogation of Article 370, the sector’s hopes pinned on winter arrivals were also dashed as number of travelers to the region ebbed to a decade-low.

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A retired academic and social activist Muslim Jan was detained on Oct. 15 for protesting against the continued detention of political leaders in Indian-administered Kashmir.