India
If New Delhi thinks Kashmir issue is not an issue, it will eat you up: Mehbooba Mufti
In her first press conference after her release from 14-month long detention, former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir Mehbooba Mufti said the Kashmir issue is an issue and if New Delhi thinks it is not an issue, “the issue will eat you up”.
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J&K administration seals Kashmir Times office, gives no reason
The Jammu and Kashmir administration has locked one of the two properties allotted to the oldest and largest circulated newspaper Kashmir Times in Srinagar.
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Everything has become a cartoon: Kashmiri Cartoonist Mir Suhail
Beneath the iconic clock tower of Lal Chowk, Srinagar, Mir Suhail Qadiri sketches a pool of human targets. Suhail posted it with the hashtag #KashmiriLivesMatter - evoking the dangerous...
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Kashmir lawyer shot dead at home
Panelist, writer and lawyer Babar Qadri was shot and killed by unidentified gunmen in Srinagar’s Hawal area on Thursday.
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Two Kashmiri photojournalists say brutally beaten up by police
Kamran Yousuf and Faisal Bashir, two photojournalists were brutally beaten up by the Jammu and Kashmir Police on Tuesday while they were covering an ongoing encounter between militants and security forces in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district.
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Blood oozed out of my eye and face as pellets hit: High School student who was at Kashmir’s Muharram processions
The high-school student was hit with pellets in his left eye, arms, and face and fears he will lose his eyesight. He has already undergone his first surgery at a government hospital in Srinagar and is awaiting further treatment.
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India using pellet guns to maim, blind, kill Kashmiris, rights watchdog slams police action on Muharram processions
The Indian authorities should prohibit security forces in Jammu and Kashmir from using shotguns firing metal pellets to disperse crowds, Human Rights Watch said on Friday.
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Fish out of water: Scholars and researchers in Kashmir
For graduate students, or those pursuing research, high speed internet is an essential tool, especially when access to physical libraries is restricted. Methods used earlier to circumvent the internet problem are also unusable now (travelling to other areas to access the syllabi and resources, ferrying in hard drives with necessary content).
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Kashmir: Police fire pellet guns on Muharram procession
Indian police have fired shotgun pellets to disperse hundreds of Shia Muslims participating in a Muharram procession in Kashmir, injuring dozens in Kashmir on Saturday.
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CPJ, 400 journalists and academics call for release of journalist Aasif Sultan
On 27 August, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), an international body for protection of journalists, has emailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi the letter demanding the release of Kashmiri journalist...
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Queers in Kashmir say without internet, they are completely isolated
"But as part of the LGBTQ+ community, we are already marginalised, so this lockdown is one more layer of that oppression. It is just pushing our community to the wall."
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Restore high-speed internet in Kashmir, international organisations repeat their demand
More than 25 international and national non-profit organisations and civil society groups voice their concerns urging the Jammu and Kashmir Government to restore high speed internet access in the region.
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