India
Kashmir: Jamia Masjid’s gates locked on Shab-e-Barat, Mehbooba terms it “violation of fundamental rights”
Locking up historic Jamia Masjid in Srinagar on Shab-e-Barat is a brazen violation of fundamental rights and religious freedom guaranteed by the Indian Constitution, said former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti.
India
Army court recommends life term for captain over fake encounter killings of three Kashmiris
An Army court has recommended life imprisonment for a captain involved in the staged killings of three Kashmiri men at Amshipora in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district in 2020.
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India
Kashmir: Son of Kunan Poshpora survivor found dead 3 months after detained by Indian Army
Abdul Rashid Dar, a resident of Kunan village in north Kashmir’s Kupwara district who had been picked up by the soldiers of the Army’s 41 Rashtriya Rifles unit for questioning from his home on December 15, found dead on Wednesday.
India
Kunan Poshpora; Largest recorded incident of sexual assault in South Asian history
23rd February, 2023 marks the 32nd anniversary of the mass rape and torture in twin villages of Kunan and Poshpora in Kupwara district of Kashmir.
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Features
Poor Kashmiris targetted in anti-encroachment drive despite governor’s assurance
On 4 February, the stillness of cold winter morning at Srinagar's Padshahi Bagh was taken away by the screams of Sara Sofi, an old woman crying helplessly. Hundreds of...
Features
Meet Kashmir’s female martial artists, shattering glass ceilings
Jabeena Akhtar, a champion in the Chinese martial art of Wushu, recalls a taunt she got as a child. Akhtar was bruised while playing and taken to a clinic...
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India
Editors across globe demand release of Kashmiri journalist Fahad Shah
Editors of at least eight prominent media outlets across world issued a joint statement on 15 February, demanding immediate release of Kashmiri journalist Fahad Shah who has been languishing in Indian jail under draconian laws.
India
Supreme Court dismisses challenge to delimitation in Jammu & Kashmir
The Supreme Court, on Monday, dismissed a petition challenging the delimitation exercise carried out for redrawing the Legislative Assembly and Lok Sabha constituencies in the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir.
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India
Kashmiri journalist Fahad Shah completes one year in jail
Fahad Shah, prominent Kashmiri young journalist and editor of The Kashmir Walla has completed one year in jail under draconian charges on 4 February, 2023.
India
Jailed Kashmiri activist Khurram Parvez wins Martin Ennals award
Human rights defender and a veteran Kashmiri activist Khurram Parvez who is in jail in New Delhi under draconian law is the 2023 Laureate for the Martin Ennals Award for human rights defenders, the organisers announced.
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Kashmir
Remembering Rehman Rahi, Kashmir’s literary genius
He was 98 years old and had been working since 14, when his father, a labourer, passed away. He first worked as a clerk in the PWD and then...
Bookshelf
Book review: “A Dismantled State” chronicles, deconstructs, and questions state propaganda surrounding Naya Kashmir
On 05 August 2019, the parliament stripped Jammu and Kashmir of its special status by reading down Article 370 and 35A, thus dividing the erstwhile state into two union...
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