Topic: Jammu and Kashmir
We were abducted, used as human shields by Indian army, Kashmiris share ordeal
"They [forces] threatened me to shut my family up, otherwise, they would kill them," he said. "I then left with them," Amir Niyaz said. Maktoob speaks to two Kashmiri men including Niyaz who were abducted from home and used as human shields by the Indian army.
Kashmir: Lieutenant Governor orders magisterial probe into civilian killings
Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Thursday ordered a magisterial inquiry into the Hyderpora killings.
Kashmir: Police detain family members demanding return of dead bodies of killed civilians
Jammu and Kashmir Police have detained family members of Altaf Ahmad Bhat and Mudasir Gul who were killed by Indian armed forces. The family members were on a sit-in protest demanding the return of the dead bodies of their kin at Press Colony in Srinagar.
25 years after custodial killing of Kashmir man, court orders to probe investigating officers
Jameela Bhat has recorded her statements hundreds of times before police officers in the valley in the last 25 years - repeating the same story again and again - in a case of her husband’s custodial killing. "Even when I talk about it now, I can see the same visuals of that day," she said. "I have been telling the same story all these years."
Kashmir photojournalist among eight arrested under UAPA in militant conspiracy case
A photojournalist from Kashmir valley, Manan Gulzar Dar, was one of eight persons arrested under draconian UAPA by the National Investigation Agency in a militant conspiracy case.
“Targetted killing,” says father of 19 year old Kashmiri shot dead by CRPF
"We lost our son, we are devasted," lamented Aijaz Ahmad Rather, Shahid's father. "Following my illness, I had pinned my hopes with Shahid to feed the family."
