Topic: Kashmir
Court refuses to quash UAPA against professor, says he spoke against oppression in Kashmir
The Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh High Court recently refused to quash an FIR registered against Abdul Bari Naik, an assistant professor working in a government college who has been accused of intending to provoke common people to use force or violence against the institutions like the army and the police.
“We are being punished by the law,” say Kashmiris to Amnesty International
In the three years since 5 August 2019, the Indian government has drastically intensified the repression of the people of Jammu & Kashmir, including journalists and human rights defenders by subjecting them to multiple human rights violations, said Amnesty International in a newly released report.
Mirwaiz again stopped from delivering Friday sermon at Srinagar’s Jamia Masjid
Hurriyat Conference chairperson, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, was again stopped by police from leaving his house to deliver the sermon at Kashmir’s historic Jamia Masjid.
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Kashmiris denounce India’s plan to add 2.5 million new voters
The decision to allow voting rights to any Indian citizen living temporarily in Kashmir led to anger and fear amongst political parties and locals in the Valley as it is being seen as yet another attempt by the ruling Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) to change the demography of the Muslim-dominated region.
J&K army camp attack: 3 soldiers, 2 militants killed
Three Army personnel and two militants lost their lives in the exchange of fire in the border district of Rajouri in Jammu and Kashmir on Thursday morning.
Kashmir: Civilian killed in gunfight in Kulgam
A civilian named Manzoor Lone was killed in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Friday after a gunfight broke out between suspected militants and security forces.
