Topic: Kashmir
“Investigation in Kashmir is a cruel joke,” Tufail Matoo’s father on his son’s 11th death anniversary
June 11, 2010, is inscribed on Tufail Mattoo's father's heart. As, every time he is being perused by the reporters to know what caused his son Tufail's death, it revives his open wounds. Friday marked 11 years of his killing in the hands of the Indian military forces, which triggered massive protests and outrage among the Kashmiris seeking his justice.
Kashmiri artist detained, charged under PSA over ‘We are Palestine’ graffiti
The young Kashmiri artist Mudasir Gul has been charged under draconian PSA (Public Safety Act) by authorities for drawing art work in support of Palestine.
“We are no less than Palestine,” say Kashmiris protesting Israeli aggression in Gaza
"Both the Kashmiris and the Palestinians have much in common. Just like Palestine, the Kashmir is heavily blockaded and highly militarized by the state. Despite their human rights violations they claim to survive in what can be described 'as an open air prison'" says Iqra, a college student from Kashmir.
Kashmir: Mother dies of heart attack after son dragged away during night raid
A 60-year-elderly woman died of a heart attack while her child was being hauled away by Jammu and Kashmir police during a night assault at about 2:30 a.m on Thursday, eyewitnesses from the family said.
Media bodies in Kashmir protest IG’s diktat to journalists “to not come closer to encounter sites”
Journalist bodies in Kashmir urged Inspector General of police in Kashmir Vijay Kumar to put the record straight and clarify the statement attributed to him, after the top police officer said that the "media persons should not come closer to encounter sites and law and order situations and they should not carry live coverage of these situations."
“A threat to national security,” Mehbooba Mufti and mother denied passport
The Passport Office authorities have refused to provide a passport to former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister and PDP supremo Mehbooba Mufti, citing she is 'threat to national security'.
