Wed 02 October 2019: According to data attached to the report filed by the four-judge Juvenile Justice Committee of the Jammu and Kashmir High court, 144 children under 18 years of age had been picked up by police between August 5 and September 23 this year. hildren as young as 9-years-old had been picked up […]
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Tue 01 October 2019: Reports of violence, torture in Kashmir are ‘extremely concerning,’ says Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez A U.S. congresswoman voiced solidarity with people of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir, saying the ongoing “blockade must end”. We stand for the basic human dignity of Kashmiris & support democracy, equality, and human rights for all – including the […]
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Tue 01 October 2019: A team of five women travelled across Kashmir for five days to see how the lockdown has affected people there. All five women belong to civil society groups. According to their fact-finding report which carries accounts of Kashmiris. Men were “brutally beaten” for “no reason” in a village near Bandipora and […]
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Tue 01 October 2019: Due to the lockdown in Kashmir, many women have been unable to buy sanitary pads and relying on either unhygienic options during their menstrual cycle or borrowing pads from friends in the neighbourhood, a report in a national daily pointed out. A report in the National Herald quoted several women as […]
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Tue 01 October 2019: The details of a joint English TV channel planned by Turkey, Pakistan and Malaysia, is being slowly revealed as leaders shared further information on the project. “We felt that many reports about Islam and Muslims were inaccurate and do not portray what Islam preaches. They label Muslims as terrorists for example, […]
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Mon 30 September 2019: Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad’s speech at United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), in which he called Jammu and Kashmir “invaded and occupied” territory has led to social media outrage, with people calling for the boycott of trade and tourism with Malaysia. Echoing Turkey and China, the Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Bin Mohamad indirectly […]
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Mon 30 September 2019: Turkey’s president on Sunday attended a dual ceremony commissioning a new Turkish naval ship while starting construction of a ship set to be sold to Pakistan’s navy. In his speech, Erdogan said he hopes the Kinaliad, an Ada-class corvette, will benefit the Turkish nation and its sailors and further hopes Pakistan, […]
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Sun 29 September 2019: Members of various faith, ethnic groups rally to stand with Kashmir and pledge their fight will go on. Gurpatwant Singh Pannun still has vivid memories of the summer of 1984. A teenager at the time, he remembers security forces taking boys from his village in Punjab in the aftermath of a deadly Indian […]
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Sat 28 September 2019: Protesters gathered in Dhaka after Friday prayer, demanding restoration of special status of Indian-administered Kashmir People marched in Bangladeshi capital Dhaka on Friday demanding an end to the curfew-like situation in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir. The group — called Kashmir Solidarity Council Bangladesh (KSCB)– gathered in Maghbazar neighborhood of the city […]
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Sat 28 September 2019: Authorities in Indian Kashmir tightened restrictions on people’s movements on Saturday to prevent possible protests triggered by a speech by Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan. Khan, in an address to the United Nations General Assembly on Friday, warned there would be a bloodbath once India lifts its restrictions in Kashmir which have […]
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