Fri 13 September 2019: Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan on Thursday applauded the international community, for calling upon India to stop human rights violations in Jammu and Kashmir. Pakistan had earlier said that over 50 countries, including Turkey, as well as members of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) on Tuesday supported its call, to […]
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As the Kashmir siege enters 38 days of total lockdown, the Indian government does not seem anywhere near normalising the Kashmir situation as it has repeatedly claimed. On the contrary, news reports trickling out of the state are reporting horrific incidents of torture and death of hundreds of innocent Kashmiris. Several international media outlets, and […]
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Fri 13 September 2019: A bipartisan group of four influential US lawmakers on Thursday expressed concern over the human rights situation in Kashmir and urged President Donald Trump to press India to lift the communication blackout and release those who have been detained. In a letter addressed to Trump, Senators Chris Van Hollen, Todd Young, […]
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No Kashmiri will ever accept the abrogation of Kashmir’s autonomy. On June 11, 2010, I came face to face with the sad and violent reality of my homeland, Kashmir, for the first time in my life. I was leaving my tuition centre in the downtown area of the capital Srinagar when I heard shots. Within minutes […]
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Thu 12 September 2019: Two US lawmakers have expressed concerns over the situation in Kashmir, and urged US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo to convince India to immediately end the communication blockade and release those who have been detained. In a letter to Secretary Pompeo dated September 11, Pramila Jayapal, the first and the only […]
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Wed 11 September 2019: Kashmir has been locked in a battle between India and Pakistan for more than 70 years. The border dividing India and Pakistan-administered Kashmir is known as one of the world’s most militarised zones. Courtesy: TRT Think your friends would be interested? Share this story!
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Wed 11 September 2019: India is unhappy over the reference of situation in the occupied Kashmir in the Pakistan-China joint statement issued Sunday after the conclusion of visit by Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi to Islamabad. “We reject the reference to Jammu and Kashmir in the joint statement issued by China and Pakistan after the recent visit […]
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Wed 11 September 2019: Over 50 countries in the U.N., including Turkey, as well as the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC), urged India to stop human rights violations in the Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir. “The worsening human rights and humanitarian situation in the Indian Administered Jammu & Kashmir, especially following decisions taken on August 5, […]
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Tue 10 September 2019: GENEVA: Pakistan’s foreign minister demanded Tuesday that the UN launch an investigation into the situation in Indian Kashmir, warning that a “genocide” could be looming in the Muslim-majority region. “The people of Indian Occupied Jammu and Kashmir are apprehending the worst,” Shah Mehmood Qureshi told the UN Human Rights Council in […]
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Tue 10 September 2019: Residents of a dozen villages in the disputed Kashmir region say Indian troops have raided their homes in an apparent campaign of intimidation. In more than 50 interviews, residents told The Associated Press that soldiers inflicted beatings and electric shocks and poisoned their food supplies or killed livestock. The raids have […]
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