Mon 09 September 2019: The UN Human Rights Council on Monday voiced concern over the recent Indian actions and their impact on the human rights situation in Jammu and Kashmir. “I am deeply concerned about the impact of recent actions by the Government of India on the human rights of Kashmiris, including restrictions on internet, […]
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Sun 08 September 2019: US has again called for India to resume “political engagement” with Kashmiri leaders and schedule elections at the “earliest opportunity”, even as it reiterated concern about continuing detentions of local politicians. The latest statement comes just after a week the US had first raised publicly the need for the Indian government […]
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Sat 07 September 2019: Islamabad has refused to give the president of India permission to enter its airspace for his flight to Iceland, Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi said on Saturday. Prime Minister Imran Khan approved the move in light of India’s treatment of people in occupied Kashmir, Qureshi told Pakistani media, adding that […]
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Sat 07 September 2019: As Pakistan observed its 54th Defense Day on Friday, Prime Minister Imran Khan vowed that Islamabad was prepared to give the “fullest possible” response to India’s actions in disputed Kashmir. Defense Day, which is held on September 6, marks the anniversary of the defense of the country’s territory in the 1965 […]
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Sat 07 September 2019: Kashmir is on the agenda for Switzerland during President Kovind’s visit to the country. This comes days after the European Union Committee on Foreign Affairs discussed Kashmir in a closed door meeting. In a statement, the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) in Switzerland said the “situation in Kashmir” will be […]
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Fri 06 September 2019: Rashid had on August 18 claimed that the Indian Army was indiscriminately picking up men, raiding houses and torturing people in Jammu and Kashmir. Kashmiri political activist Shehla Rashid was on Friday booked for sedition by the special cell of Delhi Police for her comments about alleged human rights violations in […]
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Fri 06 September 2019: After India’s revocation of Article 370, India-administered Kashmir has been compared to the West Bank. But are the two really that similar? Courtesy: TRT Think your friends would be interested? Share this story!
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Thu 05 September 2019: Campaign aimed to highlight human cost of communication blackout, which the group called an assault on civil liberties Global rights watchdog Amnesty International on Thursday launched a campaign with the hashtag #LetKashmirSpeak decrying the human cost of the communications blackout in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir. In a statement, the Indian chapter […]
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Thu 05 September 2019: For weeks now, India has looked on the most ambitious exercise in censorship since the Emergency There has, significantly, been little push back from media institutions Kashmir, today, is the crucible in which the idea of free speech, and other foundational elements of democracy, are being tested Think your friends would […]
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Thu 05 September 2019: Saudi Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Adel Al Jubeir and UAE Foreign Minister Shaikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan arrived in Islamabad in what Pakistani authorities said was a symbolic show of unity. The two diplomats held talks with their Pakistani counterpart, Shah Mahmood Qureshi, who said on Tuesday that […]
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