Bilquis Sister of Irfan Ahmed Hurr, who according to the relatives was arrested during clampdown after the scrapping of the special constitution status for Kashmir. Image Reuters Wed 14 August 2019: Eleven days after Indian authorities began detaining hundreds of local leaders and activists in Kashmir, fearing violence after the region’s special status was withdrawn, […]
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Wed 14 August 2019: A solidarity team just returned to Delhi from extensive travels in Kashmir. The situation they found is completely different from what is being reported in the Indian media so far. Here is the report released by the team, comprising economist Jean Dreze, Vimalbhai of NAPM, Kavita Krishnan (CPIML & AIPWA) and […]
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Civil rights activists Jean Dreze, Maimoona Mollah, Kavita Krishnan and Vimal Bhai were part of the team which returned from the Valley after a 5-day visit. Wed 14 August 2019: The activists were allowed to address the Press and narrate their experience during their five-day stay in the Kashmir valley but asked not to display […]
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Wed 14 August 2019: Group of Indian activists calls for withdrawal of government’s move to revoke special status of disputed region. A group of Indian activists and members of leftist organisations has called for the withdrawal of the government’s move to revoke special status of Indian-administered Kashmir. The group of activists, economists and writers presented their […]
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Imran Khan (centre) addresses the legislative assembly in Muzaffarabad to mark the country’s Independence Day. AFP Wed 14 August 2019: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan used an address celebrating Independence Day on Wednesday to accuse India of planning military action in the disputed Kashmir region that has long been a flashpoint between the two nuclear-armed […]
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Wed 14 August 2019: The billion-dollar deal between Reliance Industries Ltd and state-run Saudi Aramco on Monday came as a heartache to Pakistan which has been seeking the support of foreign powers, including Riyadh, over India’s historic move to change the status of Jammu and Kashmir. The deal came just days after New Delhi decided […]
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Wed 14 August 2019: India’s Supreme Court, which is reviewing a petition for the immediate withdrawal of severe government restrictions in Kashmir, said that the security crackdown and communications blackout in the region should continue. The bench said the situation in Kashmir was “sensitive” and that the government needed more time to tackle it. “The […]
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Wed 14 August 2019: Amnesty International India condemned a decision by India’s Supreme Court to allow New Delhi to continue a security crackdown and communications blackout in Kashmir. In a press release, press release, the human rights organisation said the court’s refusal to pass an order on lifting restrictions in Kashmir was “a blow to the people […]
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Wed 14 August 2019: The Pakistani government asked the United Nations Security Council to meet over India’s decision to revoke the special status of Jammu and Kashmir. “Pakistan will not provoke a conflict. But India should not mistake our restraint for weakness,” Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi wrote in a letter to the council […]
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Tue 13 August 2019: At US event, Indian actress and UN goodwill envoy is called hypocrite over February tweet amid India-Pakistan tensions. Indian actress Priyanka Chopra has been branded a hypocrite over a tweet she posted in February amid escalating tensions between neighbours India and Pakistan. The incident, which was widely shared online, took place […]
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