Category: Kashmir

Wed 18 December 2019: China requested a closed-door briefing, but it was postponed after UN peacekeepers in Kashmir did not provide a brief. China has postponed a discussion by the United Nation’s Security Council planned for Tuesday about the situation in the disputed Indian territory of Jammu and Kashmir because the UN peacekeeping mission there was not […]

Fri 13 December 2019: Human rights groups are condemning the Indian government for carrying out widespread torture, extrajudicial killings, arbitrary arrests and other crimes in Kashmir after the region’s special status was revoked in August. We speak to the acclaimed Indian author Arundhati Roy about the crackdown in Kashmir, rising authoritarianism in India and other […]

Thu 12 December 2019: A near-complete lockdown by the Indian government in Jammu and Kashmir has “egregiously affected” daily lives of the people, said a report released on Wednesday. The report was released by the Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons, a consortium of about 1,000 people whose kin have been subjected to enforced and […]

Sat 07 December 2019: Four months after the special status of Jammu and Kashmir was revoked, civil society activists from different parts of India called on Thursday for the “restoration of democracy” and an end to “human rights violations” in the territory. In a special press conference in New Delhi, the activists narrated their recent […]

Sat 30 November 2019: Experts warn that toilet paper does little to remove feces and the United States is one country that hasn’t improved its sanitation when wiping.   While countries such as Japan, Italy and Greece use bidets in the toilets as a way to keep the anus clean, the US has mostly relied on toilet paper as the […]

Fri 29 November 2019: In the 115th day since the abrogation of certain provisions in Article 370 and changing the status of Kashmir, Sweden has come out strongly against the continued restrictions and political detentions in the Valley. In a response to a question on the situation in Kashmir in the Swedish parliament, Sweden’s foreign […]

Tue 19 November 2019: Cable TV operators in J&K have been warned against broadcasting any content from private TV channels based in Muslim nations like Iran, Pakistan, Turkey and Malaysia. The Centre has warned cable television operators in the newly-formed union territory of Jammu & Kashmir from broadcasting any content from private TV channels based […]

Mon 18 November 2019: A former Indian Army major general has ‘gone dark’ after his angry call during a TV debate for “death for death, rape for rape” in Kashmir caused a public outcry among civilians and the military. A political talk show on the TV9 Bharatvarsh channel was about the exodus of non-Muslim families […]