CategoriesReports1) A total of 312 killings. 2) 200 major cordon and search operations (CASOs). 3) 212 residential houses destroyed. 4) 116 military operations. 5) 181 freedom fighters killed. 6) 45 civilians murdered by the occupying forces. 7) Death of 24 Indian occupying forces. 8) Intimidation, harassment, arbitrary detention and illegal confinement. 9) 24 structures (houses,…
CategoriesReports‘Colonial Diary’ the repository of settler colonial diktats by the Indian administration in IIOJK has been compiled by the research team of Legal Forum for Kashmir (LFK).
CategoriesReportsThis report is aimed to play an important role in keeping alive the memory of loss and resistance that is being erased systematically from the public domain in Kashmir.
CategoriesReportsview Dossier Tabarak Hussain, 32, the mentally challenged son of Abdul Malik, resident of Sabzkot, Kotli in Pakistan Administered Kashmir (PAK) inadvertently crossed the Ceasefire Line on August 21. The Indian Border Security Forces indiscriminately fired upon him and captured him alive in injured condition. He had at least two bullet wounds, one in his…
CategoriesUncategorizedDownload Report For many in Kashmir, journalists are considered the last line of ‘defense’ for representing the actual reality of ground in the valley. A community of more than 300 journalists in Srinagar who are somehow managing to survive are struggling to keep journalism relevant in Kashmir. The new ‘Media Policy’ in 2020, to be…
CategoriesReportsDownload Report 191 killings, 120 Cordon and Search Operations (CASOs), 116 residential houses bombed, 72 military operations, 122 freedom fighters killed, 45 Indian Occupying Forces personnel killed in retaliation, and 24 civilians killed in various incidents of violence. The intimidation and harassment of human rights defenders, journalists, and civil society continue at the hands of…
CategoriesPERSPECTIVEOn June 19, 2022, Jammu and Kashmir Police announced that an encounter between Indian Armed forces and freedom fighters has erupted in Lolab area of North Kashmir. Soon, as events and information unfolded, it was a textbook style of earlier operations. It was not the first time they had a script with so many loopholes…
CategoriesPERSPECTIVETranslation of Shahnawaz Taing’s Urdu Short Story ‘INSANIYAT” She was walking like a cat. Happy and calm. It was a warm, beautiful morning. Suddenly she felt nauseous. Her head began to spin. Blood pressure reached the sky (must have been 180/170 if checked sphygmomanometer). Her condition was getting worse and with a loud thud, she fell on…
CategoriesPERSPECTIVEHe is going to die, shoot him twice, slit his throat They won’t forget, hear the cries, slit his throat Heer wandering in the lanes of Kashmir, said Where is Ranja, put him on the ice, slit his throat Ali won’t come to help us, we’re not Hussain Find your own Yazeed, pay the price,…
CategoriesPERSPECTIVEmabrook, you are a mouj now, be wise — prepare his head for a bullet a charming martyr with green eyes — prepare his head for a bullet children who survive are all blind, they shot pellets in their eyes they target the kids and never compromise — prepare his head for a bullet wamiq, salik, sameer,…
