Kunan Poshpora: What is it like to be a woman in war-torn Kashmir
In the larger discourse of direct , structural and cultural violence, women in this occupied region are often neglected.
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CategoriesBlogThe dead that never came back: A story of silent burials in Kashmir
On 11 February 1984 a 45 year old Kashmiri man Maqbool Bhat, considered to be architect of Kashmir’s first armed rebellion, was sent to gallows inside India’s infamous detention centre Tihar Jail, west of New Delhi, the capital of the Indian state.
CategoriesReportsThe Great Land-Grab: Disempowering People in Indian Occupied Jammu & Kashmir
The enactment of Jammu & Kashmir Re-organization Act 2019 by the
Indian Parliament after the unilateral and Illegal annexation of Indian
occupied Jammu Kashmir-IOJK marks a critical turning point in the
transition of colonial laws into settler colonial legislations applicable to
state.
CategoriesReportsKupwara Massacre
A detailed, study was conducted by Institute of Kashmir Studies on the Kupwara Massacre.
CategoriesReportsSlaughter in Sopore
Download Report On the morning of January 6, 1993, Indian occupying troops of 94 Battalion, Border Security Force (94 Bn. BSF), led by Commanding Officer S. Thangappan, shot and killed 46 people and injured dozens more. This fact finding probe compiled by Institute of Kashmir studies-IKS is eye-opener to the world that India and it’s…
CategoriesReportsAnnual Human Rights Review – Indian occupied Kashmir, 2022.
1) 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,…
CategoriesReportsColonial Diary – the repository of settler colonial diktats by the Indian administration in IIOJK
‘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).
CategoriesReportsThe Profiles of the people killed in 2016 by the Indian Occupying Forces. (based on Family Testimonies)
This 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.
CategoriesReportsExtra-Judicial Execution of Tabarak Hussain (Mentally Challenged) By Indian Occupying Forces – IOF
view 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…
CategoriesUncategorizedIndia: Silencing Journalism and Human Rights in Kashmir
Download 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…
