CategoriesPERSPECTIVEI should have forgotten as soon as it happened. Memories can haunt. Become nightmares. Forgetting is a blessing. I envy those who master the art of forgetfulness. They can move on in life easily. I am not among them. I am cursed. I remember. I don’t know why I remember but, unfortunately, I do. I…
CategoriesPERSPECTIVEA man of uncompromising nature, Shaheed Sehrai was known to be a close confidant of late Syed Ali Shah Geelani, the most popular resistance figure of the disputed region of Jammu and Kashmir who passed away in September last year. Both remained close to each other for almost 50 years. First arrested when he was…
CategoriesPERSPECTIVEFrom a student to a life convict, it has been tough journey for senior Liberation Leader, Dr Aashiq Hussain Faktoo alias Dr Qasim who has completed 29 years of imprisonment.
CategoriesPERSPECTIVEHow do you place yourself in a situation when your oppressor comes with all guns blazing to make you forget your history and erase all the memories and shape you in an altogether different individual with no memories of what you are and have been doing to exist in an overwhelmingly abnormal situation? Defenceless and…
CategoriesPERSPECTIVEIt was a quiet, sultry summer. The fighters had come from a long distance to hold a meeting with a newly appointed commander in Kupwara district of the valley, north of Kashmir. Tiered, the fighters took a bath in the nearby stream, on a hanging giant rock overlooking almost a dozen Indian army posts situated…
CategoriesUncategorizedAtrocity Crimes, Constitutional Onslaught, andGenocide Threat in IOJK: Role Human RightsWatchdogs Atrocity Crimes, Constitutional Onslaught, andGenocide Threat in IOJK: Role Human RightsWatchdogs Atrocity Crimes, Constitutional Onslaught, andGenocide Threat in IOJK: Role Human RightsWatchdogs Download Research Paper The 74 years of military occupation in Jammu and Kashmir is considered as longest occupation in modern history, with…
CategoriesPress ReleaseAnnual Human Rights Review 2021 Review: 257 killings, 195 CASOs, 130 residential houses bombed, 80 military operations, 163 freedom fighters killed, 48 Indian occupying forces killed in retaliation, and 46 civilians murdered by the occupying forces. And Indian right-wing regime arrests members of the Kashmiri Civil Society, journalists, and activists. This annual report prepared by…
CategoriesBlogOn November 8, Srinagar, the summer capital of the disputed territory of Jammu and Kashmir was selected among 49 cities worldwide to join the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization UNESCO’s creative cities network (UCCN). UCCN secretariat is administered by UNESCO, which ensures the network’s management at the global level. The initiative provides support…
CategoriesPress ReleaseThe webinar, titled ‘Demystifying Kashmir Under Siege’, was hosted by Legal Forum for Kashmir (LFOVK), an advocacy group for Kashmir based in Pakistan’s capital Islamabad. India has moved away from United Nation Security Council (UNSC) resolutions, the ongoing situation in Indian Occupied Jammu Kashmir (IOJK) demands global attention, the speakers emphasized. “The most important thing…
CategoriesBlogThe 73 years of military occupation of the UN recognised disputed territory of Kashmir, makes it one of the longest military occupations of modern history.
