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…
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.
CategoriesBlogدورحاضرمیں انسانی حقوق محض ایک نعرہ بن چکا ہے۔ انسانی حقوق کی ان پامالیوں اصل سبب انسان کا وہ حیوانی جذبہ ہے جو اسے دوسروں پر ناحق حکم چلانے کےلیے اکساتا ہے۔ یہی وجہ ہے کہ صدیوں سے یہ بحث جاری ہے کہ انسانوں کے ایک دوسرے پر کیا حقوق ہیں؟ بقول سید مودودی: ”…
CategoriesBlogJust two days before Governor Jagmohan Malhotra, backed by the Indian Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) movement, was reappointed in Indian-occupied Jammu and Kashmir, a massive protest broke out in Srinagar, the summer capital of Kashmir to control the pro-freedom demonstrations. It has been over three decades since Jan. 21, 1990, when Indian occupying troops under his command…
CategoriesBlogIntroduction: On 5 August 2019, the government of India revoked the special constitutional status of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370 of the Constitution, and abrogated Article 35A which had allowed it to define who its ‘permanent residents’ are and what rights and privileges are attached to such residency. After the…
CategoriesBlogBi-Annual Human Rights Review (Jan – June 2021) Indian occupied Jammu Kashmir is under unprecedented censorship and this undemocratic forms of muzzling the voices of people has intensified manifold after the revocation of Article 370 and 35(A). The subsequent raids on human rights groups, activists, and journalists have made it more difficult for organizations to…
CategoriesBlogمحمد رفيق شنوارى تدور قضية كشمير – ولا سيما في خضم المحاولات لفهمها من منظور الصراع المسلح – حول حق تقرير المصير. وفقًا لما قاله وودرو ويلسون أنه لا يمكن أن يستمر أي سلام لا يعترف بالمبدأ القائل بأن الحكومات تستمد كل سلطاتها العادلة من موافقة المحكومين ، وأنه لا يوجد حق في أي…
CategoriesBlogBy bringing Hindu temples and relics to the fore, the Indian state and its proponents have only fueled the idea that it is Muslim Kashmiris who are the “exogenous ‘Others.’” In fact, India has crafted Kashmir’s public identity into a Hindu one, as more and more highly romanticized pilgrimages emerge in the Kashmir Valley. Indeed, it was…
CategoriesBlogAfter the killing of Burhan Wani, a young commander and a socially popular figure in the Indian-Occupied Jammu and Kashmir, the struggle for the right to self-determination in the disputed Himalayan valley changed drastically. Wani was shot dead by Indian occupying forces on July 8, 2016, in southern Kashmir. The killing sparked an uprising,…
CategoriesBlogBy Dr Abdul Manaan If one has to get sense of how fast is time running, ask any Kashmiri who has witnessed it all from Balakote bombing to Pakistan and India resuming trade, and then abrupt reversal of the decision, after later illegally and unilaterally annexed Kashmir in 2019. Let us put things in perspective…
