Pakistan & Kashmir

Posted by: Sammi Ibrahem,Sr According to the BJP, Operation Kashmir has been the biggest achievement so far of Modi 2.0. Admittedly, vast sections of the general public got swayed in favour of this supposedly complete integration of Kashmir with India, and initially it was difficult to find many takers for our bold opposition to this despotic step of the Modi government. But now as more and more people wake up to the reality of growing mass resentment and massive violation of democratic rights in Kashmir valley and international opposition to Indian state’s unilateral violation of the historical and constitutional conditions of Kashmir’s merger withMore Adivasi Rights Yatra concludes with Conference at Sonbhadra The Adivasi Rights and Justice Yatra led by party State Secretary Co...

KAVITA Krishnan, Campaign Committee Member of the All India People’s Forum (AIPF) and Politburo member of CPIML addressed a Press Meet on 6 September at the Kolkata Press Club on the continuing Kashmir lockdown. Between 9-13 August, she had visited the Kashmir Valley along with economist Jean Dreze, Maimoona Mollah of CPIM, and Vimal Bhai of NAPM. A booklet including this team’s report was released at the Press Meet, and a video-report prepared by the team, titled ‘Kashmir Caged’ was screened. Kavita Krishnan said that the Modi Government must be held accountable for military dictatorship in Kashmir. In Kashmir now, there is no elected representation, no free press, no free speech; there is indefinite illegal arrest and detention of political leaders and activists as well as of young ch...

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Genocide Watch, a global organisation dedicated to the prevention of genocide, has issued two warning alerts for India — one for the occupied territory of Kashmir and the other for Assam state. According to the website, a ‘Genocide Watch’ warning is declared by the NGO when there are signs of the early stages of a genocide in progress. Founded by academic Dr Gregory Stanton in 1999, the organisation exists to predict, prevent, stop, and punish genocide — as defined in the Genocide Convention — and other forms of mass murder. The most recent genocide alert issued by the organisation was for occupied Kashmir, in which it identified the genocidal process, based on Dr Stanton’s 10 Stages of Genocide, to be far advanced: Classification: Hindu and Sikh Indian army “us” vs Kashmiri...

Indian PM Narendra Modi reportedly rejected the comparison in a Monday phone conversation with US President Donald Trump byEoin Higgins Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, pictured in Beijing, China in November 2018, called on the world Sunday to watch neighboring India's right-wing tilt. (Photo: Thomas Peter-Pool/Getty Images) Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday likened the Indian government to that of Nazi Germany in comments that represented the latest escalation in tensions between the two rivals that have been sent into overdrive over the disputed territory of Kashmir since India invaded the region in early August. "India has been captured, as Germany had been captured by Nazis, by a fascist, racist Hindu Supremacist ideology and leadership," tweeted Khan. "This...

India closed down the biggest mosque in Kashmir and people were allowed to gather in small groups to pray on Eid while in Delhi activists and Kashmiris gathered to mark the day.  Indian armed forces imposed more restrictions on mosques across occupied Kashmir Monday for the Eid-al-Adha holiday. RELATED: Kashmir Under Seige: Is India Using Israel's Colonial Playbook in Kashmir? Kashmir's biggest city Srinagar was largely locked down to prevent any major protests against a decision that scrapped the Himalayan region’s special status. The biggest mosque in Kashmir, namely, Jamia Masjid, was closed down and people could only gather in small groups to pray.  Worshippers were encouraged to attend prayers in the areas where they live...