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Torture: Indian State’s Instrument of Control in Indian Administered Jammu and Kashmir

India Decides to Not To Communicate with UN Special Reporters About Reports on Violations in Kashmir

India Bans Yasin Malik Led Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF)

Pro-freedom Sikh Group Pays Tributes of Makbool Bhatt and Afzal Guru

Kashmir Shuts Down to Protest Against Indian PM’s Visit

Ignoring India’s Objections, Pakistani Foreign Minister Calls Another Pro-freedom Kashmiri Leader

Indian Authorities Stop Simranjit Singh Maan from Visiting Kashmir Valley

Human Rights Body Worried Over Pattern of Excessive Force Used Against Civilians In Kashmir

Killings of Innocent Civilians by Forces in Pulwama is a Blot on India’s Face: Sikh body

Indian Forces Kill Civilians and Rebels in Kashmir

PUDR Condemns Killings of Policemen in Kashmir; Says the State and Militants Must Respect War Law Prohibitions

UN Human Rights Office Scraps Indian Media’s Accusations Against Report on Kashmir

Terming Statements About Kashmir Talks As Ambiguous, Pro-Freedom Kashmiri Leaders Tell New Delhi to Come Clear and Include Pakistan

Govt. of India Ready to Hold Talks with Pro-Freedom Kashmiri Leaders; Hurriyat Likely to Decide Today

Bloody Sunday: 12 Militants, 3 Indian Soldiers & 4 Civilians Killed; Hospitals Flooded With Injured Civilians

No Plans To Scrap Article 370, Informs Indian Government In Parliament

Sayed Ali Shah Geelani Step Down As Tehreek-e-Hurriyat Chief, Ashraf Sehrai To Replace Him

PDP Govt Of Jammu & Kashmir Sacks Finance Minister For His Controversial Remarks Over Kashmir Issue

AFSPA Is Both Unnecessary & Counterproductive, Need To Repeal It

No Justice Yet For Kunan Poshpora Rapes, Says Amnesty International India

Shopian Killings: India’s Top Court Stays Criminal Proceedings Against Indian Army Official

NIA Evidence in Kashmiri Movement Funding Case From Websites, YouTube, WhatsApp

J&K Police Disallowed Joint Resistance Leadership To Hold A Seminar On Human Rights Day

PUDR Condemns New Ordinance by J&K Government; Terms it Draconian

Jammu Massacre: The Horrifying Event That Ignited Decades Long Kashmir Standoff

Kashmir Witnesses Bandh On ‘Black Day’ Marking Indian Troops Arrival In Kashmir Valley

Supreme Court Of India”s Refusal To Reopen Cases Of Killings Of Kashmiri Pandits Disappointing, Says Rights Group

J&K Bar Association Questioning Over J-K accession ‘Irks’ SCI

Will Assimilate Kashmir Through Constitutional Expedient: Mohan Bhagwat

“Losing Sight In Kashmir: The impact of pellet-firing shotguns”, A Report By Amnesty International India

Kashmiri Militant Leader Yasin Itoo Killed In An Encounter With Indian Security Forces

‘Pro-Freedom’ Slogans Greets Governor At Kashmir University

Jammu Bar Council Expels Sikh Leader Close To Sayed Ali Shah Geelani

Pro-Freedom Militant Leader Abu Dujana Killed By Indian Security Forces, Apprehensive Govt Servers Internet Services In Kashmir

Arrest Of Sikh Leader In Jammu, Hindutva Mob Raises ‘Goli Maro’ & Indira Gandhi Slogans

”Civilians Killed Were Wearing Pathan Suit” Says India’s Military Tribunal While Justifying Bail Out Of Convicted Soldiers

Macchil Fake Encounter: Army Tribunal Suspends Life Term Of Five Convicted Army Personnel

NIA Arrests 7 Pro-Freedom Activists Including Geelani’s Son-in-Law In Supposed Terror Funding Case

Pro-Hindutva Group Force Shut A Kashmiri Trader’s Shop Over a Facebook Post In Mussoorie

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Torture: Indian State’s Instrument of Control in Indian Administered Jammu and Kashmir

May 21, 2019

The Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons (APDP) and the Jammu Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society (JKCCS) yesterday (on May 20) released the first comprehensive report on torture in Jammu and Kashmir titled Torture: Indian State’s Instrument of Control in Indian Administered Jammu and Kashmir.

India Decides to Not To Communicate with UN Special Reporters About Reports on Violations in Kashmir

May 21, 2019

Angry over a submission from the Geneva-based Human Rights Council (HRC) on the massive human rights violations in Indian occupied Kashmir, the Indian state has reportedly informed the United Nations body that it will no longer entertain any communication with the HRC’s Special Rapporteurs on its report.

India Bans Yasin Malik Led Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF)

March 22, 2019

The Indian state has reportedly banned Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF). The pro-freedom Kashmiri organisation was led by Yasin Malik, who is under arrest and at present lodged in Jammu's Kot Balwal jail.

Pro-freedom Sikh Group Pays Tributes of Makbool Bhatt and Afzal Guru

February 11, 2019

Expressing solidarity with struggling people of Kashmir, Dal Khalsa urged representative organizations from Kashmir and Punjab to strengthen coordination among them against common oppressor (New Delhi).

Kashmir Shuts Down to Protest Against Indian PM’s Visit

February 4, 2019

Kashmiri people reportedly observed a complete shut down on Sunday (Feb. 3) as a token of protest against Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit. The Tribune has noted in one of its news reports that "[c]losed markets and deserted roads greeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi on his arrival in Srinagar as Kashmir observed a shutdown...".

Ignoring India’s Objections, Pakistani Foreign Minister Calls Another Pro-freedom Kashmiri Leader

February 4, 2019

In a written statement issued by All Parties Hurriyat Conference, a group of pro-freedom Kashmiri organisations, it is said that on Saturday (Feb. 02) evening at 8:35 pm, Pakistan foreign minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi called on Hurriyat Conference chairman, Syed Ali Geelani on phone and discussed the current volatile situation in Jammu and Kashmir.

Indian Authorities Stop Simranjit Singh Maan from Visiting Kashmir Valley

January 1, 2019

Former Member of Parliament, and president of Shiromani Akali Dal Amritsar (Mann) S. Simranjit Singh Mann was on Sunday (Dec. 30) disallowed to visit Kashmir.

Human Rights Body Worried Over Pattern of Excessive Force Used Against Civilians In Kashmir

December 18, 2018

Responding to the recent clashes between security forces and civilians near an encounter site in Pulwama, Kashmir, leading to the death of seven civilians, Asmita Basu, Programmes Director, Amnesty India said.

Killings of Innocent Civilians by Forces in Pulwama is a Blot on India’s Face: Sikh body

December 15, 2018

Strongly condemning the use of deadly force against peaceful protesters in Pulwama, the Dal Khalsa said the security forces deployed in Kashmir are treating the native people as their ‘enemies’.

Indian Forces Kill Civilians and Rebels in Kashmir

December 15, 2018

Seven civilians and three armed rebels were killed during a gun battle in Pulwama in Indian-administered Kashmir, officials said.

Pellet Horror In Kashmir

December 3, 2018

Indian [forces] in Jammu and Kashmir is blinding Kashmiris unabated with each passing day. The pellet horror which started in the year 2016 is still continuing with no end in sight in near future.

PUDR Condemns Killings of Policemen in Kashmir; Says the State and Militants Must Respect War Law Prohibitions

September 24, 2018

People's Union for Democratic Rights (PUDR), a human rights group, has strongly condemned the abduction and slaying of one constable and two Special Police Officers (SPOs) by unidentified militants in the Shopian district of Kashmir.

UN Human Rights Office Scraps Indian Media’s Accusations Against Report on Kashmir

July 19, 2018

Office of the United Nations Human Rights High Commissioner has responded to Indian media's accusations against UN human rights body's report on Kashmir.

Terming Statements About Kashmir Talks As Ambiguous, Pro-Freedom Kashmiri Leaders Tell New Delhi to Come Clear and Include Pakistan

May 30, 2018

Pro-freedom Kashmiri leader held a marathon meeting on Tuesday (May 29) to discuss the recent statements by Indian leadership inviting Kashmiri leaders to hold talks on Kashmir issue.

Govt. of India Ready to Hold Talks with Pro-Freedom Kashmiri Leaders; Hurriyat Likely to Decide Today

May 29, 2018

Indian home minister Rajnath Singh recently said that the government was ready to hold dialogue with the Hurriyat Conference leadership if the separatists come forward for talks.

Bloody Sunday: 12 Militants, 3 Indian Soldiers & 4 Civilians Killed; Hospitals Flooded With Injured Civilians

April 2, 2018

Termed as one of the bloodiest day of this year, 12 Kashmiri militants were killed in three separate gun battle with the Indian army soldiers in Draggad and Kachdora villages in Shopian district

No Plans To Scrap Article 370, Informs Indian Government In Parliament

March 27, 2018

But it seems that the BJP lead Indian government has made a sharp U-turn in this regard. The Central government on Tuesday informed the Parliament that there is no proposal to repeal Article 370

Sayed Ali Shah Geelani Step Down As Tehreek-e-Hurriyat Chief, Ashraf Sehrai To Replace Him

March 19, 2018

As per the media reports veteran leader and chairman of pro-freedom group Tehreek-e-Hurriyat Sayed Ali Shah Geelani on Monday, resigned from his position.

PDP Govt Of Jammu & Kashmir Sacks Finance Minister For His Controversial Remarks Over Kashmir Issue

March 12, 2018

As per the media reports Jammu & Kashmir's Finance Minister Haseeb Drabu who last Friday during an event in New Delhi. stated that Kashmir shouldn't be seen as a conflict state or

AFSPA Is Both Unnecessary & Counterproductive, Need To Repeal It

March 8, 2018

The spate of civilian killings by military personnel in Kashmir continues unabated with the latest killings at Shopian leading to a mass shutdown across the valley.

No Justice Yet For Kunan Poshpora Rapes, Says Amnesty International India

February 28, 2018

On the 27th anniversary of the rapes of dozens of women in the towns of Kunan and Poshpora, Jammu and Kashmir, in 1991, allegedly by Indian army personnel,

Shopian Killings: India’s Top Court Stays Criminal Proceedings Against Indian Army Official

February 12, 2018

The Supreme Court of India (SCI) here on Monday reportedly stayed all criminal proceedings in connection with an FIR registered by the Jammu and Kashmir

NIA Evidence in Kashmiri Movement Funding Case From Websites, YouTube, WhatsApp

February 6, 2018

It was in July 2017 that the National Investigating Agency (NIA) was handed over the probe by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in the alleged funding of Kashmiri

J&K Police Disallowed Joint Resistance Leadership To Hold A Seminar On Human Rights Day

December 13, 2017

The state police and administration on Saturday barred the Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) to hold a seminar on World Human Rights Day at Hyderpora

PUDR Condemns New Ordinance by J&K Government; Terms it Draconian

December 13, 2017

The People's Union for Democratic Rights (PUDR) has condemned the promulgation of The Jammu and Kashmir Public Property (Prevention of Damage) (Amendment) Ordinance by NN Vohra, the Governor, Jammu and Kashmir.

Jammu Massacre: The Horrifying Event That Ignited Decades Long Kashmir Standoff

November 9, 2017

"My father was young then and other immediate family members were in Kashmir at that time. But many of my relatives were brutally killed," said Israr Ahmad Khan.

Kashmir Witnesses Bandh On ‘Black Day’ Marking Indian Troops Arrival In Kashmir Valley

October 28, 2017

As per the media reports the Kashmir valley here on Friday observed a total shut down of business, markets, schools, colleges, and transport and mourned the

Supreme Court Of India”s Refusal To Reopen Cases Of Killings Of Kashmiri Pandits Disappointing, Says Rights Group

October 28, 2017

Reacting to Supreme Court of India's (SCI) rejection of a review petition seeking to reopen 215 cases in which over 700 members of the Kashmiri Pandit

J&K Bar Association Questioning Over J-K accession ‘Irks’ SCI

October 5, 2017

The Supreme Court of India (SCI) was reportedly jolted when the Jammu & Kashmir bar association her on Tuesday submitted that the accession of the state into

Will Assimilate Kashmir Through Constitutional Expedient: Mohan Bhagwat

October 2, 2017

As per the media reports Mohan Bhagwat the chief of Rashtriya Swayamsewak Sangh (RSS) which is considered as fountain head of 'pro-hindutva' politics

“Losing Sight In Kashmir: The impact of pellet-firing shotguns”, A Report By Amnesty International India

September 13, 2017

Pellet-firing shotguns, which have been responsible for blinding, killing and traumatizing hundreds of people in Kashmir, must be immediately banned,

Kashmiri Militant Leader Yasin Itoo Killed In An Encounter With Indian Security Forces

August 14, 2017

As per the media reports three Hizbul-Mujahidin affiliated Kashmiri militants along Yasin Itoo stated to be the successor of Burhan Wani were killed in an

‘Pro-Freedom’ Slogans Greets Governor At Kashmir University

August 9, 2017

As per the media reports Students of Kashmir University held a ‘pro-freedom’ protest during a visit of varsity chancellor and Jammu and Kashmir governor,

Jammu Bar Council Expels Sikh Leader Close To Sayed Ali Shah Geelani

August 2, 2017

As per the media reports the Jammu High Court Bar Association Jammu today expelled lawyer Davinder Singh Behl from primary membership of the association

Pro-Freedom Militant Leader Abu Dujana Killed By Indian Security Forces, Apprehensive Govt Servers Internet Services In Kashmir

August 1, 2017

As per the media reports a joint operation carried out by J&K Police and Indian army has lead to the killing of militant leader Abu Dujana,

Arrest Of Sikh Leader In Jammu, Hindutva Mob Raises ‘Goli Maro’ & Indira Gandhi Slogans

August 1, 2017

During the commotion the mob were seen chanting the slogans like ''Desh Kay Gaddaro Ko Fasi Do'' & ''Desh Kay Gaddaro Ko Goli Marro'' suggesting that they

”Civilians Killed Were Wearing Pathan Suit” Says India’s Military Tribunal While Justifying Bail Out Of Convicted Soldiers

July 29, 2017

In a reasoning given by India's military tribunal while justifying the release of the five soldiers convicted for murdering unarmed civilian and dubbing