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Kashmir no more enjoys dry drab lectures
By Gowhar Geelani There was a time when one of the senior most leaders of the pro-freedom alliance, All Parties Hurriyat Conference [APHC], had remarked in his passion arousing speech in a mosque in Srinagar, during the early 1990s, that “the dawn of freedom has arrived” and that “only the formal announcement was to be [...]
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Becoming
By Adil Langoo If God is deciphered, he holds power that too Omni, and If Olympus is thought of, each god retains Omni power in a definite space. Both, one in relative and other absolute, can reconstruct and deconstruct creation. However If poly is subordinated to mono then ‘God’ is all pervasive. This God inflicts [...]
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Interview | Parvaiz Bukhari, by David Barsamian
Parvaiz Bukhari is an independent Kashmir-based journalist whose articles appear in major South Asian newspapers, journals and magazines. He was interviewed by David Barsamian in which he talks about Kashmir and many other related issues. Give a sense of what life is like in Kashmir, day-to-day interactions that average Kashmiris would have with one of [...]
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Editorial: Another tragedy of justice
The Indian Supreme Court decision, last week, which gives the Army privilege to choose the form of trial- whether military court martial or civilian courts- for the gruesome murders it committed 12 years ago, has strengthened army claims and impunity to them under Armed Forces Special Powers act (AFSPA). The decision, however, did expose the [...]
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Repeal PSA, amendments not enough: Amnesty International
This is the statement issued by the Amnesty International. Amnesty International reiterates its call on the authorities in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) to end the persistent practice of administrative detentions in the state, and repeal the Public Safety Act, 1978 (PSA). A legal team, deputed by Amnesty International to review progress since its March 2011 [...]
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I was asked to name the admins of Aalaw: Swiss woman
As the state police started a crackdown on the social media activists of Kashmir when five of the 35 administrators of Facebook pages identified by it as “anti-India” were summoned. A national newspaper reported that police is also monitoring a Swiss woman who has been “coordinating the activities of such administrators” in Kashmir. “Police say [...]
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Debate on Kashmir journalism after senior journalist’s views
“Young journalists should fight for their rights” As long as sub-editors cum government servants continue to rule Kashmir journalism, we will continue to lose promising journalists to the government. By Naseer Ganai Response to the above article (via The Hoot) I believe there is a mafia wearing the robes of journalists and editors who want [...]
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Sep 20, 2010: A page of my diary
By Aadil Langoo Today the All Party Delegation of Indian politicians arrived in Srinagar, Indian-held-Kashmir, with both hope and despair. Hope that somehow they will revive the peace, resolve the unresolved, and heal the festered wounds. Despair, as they carry the same cold nationalist look they have been carrying over the years. The day passed [...]
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“Rape is the outcome of treating Kashmiris as slaves”
By Saima Bhat Indian-held-Kashmir is a highly militarized zone where for every citizen- the armed forces are in ratio of 1:20, the highest soldier-to-civilian ratio in the world. Women are generally targeted, they are overpowered by the perpetrators in every society and same is the case here where women have been targeted socially, mentally as [...]
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“I was stripped naked by my torturer”
By Umer Beigh Last two decades of Indian-held-Kashmir have gone through number of cases of torture, humiliation, fake encounters, disappearances, molestations, sexual assaults and other forms of harassment. Showkat Ahmad, 36, still remembers three months of torture in the torture centers, Papa-2 and Gogaland. Showkat is from downtown area Srinagar and was 16-years-old when he [...]
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“We will keep on searching for our sons”
By Bisma Malik On the tenth day of every month of every year for last nearly two decades, a recreational local park of in the heart of the city turns into a mourning ground. Wailing mothers gather here in a desperate wait of their sons, who were forcibly disappeared by the Indian forces during the [...]
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Editorial: The question remains unanswered
For decades Indian-held-Kashmir has been going through a turbulent time. Once people were fighting the Dogra rulers for their rights and then after the partition of British India people had to live in an atmosphere where they had no power over their land. The princely state Jammu and Kashmir shared borders with Pakistan, India, Afghanistan [...]
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