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Psychological impact on Kashmir’s youth

The Kashmir conflict has shaped the unconscious psychology of the entire Indian-administered-Kashmiri population. It imposes an important question of how the current political situation in the valley has and is psychologically affecting the youth, causing many mental health problems.

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India and Pakistan’s silent war

Two men on the death row in the two neighboring countries can be a silent war. It may not be visible to us like the drones or missiles falling on buildings and killing people. Being on death row is in itself an extreme punishment after being convicted. There are several cases in which the convicted person denies of committing the crime.

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Yes, I’m a stone thrower

After spending three years in jail, he still says “Yes, I’m a stone thrower.” Born on the11th of February 1991, Aarif Baba* has two historical events associated with his birth date. 11th February is the day Mohammad Maqbool Butt, considered one of the founders of Kashmir’s freedom movement, was hanged and 1991 is the peak year of resistance in Kashmir.

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“More than 1000 minors booked under PSA in Kashmir”

Torture, humiliation, exploitation of minors will continue until the political problem of Kashmir is not solved, says Kashmiri lawyer and activist  Kashmir, the disputed region between India and Pakistan, has been going through conflict since the armed rebellion started in late 80s and has resulted in grave human rights violations, killings, torture and rapes. The [...]

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Kunanposhpora PIL: Court directs Advocate General to submit report

Reserving its decision over admission of Public Litigation (PIL) pertaining to Kunun Poshpora ‘mass rape’ case, a Division Bench (DB) of the Jammu and Kashmir High Court Tuesday directed the Advocate General to submit report on behalf of the government that what steps have been taken by it to implement the directions issued by the State Human Rights Commission (SHRC).

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Pakistani prisoner attacked in Jammu jail, battling for life

By News Desk | Kashmir A day after Sarabjit Singh died in a Lahore hospital after being assaulted in a Pakistani jail, a Pakistani prisoner Sanna Ullah Haq who had been convicted for life by TADA Court Jammu in 2009 was assaulted in Kot Balwal Jail of Jammu on Friday morning. The government has put [...]

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Kashmiris stage protest in Delhi; Police sabotage peaceful protests

By News Desk | New Delhi, India Around one-hundred-fifty Kashmiris who traveled to Delhi to join the Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front’s (JKLF) 48-hour long hunger strike at Jantar Mantar here, today, protested in Jamia Nagar as the Delhi police didn’t allow the protestors to go out of the vicinity. The Chairman of the front, Yasin [...]

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Yasin Malik taken into preventive custody in Delhi

By News Agencies| New Delhi, India The Delhi Police on Thursday night took Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik into preventive custody. Earlier in the day, the police had denied permission to Malik to hold a 48-hour hunger strike in the capital to press for his demands including handing over the body of Parliament attack case [...]

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Yasin Malik dares India in its capital, “will protest, even if stopped”

By News Desk | New Delhi, India The Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front Chairman Yasin Malik remained adamant to go on with the proposed 48-hour hunger strike at the Jantar Mantar here to press government of India to return the mortal remains of the JKLF founder Maqbool Butt and Mohammad Afzal Guru, despite the threats from [...]

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Kashmir’s separatists welcome Pakistan’s decision to return body of Sarabjit

Sarabjit’s death unfortunate, should be probed: GeelaniBy New Desk | Srinagar, Kashmir Terming the murderous assault on Sarabjit Singh in Kot Lakhpat jail Lahore as unfortunate, the separatist leadership Thursday welcomed Government of Pakistan’s decision to hand over the body of the deceased to his family for performing last rites. Singh was accused of spying [...]

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Yasin Malik denied permission to hold protest in Delhi

Giving permission to Yasin Malik to hold a protest in Delhi may create law and order problem, security agencies said.

Delhi Police has denied permission to Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik to hold a 48-hour hunger strike in the capital to press for his demands including handing over the body of Parliament attack case convict Afzal Guru to his family.

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Compared to last year, violence down by 38 percent: J-K police

By News Desk | Srinagar, Kashmir The Director General of Police in Jammu and Kashmir, Ashok Prasad on Wednesday claimed that the Hygam shootout in which four policemen were shot dead was carried by a local group of militants belonging to Hizb-ul-Mujahedeen. “The mastermind of the plot has been identified and efforts are on to [...]

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