By Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai “Is it true Narendra Modi just boarded a flight to visit India?” Tweeted a critic of Indian Prime Minister’s globe-trotting jaunts. “Welcome home, Pradhan Mantriji! How long will you be staying this time?” Modi has… Read More ›
By News Desk UNITED NATIONS, Geneva—The rising star of Kashmir cricket, Naeem Bhat, killed by Indian army two months ago, was remembered at the United Nations in a special event dedicated to him during UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) 32nd… Read More ›
People Under Foreign Occupation Suffer From Extreme Poverty By News Desk UNITED NATIONS, Geneva—The veteran human rights activist and the Deputy Convener of JK-National Front, Altaf Hussain Wani has said that people under foreign and colonial occupation continue to suffer… Read More ›
By News Desk UNITED NATIONS, Geneva—A Kashmir Delegation arrives at the 32nd session of UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva at the worst possible time for India. Protests and resistance against the Indian military occupation is rising. And India’s… Read More ›
Views from Srinagar By Altaf Hussain Wani THE International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) prohibits torture and other forms of cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment. The Government of India has ratified the ICCPR. India has also ratified the… Read More ›
UNITED NATIONS, Geneva—Kashmir activists and the world’s largest Islamic bloc are coordinating closely in international forums, and this cooperation is set to multiply manifold as the 68-year-old international dispute takes center stage. The Kashmir Delegation to the 31st session of… Read More ›
By News Desk UNITED NATIONS, Geneva—Members of the Kashmir Delegation to UN Human Rights Council floated the idea of a special international envoy to monitor the situation in Kashmir. The suggestion came in a speech delivered by senior Hurriyat leader… Read More ›
By News Desk UNITED NATIONS, Geneva—A human rights defender for Kashmir presided over a Africa development event on the sidelines of UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) in Geneva, where Kashmiri women were presented as an example of how women can… Read More ›
By News Desk UNITED NATIONS, Geneva—Kashmir Delegation to the 31st session of UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) took the message of Nusrat Geelani, daughter of S. A. R. Geelani, the detained Kashmiri professor of Jawahar Lal Nehru University in New… Read More ›
By News Desk UNITED NATIONS, Geneva—Kashmir Delegation to the 31st session of UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC) is maintaining pressure on India for the gross rights violations by the Indian government and military. In a succession of speeches to the… Read More ›
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