The Clooney Foundation for Justice will monitor the trial of award-winning Kashmiri journalist Aasif Sultan who has been detained in Kashmir for over two and a half years. TrialWatch monitors criminal proceedings around the world, grades their fairness, and advocates for individuals who are unfairly detained. cfj.org
WASHINGTON, Feb. 8, 2021–National Press Club leaders spoke out Monday to urge the government of India to release from prison Aasif Sultan, a Kashmiri journalist who has been unjustly detained for two and a half years. Sultan, a writer for the Kashmir Narrator, was arrested in August 2018 on an unwarranted charge of harboring militants, […]
Jammu: Marching briskly towards its target of inoculating 112893 health care workers J&K has already inoculated about 15403 workers in more than 100 sessions conducted so far across Jammu & Kashmir. These remarks were made in a meeting Monday chaired by Financial Commissioner Health and Medical Education, Atal Dulloo. The meeting was attended by Director […]
Reacting to the news item appeared in a local daily regarding the deteriorating condition of Wullar Lake, the J&K Pradesh Congress Committee (JKPCC) President G.A.Mir today said that Wullar Lake is facing a silent death due to the negligent attitude of the authorities and strongly urged that dredging should take place in the lake on […]
Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) has deferred tomorrow’s strike by a day in view of Mela Kheer Bhawani at Tulmulla in central Kashmir’s Ganderbal district. In a statement, the leadership said that the strike would now be observed on Thursday, instead of tomorrow. Thousands of migrant Kashmiri Pandits have started arriving at the temple in Tulmulla […]
Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) has called for a complete strike tomorrow in Kashmir against killing of senior journalist Shujaat Bukhari and the continuous civilian deaths in the Valley. In a statement, JRL said the civilian killings in the valley have witnessed a sudden spike since Eid as three young boys have been “brutally gunned down […]
A youth was killed and another was injured in alleged army firing at Nowpora area of Mir Bazar in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Monday evening. A senior police officer told news agency GNS that a group of youth pelted stones on army’s 9 RR party who allegedly resorted some gunshots. In the incident, two […]
Jammu and Kashmir Police on Saturday refuted news reports over the death of a youth in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district. “As reported by certain sections of media that one person died in clashes with security forces at Anantnag is refuted,” said a spokesman. “Preliminary investigation reveals that a Hand Grenade exploded resulting in the death […]
Myanmar soldiers targeted the educated so there would be no community leaders left willing to speak up against the pervasive abuse, elders and religious leaders told AP. It’s an old tactic, according to those who study genocide and often a precursor to killing, the report said. “My brother apologized and pleaded with the military not […]
Counter-terrorism police in the UK are investigating a possible hate crime after several people received letters calling on them to attack Muslims on 3 April, termed in the leaflet as “punish a Muslim” day, Al Jazeera reported. Several Britons in London, the West Midlands and Yorkshire said they received the printed letter through the post, […]