In a militarised state known to treat minor offenders as adults, move to lower the age of juvenility to 16 years in cases of ‘heinous offences’ is alarming.
In late summer of 2017, 16-year old Junaid* waited for his turn at Srinagar’s Bemina district court. He was visibly disoriented and shuffled (...)
The past few weeks have brought back the fear of war in South Asia. While the worst seems over for now, this crisis has been a reminder how close India and Pakistan are to the nuclear precipice. What is less clear is where we go from here. For Pakistan at least, more of the same may not be an (...)
IN the wake of the February 14 attack on the CRPF convoy on the Jammu-Srinagar highway in Pulwama, the responsibility of which was claimed by Pakistan-based terrorist organisation Jaish-e-Mohammad, and yesterday’s retaliatory strike inside Pakistan by the Indian Air Force, the relations between (...)
Anti war protest in Lahore on February 28. Photo: Farooq Tariq.
As tensions escalate between India and Pakistan, the threat of a nuclear conflict hangs over South Asia and the world.
On February 14, the Pakistani-based organisation Jaish-e-Mohammad claimed responsibility for a terrorist (...)
The Coalition for Nuclear Disarmament and Peace (CNDP) notes with grave concern the ongoing conflicts between neighbouring India and Pakistan, both armed with nuclear weapons together with all the three delivery platforms ensuring a “second strike” capability in case of being hit by a “first (...)
The AEPF appeals to India and Pakistan to immediately and simultaneously de-escalate the current military tensions between them, that can escalate into a war between two heavily armed nuclear powers.
AEPF appeals to both countries to announce a mutually acceptable peace and initiate a (...)
Issued to media on 26th of February 2019 from Lahore and New Delhi (also Mumbai, Islamabad, Karachi, Lahore, Kolkata, Bengaluru, Jammu, Bhubaneshwar & Srinagar):
We, the members of Pakistan India Peoples’ Forum for Peace & Democracy (PIPFPD), from India and Pakistan, note with (...)
Terrorism is not a reference to any category of persons but refers to a particular method, technique or tactic that involves the killing or injuring of innocent civilians or, outside of a battle or war zone, of even soldiers who by virtue of the distinctive nature of the attack are rendered (...)
Kashmiri students, traders and workmen have suffered violent attacks in different parts of the country after a suicide bomber of jihadi terrorist oraganisation JeM killed more than forty CRPF jawans in Pulwama in Kashmir valley. Students in Dehradun, Ambala, Jaipur and Yavatmal were physically (...)
Terrorism is not a reference to any category of persons but refers to a particular method, technique or tactic that involves the killing or injuring of innocent civilians or, outside of a battle or war zone, of even soldiers who by virtue of the distinctive nature of the attack are rendered (...)
On February 14th, a convoy of the Indian paramilitary police (CPRF) in Kashmir suffered a massive attack with a bomb-laden vehicle. The immense coverage of it has eclipsed any analysis of the mass revolt against the occupation and repression perpetrated on the Kashmiris. It once again (...)
‘How many Deaths will it take till we know That too many people have died?’
PIPFPD is shocked and saddened by the loss of lives of 44 CRPF personnel in a militant attack in Lethapora, Pulwama, Jammu & Kashmir. The gruesome manner in which an explosives laden vehicle, driven by a suicide (...)
Can they not look beyond the recommendation to ‘fully respect the right of self-determination of the people of Kashmir as protected under international law’?
On June 14, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights released a pointedly titled Report on the Situation of (...)
As the daily gunfights resume, the prospect of a political dialogue seems to recede farther.
The ceasefire had been welcomed as a departure from the Centre’s hardline stance on Kashmir, where the political leadership seemed to give way to the military and guns did the talking. But with the (...)
What would justice for those suffering under Indian occupation in Kashmir look like?
Narendra Modi and his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) are now halfway through their five-year term. The BJP belongs to a vast family of organizations and associations known as the Sangh Parivar, all controlled by (...)
NEW DELHI: the 22-year old poster boy of militancy in Kashmir Valley Burhan Wani is shot dead by the security forces. His death unleashes a series of protests across the Valley where tension has spiked to new levels following the encounter.
In the dichotomy that is Kashmir, Wani had become the (...)
The steel pellets used by police and troops are officially a ‘non-lethal weapon’, but those wounded will live in partial or total darkness.
Two sets of images have haunted me these last few days. One is a series of photos of people splashing bucketloads of water to wash away blood from the (...)
Radical Socialist condemns the continued violence against people in the Kashmir valley, where the death toll is continuously rising, making people remember 2010 all over again. Even by Government gures, in the last two decades around 40,000 people have been killed, including over 21000 real or (...)
The occupation in Kashmir should be seen for what it is: a brutal suppression of self-determination.
The rivalry between India and Pakistan has again assumed center stage — this time over literal beef.
Last month, a far-right Hindu fundamentalist group, Hindu Sena, hurled ink and oil at (...)
The Bharatiya Janata Party’s national leadership has officially confirmed that it’s in talks with the People’s Democratic Party to form a coalition government in Jammu and Kashmir. This proposal is endorsed by a surprisingly large number of self-avowed well-wishers of the Kashmiri people, as well (...)
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