In the Indian occupied Kashmir human rights violations by Indian occupation forces is a routine matter. No day passes calmly. Cries, protests and demonstrations by the affected and sufferers are daily news. That is why media both print and electronic gives more attention, space and prominence to these happenings daily. » Read more
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MiscellaneousSubjugation causing oppressionStatements in support of Kashmiri self-determination- » Read more Criminal Intimidation (A Muslim lawyer in India is attacked in High Court for defending terror accused)A Muslim lawyer in India is attacked in High Court for defending terror accused AS HE headed to work at the High Court on August 12, lawyer Mohammed Shoaib was prepared for trouble. He was already the subject of controversy for representing terror suspects in various courts around Uttar Pradesh, despite pressure from other lawyers across the state to fall in with a blockade against defending them. The pressure intensified after he secured an acquittal for one of his clients this January (the police, red-faced, admitted to a case of mistaken identity). He was even forced to withdraw from a case after an assault on April 5 at the Barabanki court, followed by another at the Faizabad court in May. However, he continued appearing for those on trial at the High Court, and was in the court on the afternoon of August 12 when about 25 lawyers stormed the court house. » Read more Indian water belligerenceIt has been a venerable and established speculation among political experts that the world's future wars will be fought over water, not oil. Where the whole world is fortunately lagging a bit behind for entering into this ill-fated era of 'hydrological warfare', it clearly seems that the subcontinent has perhaps surpassed the rest of the world with Indian courtesy. Now it has expediently forced again the region to slip into a new kind of fracas. » Read more Is Indian press independent?The press in India has teased or even irritated the government but has enjoyed freedom. Jawaharlal Nehru, the country's first prime minister, said that the government disliked the liberties taken by the press. Yet, committed to democratic values as he was, he said: "I would have a completely free press with all the dangers involved in the wrong use of that freedom than a suppressed or regulated press." » Read more Kashmir: a Way ForwardThe time has come for us to think pragmati-cally and realistical-ly for bringing an end to the all cycles of violence and strengthening the hands of those who are creating a space for dialogue, peace and reconciliation. The people of Jammu and Kashmir like other nationalities and nations have a right to realise their best potential and this can happen only in an atmosphere of peace. Peace is vital for Kashmir's progress, development and economic emancipation. » Read more Kashmir: An analysis of the dispute and the US intervention in past and presentThe Situation in KashmirIndia's occupation of Kashmir has thus been left undisturbed by the international community, even though its validity has never been accepted. At no stage, however, have the people of Kashmir shown themselves to be reconciled to it. There have been several uprisings, notably in 1953, 1964 and 1988 and even the relatively calmer interludes have witnessed continuous peaceful protest met with unrelenting force. » Read more History demands Kashmir's early resolutionThe state of Jammu and Kashmir has been under the unjust occupation of India for the last six decades. As predominantly Muslim majority state, the Jammu and Kashmir, under the Partition Plan of the subcontinent at the demise of the British colonialism, had to decide on its own whether it would accede to Pakistan or India. Under the Plan, it was also obligatory on both Pakistan and India not to coerce any of the more than 500 princely states for their decision. » Read more The path to resolving Kashmir disputeSeveral wars on Kashmir between India and Pakistan, Kashmiris' ongoing struggle against illegal Indian occupation and the resultant Indian troops' state terrorism are the factors that illustrate that neither the Kashmir dispute can be resolved through wars nor the Kashmiris' can be subdued through oppression. For that matter, Pak-India talks are going on for more than three years, the longest ever spell of dialogue between these two countries. As a matter of fact, we have to take a realistic look at the entire situation and spell out what needs to be done in this regard. » Read more |