Johannesburg (South Africa), January 21 (KMS): Johannesburg-based CIVICUS, a global civil society alliance, has called upon the government of India to release noted Kashmiri human rights defender Khurram Parvez immediately and unconditionally. The CIVICUS in a statement said the ‘judicial harassment’ Khurram Parvez is facing highlights the repressive environment for …

Srinagar, January 21 (KMS): In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, a policeman was crushed to death by a train in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Friday. Head constable Mohammad Hussain Dar (48) was hit by a train while he was performing his duties near Panzgam, resulting in his on …

Islamabad, January 21 (KMS): Narendra Modi’s India is going to celebrate Republic Day on January 26, amidst the fears of implosion and dismemberment as BJP’s Hindutva ideology has pervaded all institutions and society tainting the country’s secular outlook and making it the largest violator of human rights. India celebrates Republic …

Islamabad, January 21 (KMS): Chairperson of Peace and Culture Organization (PCO), Mushaal Hussein Mullick has said that she and her 9-year daughter, Raziyah Sultana, are willing to record their testimony before Stock White against the brutalities faced by the family and her jailed husband. Speaking at an important session on …

Junaid Kathju Srinagar, January 21 (KMS): Like every day, on 21 January 1990, Ghulam Ali Dar alias Gulle Kak left home early in the morning to deliver newspapers in the vicinity. However, while returning home Kak saw an unprecedented deployment of government forces on Gaw Kadal, a bridge in Srinagar, …

Hails efforts put by the partner Stoke White law firm Islamabad, January 21 (KMS): Legal Forum for Kashmir launched a comprehensive dossier on Pakistani prisoner, Zia Mustafa’s extrajudicial execution in a staged encounter in Poonch district of Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir. The dossier exposes the lies of Indian …

Islamabad, January 21 (KMS): Foreign Office spokesperson, Asim Iftikhar Ahmed, has said that Pakistan wants to establish peaceful and friendly relations with all its neighbouring countries, including India. Responding to questions during his weekly news briefing in Islamabad, today (Friday), he said Pakistan is committed to have meaningful, constructive and …

Srinagar, January 21 (KMS): In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, Anjuman Auqaf of Jamia Masjid Srinagar has said that the authorities on Friday again prevented people from offering Juma prayers at the historic mosque. The Anjuman Auqaf in a statement in Srinagar said that it was the 25th consecutive …

Srinagar, January 21 (KMS): In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, senior All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) leader Agha Syed Hassan Al-Moosvi Al-Safvi has urged the leadership of India and Pakistan to start dialogue on Kashmir so that permanent peace could be established in the region. According to Kashmir Media …

Srinagar, January 21 (KMS): In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, Hurriyat activists held anti-India protest demonstrations in Srinagar on the martyrdom anniversary of victims of Gaw Kadal massacre. On this day in 1990, over 50 innocent people were killed in Gaw Kadal area of Srinagar when Indian forces had …