New York, January 18 (KMS): Rights activists and Kashmiri intellectuals are deeply unsettled over Indian chief of defence staff, General Bipin Rawat’s statement that Kashmiris could be shipped off to ‘deradicalization camps’, The New York Times reports. A report published in the American newspaper quoted the rights activists and Kashmiri …
Read More »India failing on Kashmiri human rights: HRW official
New York, January 18 (KMS): The world rights body, Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said that India is failing on Kashmiri human rights. HRW’s South Asia Director, Meenakshi Ganguly in a statement posted on the website of the organization said that occupied Kashmir had been under a lockdown for five …
Read More »US expresses concern over detentions in IOK
Washington, January 12 (KMS): The US State Department has expressed concern over the continued detention of political leaders and restrictions on internet in occupied Jammu and Kashmir. The restrictions were imposed on August 5 last when India abrogated the Article 370 that gave special powers to Jammu and Kashmir.
Read More »Envoys visit aimed to mislead world on Kashmir situation
Atmosphere of fear, uncertainty prevails amid lockdown Srinagar, January 10 (KMS): In occupied Kashmir, the Hurriyat forum led by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has termed the strictly controlled visit of Delhi-based Envoys of 15 countries to Kashmir as a nefarious attempt by the Indian government to mislead the world about the …
Read More »Self-Determination Day observed across globe
UN resolutions legitimize freedom struggle: APHC Srinagar, January 05 (KMS): Kashmiris on both sides of the Line of Control and the world over observed the Right to Self-Determination Day, today, with the pledge that they would continue the struggle for settlement of the Kashmir dispute through a free and fair …
Read More »IOK people deprived of all basic rights: Mirwaiz forum
Srinagar, January 05 (KMS): The forum led by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq while expressing concern over the continuing human rights violations in occupied Kashmir particularly since August 5, 2019, has said that the Kashmiri people have been deprived of all basic rights at gunpoint. Hurriyat forum in a statement issued in …
Read More »UN urged to resolve Kashmir dispute as per its resolutions
Islamabad, January 05 (KMS): The Vice Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Mass Movement, Abdul Majeed Mir, Democratic Political Movement Vice Chairman, Advocate Pervez Ahmad Shah and Peoples League Vice Chairman, Syed Aijaz Rehmani, have asked the United Nations to implement its resolutions on Kashmir. Abdul Majeed Mir in a statement …
Read More »Indian police book 10 youth, arrest two in Kishtwar
Jammu, January 05 (KMS): In occupied Kashmir, Indian police registered a case against 10 youth under black law, Unlawful Activities [Prevention] Act, at Dachan police station in Kishtwar district and arrested two of them during raids on their houses. The police booked the youth on the fake charge of being …
Read More »Modi spilling blood of Muslims to fulfill RSS agenda: Majeed Malik
Islamabad, Jan 05 (KMS): APHC-AJK chapter leader and Vice Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Movement (JKPM), Abdul Majeed Malik has said the Kashmiris all over world over are observing Right to Self-Determination Day to remind the United Nations to implement its resolution passed on January 5, 1949, so that …
Read More »IOK situation remains grim amid lockdown on 151st day
Srinagar, January 02 (KMS): In occupied Kashmir, uneasy calm and uncertainty continue to prevail in the Kashmir Valley and Muslim majority areas of Jammu and Ladakh regions as military lockdown imposed by India continued on 151st consecutive day, today. Restrictions under Section 144 still remain enforced amid heavy deployment of …
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