Jalandhar (India), November 02 (KMS): Noted author, Arundhati Roy, has expressed serious concern over the prevailing situation in occupied Kashmir and stressed the need for intellectuals to speak up. Arundhati Roy speaking on Kashmir dispute on the second day of Mela Ghadri Babeyan Da in Jalandhar city of Indian state …
Read More »Fact-finding team presents a grim report on IOK
New Delhi, November 01 (KMS): The largest fact-finding team, which recently visited occupied Kashmir Valley, revealed that Kashmiris are reeling under strict restrictions, torture and trauma. The team found that people are unable to access the judicial system, there are widespread and repeated claims of torture and an overwhelming majority …
Read More »Steps taken by Indian rulers in IOK unacceptable: TeM
Srinagar, October 29 (KMS): In occupied Kashmir, Tehreek-e-Mazahmat while hailing the freedom sentiments of the Kashmiri people has said that the recent steps taken by the Indian rulers by the dint of military might in the territory are unacceptable. A Tehreek-e-Mazahmat spokesman in a statement issued in Srinagar denounced the …
Read More »Solidarity expressed with IOK people in Shiraz, Iran
Tehran, October 29 (KMS): Shiraz University of medical sciences, Iran, hosted a peaceful protest and candle match for Kashmir and held a two minutes silence to condemn the tyranny people of Kashmir are going through in occupied Kashmir. While addressing the students and senior officials, Hujjatul Islam Sheikh Amin said, …
Read More »Malaysian NGOs put forth five demands to end HR abuses in IOK
Kuala Lumpur, , October 27 (KMS): The 15-member United Nations Security Council (UNSC) has been called upon to refer to a resolution passed in 1948 which was adopted as a peace settlement to the Jammu and Kashmir conflict. The call was made by representatives of 10 local non-governmental organisations (NGOs) …
Read More »President, PM reaffirm Pakistan’s unflinching support to Kashmiris
Islamabad, October 27 (KMS): President Arif Alvi and Prime Minister Imran Khan have reaffirmed Pakistan’s unflinching moral, political and diplomatic support to the people of occupied Kashmir till realisation of their legitimate right to self-determination. According to Kashmir Media Service, the President in his message on the occasion of Black …
Read More »Black Day observed in New York with OIC’s support for Kashmiris
United Nations, October 27 (KMS): OIC officials and a top Saudi diplomat voiced strong support for the Kashmiri people in their struggle for their UN-pledged right to self-determination at a special event held in New York to mark the 72nd anniversary of India’s massive invasion and occupation of Kashmir, known …
Read More »UN expert condemns India’s coldness to queries about IOK abuses
United Nations, October 26 (KMS): A UN human rights expert has criticized India’s inadequate responses to her communications about wide-ranging abuses, including killings, in Indian Kashmir and vowed to keep the pressure on New Delhi. The UN Special Rapporteur on extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions, Agnes Callamard, addressing a news …
Read More »Kashmiris to observe Black Day tomorrow
Srinagar, October 26 (KMS): Kashmiris on both sides of the Line of Control and the world over will observe Black Day, tomorrow, the 27th October, to convey to the world that they reject India’s illegal occupation of their homeland and they will not rest till they achieve their inalienable right …
Read More »Over 1,000 cases may remain unsolved in IOK HR body
Srinagar, October 26 (KMS): In occupied Kashmir, over a 1,000 pending cases are staring at a dead end at the Human Rights Commission of the territory after the authorities decided to wind up eight Commissions. The Commission, founded in 1997, has instituted 8,529 cases since then. The number of cases …
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