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Who arms India’s occupation in Kashmir?

    April 20, 2022.       Since 1950, India has imported the largest volume of arms in the entire world.       Spending on arms has escalated since India’s right-wing government came to power in 2014. The two countries that send India the most weapons to enable the ongoing occupation in Kashmir are […]

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Here is how Dubai actively facilitates India’s settler colonization of Kashmir.

    February 17, 2022.             The Dubai Expo reifies structures of imperial and colonial violence, providing a space where nationalism is strengthened and displayed.             The Dubai Expo, currently ongoing from October 2021-March 2022, is a massive normalization event where 192 nations are participating […]

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An interview with the sole survivor of the Gowkadal Massacre.

    January 21, 2022.     We spoke with Farooq Ahmed Wani, the sole survivor of the brutal Gowkadal Massacre in which 53 Kashmiris were fired upon and killed by India’s armed forces.         T/w: torture, graphic content, and violence.      On January 20, 1990, Indian army troops barged into […]

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India is arresting Kashmiris for anything & everything under the “UAPA law”.

    December 20, 2021.         In Kashmir, the UAPA is being used to stifle all forms of dissent and expression of the people against the ongoing occupation and settler colonization. India is expanding the definition of “terrorism” to include all forms of not just legitimate armed resistance to colonial rule, but […]

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Who was Bipin Rawat, the war criminal?

    December 15, 2021.         After serving years in the Indian army, commanding forces in Kashmir, and installing draconian policies in Kashmir, Indian defense chief Bipin Rawat died in a helicopter crash on December 8, 2021.       Who was Bipin Rawat?   Rawat, who hailed from the Indian state […]

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India’s systematic torture of Kashmiris.

Srinagar, Kashmir. November 10, 2021.     ***Trigger: sexual violence & graphic torture.***         Since the occupation began in 1947, India has used gruesome torture as a tool of suppression against Kashmiris. Torture is used as a systematic mechanism to create a fear-psychosis in the Kashmiri people and weaken the people’s resolve […]

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Stories of the disappeared in Kashmir.

Srinagar, Kashmir, September 18, 2021.         India has subjected 8,000 to 10,000 Kashmiris to enforced disappearances in Indian-occupied Kashmir. Under India’s occupation and ongoing settler colonialism of Kashmir, enforced disappearances have been used as a tool to suppress Kashmiris and their resistance against India.       Below, are three stories of […]

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Ten years after his killing, Tufail’s family continues to mourn the loss

Srinagar, June 11 Art by @Shirien.Creates     June 11 is the tenth death anniversary of Tufail Mattoo, a 17-year-old boy from Saida Kadal locality in Old Srinagar who was killed by the Jammu and Kashmir police in 2010 when they targeted him with a teargas shell on his head. Mattoo died on the spot […]

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This is the story of Farzan Sheikh — a young Kashmiri who was blinded after Indian armed forces struck him with pellets. Twice.

He’s not alone. Thousands of young Kashmiris have suffered from pellet injuries at the hands of Indian armed forces since 2016.       Farzan was hit by pellets by India’s armed forces in March 2017. He was attending a funeral procession when it happened. He was 16 years old at the time. Six months […]

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Amid COVID-19 Pandemic, Over 170 Academics from Around the World Demand India Restore High-Speed Internet, Release Kashmiri Political Prisoners

  The following letter was sent from the Kashmir Scholars Consultative and Action Network (KSCAN) and Concerned Academics & Professionals from around the world to the World Health Organization, UN Special Rapporteurs, and various international health organizations. You can view the official letter here.     We the undersigned would like to bring to your notice […]

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