After two years revocation of special status Kashmiri’s continue to suffer

After two years revocation of special status Kashmiri's continue to suffer

Two years after the revocation of Kashmir’s special status, India is still working to silence Kashmiris and erase Kashmiri’s identity. Ather Zia On August 5, 2019, in the wake of the Indian government’s move to revoke the parts of the constitution that give Indian-administered Kashmir special status, I penned an article for Al Jazeera titled There is reason to fear for the safety of every Kashmiri in India. In the two years since my worst fears have come true. After revoking Articles 370 and 35-A of the constitution, which ensured…

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Post abrogation of article 370 more locals are joining rebel ranks in Kashmir?

Post abrogation of article 370 more locals are joining rebel ranks in Kashmir

Every time Bashir Ahmad Bhat’s gaze falls on the bloodstains on the walls, he is reminded of the night his brother, a policeman in Indian administered Kashmir, was murdered. It was June; Mr Bashir had been preparing to go to sleep when he heard the sound of gunshots coming from next door. Alarmed, he sprang out of bed to check. A heart-wrenching scene awaited him – his brother lay dead at the entrance of his home. His wife and daughter lay next to him, bloodied and struggling in pain. They…

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Past two years saw people silenced, ripped off jobs: Gupkar Alliance

Past two years saw people silenced, ripped off jobs - Gupkar Alliance

Tarigami says BJP’s ‘Naya Kashmir’ slogan ‘is a joke now’ The Peoples Alliance for the Gupkar Declaration (PAGD), an amalgam of five Jammu and Kashmir parties, including the National Conference (NC) and the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), on Wednesday said the past two years, after ending J&K’s special status in 2019, saw “people being divided into smaller units, silenced, ripped off their jobs and rights over the natural resources”. In a statement issued on the eve of the second anniversary of the reading down of Article 370, Gupkar alliance spokesman…

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Article 370 abrogation incremented trust deficit, alienation among people of J&K: Altaf Bukhari

Article 370 abrogation incremented trust deficit, alienation among people of J&K - Altaf Bukhari

He further said that “by now it must have been explicit to everyone in New Delhi that Article 370 was not an impediment in the way of development of Jammu and Kashmir”. “Unfortunately, we have not witnessed any major development taking place in J&K since August 5, 2019, as was projected by the advocates of abrogation of Article 370. Rather, ways of cultural imperialism have been facilitated by the bureaucratic regimes who seem hell-bent to convert our heritage sites into commercial entities like Mubarak Mandi in Jammu,” he added. Bukhari…

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Article 370 Abrogation Anniversary: Police warns Traders against observing Shutdown

Article 370 Abrogation Anniversary: Police warns Traders against observing Shutdown

Claiming that the shutdowns were boosting the morale of militant organisations, the Jammu and Kashmir police on Wednesday warned traders against observing a strike in this capital city on the second anniversary of special status revocation. According to reports, police on Wednesday held a meeting with local shopkeepers, traders, and manufacturers of the city center Lal Chowk at the Kothi Bagh police station and directed them not to observe any shutdown on the second anniversary of special status revocation and to run their businesses as usual. The meeting came at…

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