Protesting civilian killings in Kashmir Faizan Bukhari returns award to army

A student in Jammu and Kashmir on Sunday returned his awared to army, as a sign of protest against the civilian killings in Pulwama on Saturday. Syed Faizan Bukhari, a class 11 student from Poonch district of Jammu division, returned his award that he had won during a public speaking competition organized by the Army in Government Degree College (GDC) Poonch as a sign of protest against the Pulwama killings. As Bukhari had written a post on his social media account saying that he cannot keep his eyes, ears and…

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‘Excessive’ use of force in Kashmir, Amnesty slams India

A worrying pattern is emerging in Kashmir where security forces are increasingly using indiscriminate and excessive force against civilians, the Amnesty India said on Monday, two days after forces killed at least seven civilians in Pulwama district in southern Kashmir. Responding to Saturday’s clashes between forces and civilians near a gunfight site in Pulwama, leading to death of seven civilians, Asmita Basu, programmes director, Amnesty India, said: “The killing of seven civilians on Saturday is an unfortunate addition to a series of alleged human rights violations by security forces in…

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‘God save! they haven’t given voting rights to cows’: Mehbooba Mufti’s dig at BJP

Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti on Monday said it was the “best time” for India to hold talks with Pakistan as the neighbouring country’s new Prime Minister Imran Khan is being touted as a “proxy” for their army. If initiated now, she said, the talks between the two neighbours at this time could prove “beneficial”. “If Imran is a proxy of the Pak army then this is the best time to talk. When Imran Khan says he is ready to talk, to open corridors, then I think…

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‘Kill Us All’ Joint Resistance Leadership’s march to army HQs foiled

Kashmir Observes Shutdown On 3rd Running Day Against Seven Civilian killings In Pulwama; Geelani’s House Sealed Of, Mirwaiz, Malik Detained; Internet Remains Shut Authorities imposed curbs to thwart a protest march called by joint resistance leadership to Badamibagh, housing the headquarters of army’s 15 corps, even as protest shutdown against the killing of seven civilians in Pulwama on weekend continued for the third running day on Monday. The JRL comprising Hurriyat Conference factions led by Syed Ali Geelani and Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and besides JKLF headed by Yasin Malik had…

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Guv Satya Pal Malik recommends president rule in state after December 19

Jammu and Kashmir governor Satya Pal Malik has recommended the Centre to impose President’s rule in the state after the expiry of six-months of Governor’s rule on December 19, officials said on Monday. A communication from the governor’s office has been sent to the Union home ministry which will be taken up by the Union cabinet before the expiry of the governor’s rule on December 19, they said. After the cabinet nod, the same would be signed by President Ram Nath Kovind who will issue a proclamation which declares that…

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OIC condemns Pulwama killings, asks Delhi to allow ‘Fact-Finding’ mission to Kashmir

The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation Monday strongly condemned the killing of seven civilians by government forces in southern Kashmir’s Pulwama district two days earlier. In a statement, a spokesman of the OIC said: “The general secretariat of the OIC expresses strong condemnation of the killing of innocent Kashmiris by Indian forces in Kashmir where direct shooting at demonstrators in Pulwama region claimed lives of a number of innocent citizens and injured others”. “The OIC general secretariat condemns this terrorist act and calls upon the international community to play its role…

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Offer funeral prayers in absentia for youth killed in Pulwama: Joint Resistance Leadership

Joint Resistance Leadership comprising Syed Ali Geelani ,Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik has urged the people to offer funeral in absentia on Tuesday for the youth killed at Sirnoo, Pulwama in forces firing on Saturday. The leadership also asked people to visit the homes of slain youth to express solidarity with the bereaved families. “People should offer Giabana Namaz e Jinazah tomorrow after Zuhr prayers for Pulwama martyrs and also visit the homes of the Pulwama martyrs and express solidarity with their families,” a JRL spokesman said in…

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