Turkey says Article 370 abrogation did not bring peace to Kashmir, India calls remark ‘Biased & Incorrect’

The Ministry of External Affairs on Thursday criticised Turkey’s remarks against India’s decisions related to Jammu and Kashmir, and described them as “factually incorrect, biased and unwarranted”. Turkey had on Monday claimed that India’s move to rescind the region’s special status had not “contributed to the peace and stability in the region”. “We would urge the government of Turkey to get a proper understanding of the ground situation in India and refrain from interfering in its internal matters,” foreign ministry Spokesperson Anurag Srivastava said during a press briefing on Thursday.…

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Unite on Kashmir Issue Or will move ahead with or without you: Shah Mehmood Qureshi warns OIC

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Pakistan, Shah Mehmood Qureshi, on Wednesday, warned the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to stop delaying plans on the convening of a meeting of its Council of Foreign Ministers (CFM) on Jammu and Kashmir. The Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) is an international organization founded in 1969, consisting of 57 member states. The organisation states that it is “the collective voice of the Muslim world” and works to “safeguard and protect the interests of the Muslim world in the spirit of promoting international peace and…

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Pakistan will continue to raise Kashmir Issue at world stage: Imran Khan

Notwithstanding the unsuccessful attempts made by him to raise the Kashmir issue at the world stage, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan on Wednesday said his country would continue to raise the matter at all international forums. Addressing the Pakistan-occupied Kashmir’s Legislative Assembly on the first anniversary of India’s decision to revoke the special status of Jammu and Kashmir on August 5, 2019, Khan claimed that many world leaders didn’t even know what was going on in Kashmir. Khan said that it was due to his government’s efforts that the Kashmir…

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Mijbil Al Shureka renowned Kuwaiti lawyer and rights activist may take the Babri Masjid case to International Court

While the helpless Muslim minority of India has been coerced into silence, the fall out of Babri Masjid demolition doesnt seem to halt in other parts of the globe. The powerful appeal of a Kuwaiti lawyer and director of   International Human Rights, Mijbil Al Shureka has resonated all across the middle east demanding the reconstruction of the illegally demolished mosque in Ayodhya. In his latest tweet Mr. Shureka has shared a letter in which he has requested to  All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) to give him permission to take the…

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Imran Khan’s 18-point Kashmir plan for Aug 5, outreach to Turkey, Malaysia and China

With Pakistan Army expected to take the back seat, Imran Khan may go to occupied Kashmir to rake up anti-India sentiment in his assembly address to mark one year of India nullifying Article 370 Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan who counts the campaign against India over Jammu and Kashmir as his government’s key achievement has roped in the Inter Services Intelligence, or ISI, in its 18-point plan to commemorate the Aug 5 anniversary of India scrapping Article 370 that extended special status to the valley, people familiar with the development…

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Kashmir is a ‘Living Prison and A Camp’ like Gaza: Shaikha Hend

Emirati Royal Sheikha Hend bint Faisal Al Qasimi, who came into the limelight for criticising islamophobia and attacks on Muslims of India, has said that Kashmir is a ‘living prison and a camp’ and questioned the silence of the international community as ‘Gaza was happening all over again’. Sheikha Hend made these comments in an interview to news wesite TwoCicles,net. “India is a member of the United Nations and they have commitments and there is a clear violation of human rights in Kashmir. I would understand being under lockdown for a week…

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Fear of WW3 looming, as China expands its forces into Indian territory post deadly conflict on LAC

INDIA’S prime minister Narendra Modi has been berated in his own country for allegedly surrendering disputed territory in the Himalayas to Chinese forces as Beijing expands its military presence in the disputed region. The Indian prime minister has been facing repeated criticism since brutal hand to hand conflict broke out between troops on the Himalayan border region last month. Mr Modi has been accused of a retreat that has allowed China to capitalise on the situation. However, the Indian leader has said he is trying to de-escalate the situation. He…

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The world must not let Srebrenica-like massacre happen in Kashmir: Imran Khan

Prime Minister Imran Khan on Saturday said he feared a massacre similar to the 1995 genocide in Srebrenica could happen in Indian occupied Kashmir and urged the international community to take notice and prevent it from happening. Speaking on the 25th anniversary of the massacre, the premier said he still remembered when the genocide had taken place. “We were shocked and appalled how this massacre was allowed to happen in a United Nations safe haven. I still feel shock [over] how such a thing could have been allowed by the…

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Since August 5, 2019, the UN made its third communication on J&K public

Four Special Rapporteurs express ‘grave concern over alleged excessive use of force, ill-treatment during arrests and detentions’ United Nations (UN) Special Rapporteurs have made public their third communication forwarded to India since the August 5, 2019 decision to revoke Jammu and Kashmir’s special status, expressing “grave concern over alleged excessive use of force, ill-treatment during arrests and detentions”. Four UN Special Rapporteurs on torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment; on extra-judicial, summary or arbitrary executions; on minority issues; and on freedom of religion or belief —…

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Special UN envoy for Kashmir sort during the Istanbul conference

A conference in Turkey called on Tuesday for the secretary-general of the UN to appoint a special envoy to resolve the dispute surrounding Kashmir and for it to start mediation efforts on holding a UN-sanctioned plebiscite in the region. In a 13-point joint declaration issued at the end of a virtual two-day international conference on Kashmir hosted by Istanbul University, the participants demanded an “early, just and durable resolution” in accordance with UN Security Council resolutions. Welcoming recent remarks by Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan that Ankara is “in favor…

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