โThe policy of repression and demolition of institutions in J&K being pursued by the authorities is extremely unfortunate and sad.โ SRINAGAR โย The All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) has expressed grave concern over the plight of Kashmiri political prisoners, youth, human rights activists, and others, incarcerated for years in various jails in Jammu and Kashmir and…
โForce, repression, propaganda and underhandedness as a state policy being pursued in J&K, in the long run, will only be counterproductive and fatal.โ SRINAGAR โ All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) on Wednesday said that 2021 was one more year lost to killings, bloodshed and violence in J&K, which it said, was a result of the…
“The political parties also sense that the Centre might hold elections soon, so they have begun preparations.” SRINAGAR โ In a bid to reassert themselves, the major mainstream political parties of Kashmir have begun a public outreach. The outreach began days after the dormant factions of Hurriyat Conference issued a shutdown call in the aftermath…
โGeelani was a father figure, a centre of gravity and a measure of morality for resistance politics in more than one way.โ SRINAGAR โ The death of nonagenarian Hurriyat patriarch Syed Ali Geelani is being seen as a big setback to the resistance politics in Jammu and Kashmir. There is none within the rank and…
Ever since he shut his door on the Indian parliamentary delegation, the defiant old man was fighting a lonely battle with forgetfulness in his home captivity. In the wake of Syed Ali Geelaniโs quiet farewell, a senior scribe who reported the 2016 summer upheaval recalls his field trip to then seething south. The killing of…
Living up to his word and wish to meet his sonโs fate, Mohammad Ashraf Khan Sehrai passed away in the seclusion of his captivity. His demise has only drawn curtains over the sixty-year-long eventful political career dented by detentions. Kashmirโs deserted streets amid another lockdown seem to have retreated a year back to the holy…