Kashmir Siege

Image: Pahalgam Valley, Credit: KennyOMG /Wikimedia In one of the most poignant assessments of the crisis that has plagued Kashmir since New Delhi’s revocation of its autonomous status August last year, an America journalist found on her trip...

Image Credit: Andrew Rusk from Toronto, Canada/Wikimedia  Eminent intellectual Noam Chomsky has said Kashmir is a prison as he noted symptoms of fascism in India under the ruling BJP government. “Well, I mean, the whole institutional...

The UN Security Council discussed the grim situation in Kashmir for the second time since August 5 revocation of the autonomous status of the disputed territory under Indian control. The council met behind-closed-doors months as diplomats...

As Kashmir remains tense four months after India deprived the region of its autonomy, the UN Security Council meets Tuesday to consider the situation in response to China’s request for a meeting. The Council will likely...

A bipartisan resolution introduced in the US House of Representatives has rejected India’s repressive tactics in Kashmir since August 5 revocation of the disputed region’s autonomy and asked New Delhi to lift all restrictions on communication...

India’s repression has turned Kashmir into a “volcano waiting to erupt,” and it is time that New Delhi lets the people of Jammu and Kashmir to decide their destiny, a top Pakistani diplomat argued. Writing an...

Arundhati Roy speaking to Democracy Now Image Credit: Screenshot In her latest denunciation of India’s crackdown in Kashmir, acclaimed Indian novelist Arundhati Roy has said the level of horror in the region – annexed by New...

During an unprecedented hearing on the Capitol Hill, Kashmiri-Americans issued a stinging rebuke to Indian atrocities while U.S. lawmakers called for sending independent observes into Kashmir to ascertain facts in amid ongoing restrictions on freedoms in...

Journalist Aasif Sultan being apprehended. He wears a shirt saying Journalism is not a crime- Image Credit:  Muzammil Matoo via CPJ The National Press Club has honored Kashmiri journalist Aasif Sultan – who has been jailed in India...

Arguing that the U.S. should not ignore democratic values in its relationship with India, Congresswoman Ilhan Omar said at a hearing on Tuesday that Washington should see the situation in Indian-administered Kashmir as part of the...