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Shrinking Civic Space and Media Suppression in Jammu &…
By Mehr un NisaThere comes a moment in every conflict when the war is no longer fought on land, but on truth. Indian occupied Jammu & Kashmir (IoJK) has now entered that moment. The raid on the Kashmir Times office on November 20,…
Ink under seige, targeting of Kashmir times and its editor
Altaf Hussain Wani
When authorities raided the Jammu office of Kashmir Times today , seizing documents and sealing premises, it marked not an isolated incident but the culmination of a systematic campaign to extinguish one of the…
Of Headlines to Handcuffs: The Collective Punishment of…
Shazia Ashraf Khawaja
Another day, another sensational headline from Indian occupied Jammu & Kashmir (IIoJK). The script, by now, is numbingly familiar. A “national news channel” executive, acting as a conduit for unnamed…
Occupation, Oppression and Pakistan’s Advocacy for Kashmiris
By Muhammad Batish
The Jammu & Kashmir dispute is one of the most prolonged and contentious issues in South Asia; whereas this is a territorial dispute between Pakistan and India, it is also a long-standing human rights issue for…
When Doctors Became Victims of Occupation in Kashmir
By Mehr un Nisa
The aftermath of the Red Fort blast has exposed a new and disturbing pattern in Indian governance. It is not only about counter-terror operations. It is not about law and order. It is about power, perception and the…
How Is India Using Digital Shackles to Control Innocent…
India has revealed the next phase of its control over the people of Indian occupied Jammu and Kashmir. This is not a new policy. GPS tracking anklets were first introduced in IoJK in November 2023. But what was once an experiment has now…
Arbitrary Confiscation of Property in Jammu & Kashmir
By Mehr un Nisa
A day after the blast near Delhi’s Red Fort, Haryana police ordered all residential societies in Gurugram to submit lists of Kashmiri residents. It was a bureaucratic act dressed as security, but its intent was…
The Kashmiri Tax on Terror: Paying for India’s Security Failures…
Shazia Ashraf Khawaja
The car blast near Delhi’s Red Fort on November 10th has once again activated India’s most predictable and shameful security reflex: the mass persecution of Kashmiris. Within four days, over 1,500 Kashmiris…
Kashmir’s Pre-Blast Crackdown:When Doctors and Women Became…
By Mehr un Nisa
Before the smoke rose over Delhi’s Red Fort, Indian Administered Jammu & Kashmir was already under siege. Long before investigators linked the blast to the Valley, the arrests had begun. Doctors, women and young…
Sardar Tanveer Ilyas Khan: A Symbol of Vision, Dignity, and…
By Sardar Imtiaz Khan
The political landscape of Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) has undergone profound transformations over the past few years. Amidst shifting alliances, emerging parties, and new political currents, a few personalities…