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Lest we forget: In February 1991, Indian army forces laid siege to the twin villages of Kunan and Poshpura where, for hours, soldiers separated men from women and gang-raped women and girls aged 13 to 80. Photo: Supplied
AASIYA ANDRABI

Sexual violence and the weaponisation of the law

When we condemn Israeli apartheid but remain silent on Indian occupation, we fail to recognise that these are not separate struggles but part of a shared architecture of…

  • Zeenat Adam
8 min read
Using fear of terrorism, governments have undermined human rights and civil liberties of their Muslim citizens. (Reuter/Danish Ismail).
IDRISA PANDIT

Terrorism used as excuse to suppress Kashmir

Within India, the Bharatiya Janata Party government is stoking Islamophobia by using religion as an instrument of identity politics

  • Idrisa Pandit
4 min read
Indian security personnel stop Kashmiri residents as they stand guard on a deserted road during restrictions after scrapping of the special constitutional status for Kashmir by the Indian government, in Srinagar. (Reuters/Danish Ismail)
HARIS ZARGAR

Healthcare system collapsing in Kashmir

With communication lines down, residents can’t call ambulances or schedule operations

  • Haris Zargar
10 min read
ALQAEDA

Video raises fears of al-Qaeda expansion to Maldives

A propaganda video shot inside a radical Maldives mosque and posted on the Internet has raised fears that al-Qaeda is gaining a foothold in the Indian Ocean tourist paradise. The…

  • Ajay Makan
2 min read
AHMAD BHAT

Copy right or copy wrong?

Riazat Butt reports on the Kashmiri activist who inspired Islamic Rage Boy

  • Riazat Butt
4 min read