Tag: Kashmiri

Source:-twocircles The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) together with over 400 civil society activists and organizations has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to immediately release Kashmiri journalist Aasif Sultan, who has been imprisoned for two years as of August 27. The signatories of this statement include renowned writers, journalists, academics, press freedom advocates, filmmakers

Source: in.reuters.com SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) – One is a 19-year-old construction worker charged with aiding militants against Indian troops, the other is one of Kashmir’s most prominent lawyers, accused of being “an incorrigible secessionist”. Despite their different backgrounds, Uzair Maqbool Malik and Nazir Ahmad Ronga have something in common: they are among hundreds of people who

Family of Kashmiri on Death Row Hopes for Relief Source:- benarnews.org Relatives of an alleged militant from Indian Kashmir said Monday they would appeal a death sentence and verdict handed to him last month by a court in West Bengal state. Muzaffar Ahmad Rather – a 27-year-old from Kulgam district in south Kashmir – was