Take off blocked
A young Kashmiri aeronautical engineer was arrested and charged with waging war against the state. Five years later the court found him innocent and...
Too Many Tragedies
Scores of mourners carrying the body of slain Mirwaiz in 1990 were killed when forces opened fire on the funeral procession, adding a black...
Lawless Law
While the state government has been calling for repealing of AFSPA, it has generally evaded debates on PSA over which it has all the...
Soldier wanted for Kashmir murders caught on camera in US
Major Avtar Singh, a former soldier wanted in eleven murder cases in Kashmir including that of lawyer and rights actvisit Jalil Andrabi has been...
Denied rights
Lack of medical facilities and unhygienic conditions inside state’s jails is putting the lives of detainees, especially those with known history of ailments, in...
The latest victim
Authorities have slapped PSA on an 18-year-old, citing a photograph of a masked boy beating a policeman as evidence. The family says, the boy...
Oppressed in Kashmir
A team of civil society members from New Delhi visited Kashmir after the summer unrest. In its report, it indicts the army and the...
Decades of indifference
More than 100 families purchased residential plots from J&K housing board in Islamabad town in south Kashmir, however, the plots were occupied by army...
Immune and offensive
Enjoying the immunity granted to its men under Armed Forces Special Powers Act, the army has consistently sidelined the courts in J&K, yet in...
Striving for justice
After losing two sons, Abdul Ahad Wani strived hard for justice till his last breath. His only surviving son has carried on the struggle....
Shadows of Past
The last time a US president visited India, 35 Sikhs were killed in a mysterious carnage in Kashmir. With another US president’s visit round...
Living Torture
The government has scuttled a bill aimed at preventing torture by police and punishing the perpetrators. Khursheed Wani analyses why the state is reluctant...
Justice interrupted
Judiciary has been defunct for more than three months as lawyers across Kashmir have gone on strike against the jailing of their colleagues. Ikhlaq...
Enemy territory
People of Palhallan have been incarcerated in their homes without electricity and access to healthcare, nor are they allowed to harvest paddy or pick...
A law of lawlessness
With debate over revocation of AFSPA getting a lot of media attention, Kashmir Life looks into the law believed to be the source of gross human rights violations in J&K.
