Jail Memoir
The 76-days detention was revealing to the human rights defender Khurram Parvez, who walked out last week from Kot Bhalwal. He shares his indelible...
“I don’t blame people losing faith in SHRC as commission has not worked for...
After remaining headless for five years State Human Rights Commission (SHRC), Justice (retired) Bilal Nazki has recently taken over as its chairman. Born on...
Pellet Ruined Plans
Waiting outside SMHS’ ophthalmology ward pellet hit Shabroza Akhtar blames herself for turning her sister’s upcoming wedding into mourning, reports Jibran Nazir
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Shabroza Akhtar,...
Whose Martyr Is This Sarpanch?
From his hit and run affair with paramilitary to his eventful date with militancy, Shahbad’s Sajad did it all before embracing Congress, the party...
Helping Hands
A part of the pellet crisis was managed by doctors who flew from outside Kashmir. But there are many cases where victims were taken...
Chased to Death
Casualties of unrest 2016 were of mixed nature. As many as 12 deaths were caused by the chase in which the targets drowned, reports Saima...
Lalla Rookh Eyes
Exactly 200 years after Irish blind poet Thomas Moore sung in praise of Kashmir, its beauty, its women and their eyes in his epic-poem,...
Insha’s World
It is completely different from being born blind and going blind. Hit by 350 pellets on her face, Insha Mushtaq underwent four surgeries but...
Jail Chalo
As the crisis enters fourth month, arrests dominate the scene. Now cops move from door-to-door and get the ‘suspects’ to police station where they...
“Non-Lethal” Deaths
After consuming at least seven lives since 2010, the debate around the lethality or non lethality of teargas shells is still not settled. Saima...
Bond and Bones
Clashes and counter-clashes that gripped valley after Burhan Wani’s killing on July 8 have left a trail of withering agony behind. A Sangam boy...
Campaign Costs
Kashmir has attracted international attention over human rights abuse since long now. Many global watchdogs who frequented valley to document its rights situation have...
Bone-Chilling Survivals
In the Barzalla hospital, Shams Irfan meets two persons whose stories are gorier than people with similar injuries surrounding them
Lying on a hurriedly-placed bed,...
Killing The Vision
There is not let up in number of injured received at SMHS hospital in Srinagar. Every minute is adding to the blind population of...
Aripanthan Carnage
A day after India’s 70th I-day, four men were killed in Omar Abdullah’s backyard in Beerwah’s Aripanthan. The killings not only evoked fresh tempers,...
