For the Indian residents in the disputed state of Jammu and Kashmir it is becoming increasingly difficult to get timely information from local media about what is happening there. Amid large demonstrations calling for independence, unregistered loca...
By Shahnawaz Khan Srinagar 06 April 2008 The Public Commission on Human Rights, a constituent of the Srinagar based civil rights group Jammu Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society has announced the launch of International People's Tribunal on Human Right...
By Shahnawaz Khan Srinagar 01 April 2008 A human rights group in Indian administered Kashmir says it has located as many as 1,000 unidentified graves across a frontier district in the region. The group says it suspects that the graves may hold the bo...
By Shahnawaz Khan Srinigar 29 October 2007 The International Committee to Ban Land Mines has been urging nations around the world to ban land mines. While India has resisted the ban because of security issues on its borders, an alliance of insurgents...
By Raymond Thibodeaux Srinagar 03 July 2007 Thousands of young, military-age men in Kashmir have vanished during Kashmir's 18-year conflict. Estimates of the number missing range from 3,000 to as many as 10,000. But for one Kashmiri mother, one is to...
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 11 July 2006 Civilian carries a girl, injured in a grenade explosion in Srinagar, India, Tuesday, July 11, 2006 Several grenade blasts have rocked the capital of Indian Kashmir, killing six people and injuring nearly two...
By Patricia Nunan New Delhi 25 May 2006 Indian PM Manmohan Singh addresses a press conference in Srinagar, India, Thursday, May 25, 2006 India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has wrapped up two days of roundtable discussions on the Kashmir conflict...
By Anjana Pasricha New Delhi 20 June 2006 India and Pakistan have launched a second bus service to link the two sides of the divided Himalayan region of Kashmir. The new transport links between the South Asian rivals are the most visible symbol of a...
By Patricia Nunan New Delhi 24 May 2006 Manmohan Singh Leaders of a key alliance of Kashmiri separatist organizations have refused to join a meeting with the Indian prime minister aimed at ending the...
By Patricia Nunan New Delhi 24 May 2006 Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, left, and Jammu Kashmir state chief minister Ghulam Nabi Azad look on during a conference in Srinagar, India, Wednesday, M...