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“Nights fill us with dread,” says Zainab* (name changed), a resident of Baramulla in north Kashmir. Zainab is in her late forties, and her children have grown up, but as many as three

Families in Kashmir say several civilians have died amid clashes between security forces and protesters since India announced its decision to withdraw the region’s autonomy, despite the government’s official stance that there has not a single casualty.

Nobel laureate economist Amartya Sen on Monday criticised the Narendra Modi-led administration’s decision to revoke Jammu and Kashmir’s special status and split the region into two Union Territories, NDTV reported.“I don’t think ultimately you will

Normal life remained affected in Kashmir for the 22nd consecutive day on Monday as markets and schools were shut, but the movement of private vehicles in the city improved, officials said. Restrictions were

At least 152 are injured as thousands of police and paramilitary troopers swarm the region to stop protests. A UN military observation office in Srinagar was also sealed in barbed wire. Posters had been

clampdown has forced the Valley’s newspapers to fall in line, their pages resembling government bulletins, reflecting the fear that has gripped the region. The official versions of events receive wide publicity without questions

According to Khurram Parvez, a human-rights activist and coordinator of the Jammu Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society, sexual abuse is being used as a weapon of war in Kashmir. FAYAZ KABLI / REUTERS On

This month, the Indian government unilaterally abrogated Kashmir’s special status, in a move that disregarded multipleUnited Nations Security Council resolutionsthat call for a peaceful and democratic solution to the Kashmir dispute. With this

“Soldiers violently banged windows of our home while we were sleeping,” Rah told AFP, saying his sons — aged 14 and 16 — were taken away before dawn in the Srinagar neighbourhood of

Three deaths have been claimed by Kashmiri familes since New Dehli imposed a massive security and communications lockdown on the region Rafiq Shagu’s wife died shortly after Friday prayers in India’s Muslim-majority Kashmir

Separatist leaders in Indian Kashmir have urged people to defy a ban and join a mass march after Friday prayers this week, the first such call since the federal government revoked the region’s

There have been a number of protests in Srinagar following India’s decision to revoke special autonomous status for the part of Kashmir it controls. Authorities say the protests have been contained and there