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The Indian Supreme Court upheld the Union Government’s 2019 decision to repeal the special status accorded to the state of Jammu & Kashmir under Article 370 of the India Constitution on Monday. The Court declared Article 370 a temporary provision, stating that the constitution did not indicate that Jammu and Kashmir should retain sovereignty after [...]

The Lower House of the Indian Parliament, known as the Lok Sabha, passed two bills on Wednesday aimed at introducing and implementing reservations for members of schedule castes, tribes, socially and educationally “backward” classes within the legislative assembly, employment sphere and professional institutions within the territories of Jammu and Kashmir. Reservations in India are a [...]

Kashmiri journalist Fahad Shah, who endured nearly 21 months in jail on charges of “anti-national content” and “glorifying terrorism” in Kashmir, secured bail on Friday from Indian authorities. Shah’s release came three months after the authorities blocked the Kashmir Walla, a publication he founded and leads. Despite the difficulty of obtaining bail under India’s anti-terrorism laws, [...]

Security forces in the Indian-controlled part of Kashmir engaged in a fatal encounter that killed five suspected militants, police reported on Friday. Police say that at least two were adolescents were among the deceased, and three had recently joined rebel factions. Officials say they initiated the operation after intelligence revealed insurgents hiding in a village [...]

A Delhi official approved the prosecution of Booker prize-winning author Arundhati Roy on Tuesday based on charges of sedition. Roy and her three co-defendants, Delhi University lecturer Syed Abdul Rahman Geelani, Kashmiri separatist leader Sayed Ali Shah Geelani and Central University of Kashmir law professor Sheikh Showkat Hussain, are accused of criticizing the Indian government’s [...]

On October 7th, 2023, the State of Israel was brutally attacked by the terrorist organization known as Hamas, instigating an all-out war. In the early morning of October 7th, Hamas terrorist fighters made their way into Israel from the Gaza Strip, invading and occupying Israeli towns, cities, and military bases. This surprise attack in Israel [...]

Indian authorities on Saturday barred access to The Kashmir Walla, one of the last surviving independent news outlets operating within the volatile region of Indian-administered Kashmir. This action, undertaken without prior notice, has been deemed a “deadly blow” by the news portal, highlighting an escalating crackdown on press freedom since the region’s autonomy was revoked [...]

The Supreme Court of India emphasized on Thursday the importance of confining their judicial review to constitutional transgressions during the seventh day of hearings in a case involving the elimination of Article 370 from India’s Constitution. The five-judge bench underscored the need to avoid probing the intentions of the federal government in examining Article 370, [...]

India imposed the highest number of internet shutdowns of any nation in 2022, according to a Tuesday report by digital watchdog Access Now. The report found that India cut internet access 84 times out 187 international shutdowns last year and has accounted for 58 percent of all shutdowns documented by Access Now since 2016. The [...]

Amnesty International Tuesday called on on the government of India to immediately halt the demolition of homes in the state of Jammu and Kashmir. Amnesty International believes the demolitions, which began Saturday, are “an extension of the brutal human rights violations the region of Jammu and Kashmir, the only Muslim majority region of India, has [...]