The lawyer Mir Urfi is Indian, though, in her home of Kashmir, identity can be complex. For more than seven decades, the region has been claimed by both India and neighboring Pakistan.
Lawyer Mir Urfi is Indian, though in her home of Kashmir, identity can be complex. For more than seven decades, the region has been claimed by both India and neighboring Pakistan.
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Arrest of a 15-Year-Old Under UAPA in J&K Shows the Govt s Insecurity
By charging even petty crimes under the draconian security legislation, the administration aims to discourage dissent in the Kashmir valley. But this has further alienated the people.
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Kupwara: For the past five days, 55-year-old Kaif has left his home early in the morning for the police station in Kupwara, some five km from his village, Bumhama, hoping to return home with his son.
Kaifâs youngest son, 15-year-old Zahab , was arrested on May 29 when he, together with three other young men, all residents of Bumhama, voluntarily went to the police post in Drugmullah with their village
Abdul Hameed Mir, 45, was detained by the authorities around the same time when Indian prime minister Narendra Modi’s government unilaterally announced changes in the constitutional and legal status of the state of Jammu and Kashmir, effectively wiping out the semi-autonomy enjoyed by the region for generations. Picked up from his house in the Kupwara district of Kashmir, Mr Mir had been in prison for more than 18 months without charge when he.