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10 February 2013 , By Gaurav Vivek Bhatnagar , tehelka ‘Al vida’, said Afzal Guru to his executioner, who had himself bid him good bye with the same words a few seconds earlier. And then as the executioner pulled a… Continue Reading →
The media constantly played the tape.The police officers received awards. Hear the other side too. In 2006, Vinod K. Jose met Afzal Guru inside Tihar jail for a rare interview. These are the edited excerpts… Posted On Sunday, February 10,… Continue Reading →
By: Amitava Kumar PUBLISHED ON MARCH 23, 2010, “A Collaborator in Kashmir” appears in PEN America 10: Fear Itself. After flights from Delhi to Jammu and then on to Srinagar, I rode north in a taxi to Sopore, closer to the Pakistan… Continue Reading →
COMMITTEE FOR THE RELEASE OF POLITICAL PRISONERS 185/3, FOURTH FLOOR, ZAKIR NAGAR, NEW DELHI-110025 09/02/13 Condemn strongly the illegal act of executing Mohd. Afzal Guru! Condemn and expose the violation of all procedures and law of the land! Release… Continue Reading →
JOIN SILENT PROTEST AT JANTAR MANTAR TODAY at 1.00pm AGAINST THE HANGING OF AFZAL GURU Edited by Surabhi Malik | Updated: February 09, 2013 08:46 IST New Delhi: Afzal Guru, convicted for his role in the attack on Parliament in 2001, has been executed at about… Continue Reading →
In Kashmir, young girls who performed in their own rock-band are now silenced by fear, following a fatwa by the Grand Mufti declaring that music, especially for women, is ‘un-Islamic.’ At a time when the whole country has been on… Continue Reading →
Valley’s all-girl rock band after online slur still detremined Azhar Qadri Tribune News Service Srinagar, February 1 The musical journey of Kashmir’s first and only all-girl rock band has come to an abrupt end after an online hate buzz. The… Continue Reading →
BREAKING NEWS-Soldier in Jammu invokes Human Rights Commission against Information Commissioner #RTI
VINITA DESHMUKH | 16/01/2013 0, Moneylife Being denied of information and humiliated during the hearing of his case on 10th January at the State Information Commission office, Sanskrit scholar and RTI activist Dr Subedar Surinder Sharma turned to the State Human Rights Commission… Continue Reading →