In the aftermath of the deadly terrorist attack in Jammu & Kashmir’s Pahalgam, hatred against Kashmiris and Kashmiri students in particular surged in at least four northern states and Jammu, fuelled by right-wing groups. We spoke with Kashmiri students who had exams to write but had no institutional support. Hiding in their rooms, hoping for the worst to pass without violence, they spoke of mental and emotional trauma.

cross-posted from: https://lemy.lol/post/43264971

In the aftermath of the deadly terrorist attack in Jammu & Kashmir’s Pahalgam, hatred against Kashmiris and Kashmiri students in particular surged in at least four northern states and Jammu, fuelled by right-wing groups. We spoke with Kashmiri students who had exams to write but had no institutional support. Hiding in their rooms, hoping for the worst to pass without violence, they spoke of mental and emotional trauma.

  • मुक्त@lemmy.mlM
    2·
    3 days ago

    In your vocabulary, a random person who looks Indian = Indian government.

    And you really want to be taken seriously, for unknown reasons.

    • geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml
      1·
      3 days ago

      Human rights groups and academics have documented the shared approaches of both countries military and police – such as punitive home demolitions, extrajudicial killings, and arbitrary detentions, employed by the Israeli state against Palestinians, and the Indian state against Kashmiris.

      The use of these tactics has escalated following the revocation of Kashmir’s special status in 2019, where the Indian government launched a major crackdown on dissent, targeting journalists and civil society.

      According to Kashmiri academic Hafsa Kanjwal, the Indian government’s 2019 decision - which enables Indians to purchase land in Indian-controlled Kashmir – paves the way for similar “settler-colonial projects” in India and Israel, forcing “demographic change”.

      Zee News, a prominent Indian news network, described the Israeli ambassador Reuven Azar’s response as a statement from India’s “closest friend, Israel”.

      Former director general of police of Jammu and Kashmir S.P Vaid said that “we must respond like Israel,” as reported by Hindi newspaper Jagran.

      Human rights groups have documented the ways in which the Police of Jammu and Kashmir, run by India’s Ministry of Home Affairs, have led raids and interrogations against journalists, and maintained extrajudicial detentions of Kashmiris.

      • मुक्त@lemmy.mlM
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        2 days ago

        Former director general of police of Jammu and Kashmir S.P Vaid said that “we must respond like Israel,” as reported by Hindi newspaper Jagran.

        The only citation which might have been valid, but it has been made after pahalgam terror attack and Mr Vaid is not actually holding the official position requiring this to be an official statement, nor is he talking about anything that happened while he was holding a relevant charge.

        I believe enough oppurtunity have been given to you to make your case, but the only outcome is smoke and mirrors, drawn heavily by motivated actors from outside the nation. With advice to improve your reading comprehension, I am out of this discussion as a participant.