Video By: Rabiya Shafiq | Article By: Alankrita Anand The Forest Right Act of 2006 does not apply to Jammu and Kashmir, making nomadic communities in the state vulnerable to alienation, eviction and violence. “We have lived here for 500 years. Our home was razed to the ground by the government in 2017. We rear cattle […]
Forced Evictions
Mystery Shrouds a Junior Engineer, Mudasir’s Alleged Suicide
Video By: Nadiya Shafi | Article By: Nusrat Ali Mudasir Aziz, a mother of a five year old child allegedly committed suicide on 7th of May 2017. She is reported to have jumped into the river near Zaina Kadal. Police has not found the dead body and no conclusion could be reached. The mystery behind […]
Proposed Tragbal Firing range Threatens livelihood of Hundreds of Shepherds in Bandipora
The Government of Jammu and Kashmir has been planning to provide Tragbal meadows in north Kashmir’s Bandipora district to the Army for setting up an artillery firing range, a replacement of the Tosa Maidan field firing range which was vacated by the army after a collective movement by several rights groups and locals. Earlier, the […]
