“Calling friends and allies across the world to take action and stand in solidarity with the people of Kashmir.”
Indian government deliberately targeting mosques & clerics in Kashmir.
https://scroll.in/article/936380/in-kashmir-a-quiet-crackdown-on-mosques-and-clerics
Portland, Oregon #StandWithKashmir rally, Saturday, September 7th, 2019.
Ankara, Turkey #StandWithKashmir protest..
We need to revisit feminist analyses of the use of patriarchy in war, occupation, colonialism, genocide: mass rape, sexual assault, sexual torture & the systematic sexual humiliation of women & men. If we’re going to decisively defeat it, we need to understand how the oppressors use it & its relationship to militarism.
Documentation from Kashmir showing injury & damage from pellet guns: along with demands for the immediate, unconditional withdrawal of all Indian troops & the immediate release of all political prisoners, we must demand the immediate end to pellet guns & live ammo against unarmed protesters.
Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh, India #StandWithKashmir protest.
By Indian journalist Rana Ayyub: as American human rights activist Jeff Neff points out, “What are described here are not arrests, but kidnappings.”
Soura neighborhood in Srinagar defends #azadi:
“Women holding wooden sticks sit in a street during clashes with Indian government forces in Anchaar Soura of Srinagar, Kashmir. Jalla Begum (middle) says we are here to protect our boys from the government forces. She said that forces carry out raids on our places every night. Hundreds of young boys guard Anchaar in the night to stop troops from entering the locality & arresting the residents. The area has emerged as a hotbed of protests.”
Full story in Al Jazeera: https://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/inpictures/kashmir-life-siege-190825132303986.html?
(Photo by Syed Shahriyar/Al Jazeera)