Friday, 2 June 2023
Umer Beigh is a journalist from Indian-administered Kashmir. He is a graduate of the Nelson Mandela Centre for Peace and Conflict Resolution at Jamia Millia Islamia University in New Delhi.
The death toll keeps rising in Chhattisgarh state, whose Bastar region has long been the site of violent conflict between government forces and the people who have inhabited it for thousands of years.
The people of Kashmir recognise the Palestinian experience of settler colonialism and apartheid as Indian authorities arrest several demonstrators for pro-Gaza sentiments.
Pakistan’s harsh laws against religious profanity are being abused to settle personal and political scores, leading to an alarming rise in convictions and even murder.
In 1990, a separatist group fighting for a state for Hindu Tamils evicted thousands of Muslims from their homes. Some of the displaced yearn to return, but the Sri Lankan state won’t help.
Two Myanmar soldiers have confessed to committing atrocities against Rohingya Muslims, giving more evidence of the genocide against the minority group.
The regressive custom behind thousands of murders each year has come into the spotlight again after the brother of a slain Pakistani social media star was sentenced to life in prison for her killing.
Trafficking and exploitation is of major concern for the stateless residents of Assam, prompted by the latest version of India’s National Register of Citizens that was released in August.