Author Archive for Fahad Shah

Will India Ever Deliver Justice To Human Rights Violations In Kashmir?

by Fahad Shah • January 22, 2011

Even though United Nations rapporteur on human rights violations Margaret Sekaggya visited Kashmir on January 19, India has failed to deliver justice to human rights violation victims in the Kashmir valley since the armed rebellion erupted twenty years ago. The…

by Fahad Shah • January 10, 2011

(From The Kashmir Walla) In her fifties, Zamrooda Shah, mother of Peerzada Arshad Ahmed Shah, entered the room. The windows of the room were half-hidden behind red curtains while the floor was covered with carpets. Dressed in a Pheran (a…

by Fahad Shah • December 9, 2010

(Syndicated from Viewpoint Online) Ten-year-old Hafiz Parvez wants to attend school but deems the freedom struggle even important. “I want to see Independent Kashmir then I will go school. Yeman bicharen lagevikh gool (they fired on these innocent fellows),” he…

by Fahad Shah • December 8, 2010

(Syndicated from the The Kashmir Walla) Sitting in an auditorium on a clammy afternoon of end-October, an enthusiastic audience chanting pro-freedom slogans after each praises to the speakers was the scene in New Delhi on Thursday. Little Theatre Group auditorium…

by Fahad Shah • December 7, 2010

(From Viewpoint Online) In her fifties, Zamrooda Shah, mother of Peerzada Arshad Ahmed Shah, entered the room. Windows of the room were half-hidden behind red curtains while floor was covered with carpets. Dressed in Pheran (long Kashmiri coat) and a…