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Immediate release: Canada is urged to withdraw from the G20 meetings in Indian occupied Kashmir

This follows the members of the Kashmir Scholars Consultative Action Network along with 50+ organizations from around the world, 25+ which have members in Canada, which urged Canada and other G20 members to withdraw from G20 meetings planned for Indian-administered Jammu &...

Kashmir: Three years of settler colonization in hyperdrive

Today marks three years since the Kashmiri people lost their limited autonomous status. On August 5, 2019,  the president of India arbitrarily revoked Article 370 and 35A of the Indian constitution and suspended the Jammu and Kashmir constitution.  Learn more.

Canada silent on India’s colonization of Kashmir

Last week a few media sources reported on India’s evictions of forest dwellers based on an AFP report. Canadian media continued to be silent on the Indian occupation of Kashmir. In 1948, Canada’s UN representative Andrew McNaughton took the lead...

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Canada’s Silence on India’s Colonization of Kashmir

Over 1,000 joined us on Zoom and FB live for the public forum hosted by twenty-five Canadian civil society organizationson October 22 to consider Canada's policy in regard to Kashmir. View the recording and learn more.

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Two Kashmir petitions make it to parliament this week

Two petition calling the Canadian government to action related to Indian colonization in Kashmir were presented this week in paraliment. Kashmir was last mentioned in Parliament in regard to occupation by India by Svend Robinson in 2003. The government...

Minister Champagne “regrets” his schedule does not allow a meeting with Kashmiri diaspora and allies

Response to Kashmiri diaspora and allys from Foreign Affairs Minister Champagne totally ignored the military occupation, the year long lock down, and the rampid colonization under way that has seen towards 2 million settlers being granted residence permits since April...

Just Peace Advocates in the Media on Kashmir

Over the past few months, Just Peace Advocates has written op-ed in the Toronto Star, Hill Times, Mondoweiss, Spring Magazine, Richocet, and several other media, as well as appeared on webinar panels, and media interviews, in regard to the situation...

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Double lock down in the Kashmir valley—a year of military lockdown, compounded with Covid-19

While the rest of the world is focused on restrictions associated with the Covid-19 pandemic, the Kashmiris have been faced with a brutal human rights situation of double lockdown—an aggressive military lockdown, coupled with the devasting ramifications of Covid-19. Learn more...

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Canadian civil society call on Canadian government in regard to COVID-19 and the grave threat to occupied Kashmir

11 organizations have sent a letter to the Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, the Minister of Foreign Affairs calling on the Canadian government to urge India to: 1. End its militarism, state violence, and denial of fundamental rights to the people of Jammu...