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May102021 by News DeskNo Comments

Kashmiri Doctors in Diaspora Leading by Example- Treating Thousands of Covid Patients for Free

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As covid-19 takes a firmer grip on India and various other countries across the globe, the efforts of Kashmiri doctors in the diaspora are earning global praises. 300 Kashmiri doctors living abroad, are providing free treatment to people around the clock in various countries including Saudi Arabia, Dubai, the USA, UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. According to news reports, Kashmiri doctors in the diaspora have treated thousands of patients after gathering under the banner of the Kashmir Healthcare Support group, and have also given free consultancy to more than 20,000 patients online, since July. Ranging from cardiologists, physicians, orthopedics to doctors who specialize in all types of treatment, the group has been helping the patients fight the pandemic. One of the doct...

Censorship Stiffens- Twitter Suspends Dozens of Pro Kashmir Accounts

Diaspora, INTERNATIONAL

In a continuation of a crackdown against indigenous voices, Facebook and Twitter have taken down prominent voices for the Kashmir valley. The Twitter handle of Stand with Kashmir was suspended by Twitter from its platform for the second time in less than two months. Stand with Kashmir is an amalgam of Kashmiris in the diaspora. The globally renowned group is highlighting the Human Rights violations taking place across the Kashmir valley. In 2019, Facebook also removed a post from the Facebook page of The Kashmiriyat providing a detailed list of Militant killings till November 2018, Facebook said that the post does not follow the community standards set by the Social Media platform, the post however was restored after a span of eight hours. The Twitter handles of various pro resist...

Renowned Kashmiri Author Ather Zia bags ‘Public Anthropologist’ Award for her Book on Kashmir

Diaspora, REGIONAL

Ather Zia’s book “Resisting Disappearance: Military Occupation and Women’s Activism in Kashmir” has won the Public Anthropologist Award 2021. Public Anthropologist Award is given to an anthropologist who has published an outstanding contribution that follows these topics: violence, war, poverty, social movements, freedom, aid, rights, injustice, inequality, social exclusion, racism, health, and environmental challenges. Ather Zia is a poet, short fiction writer, and columnist. She is an Associate Professor in the Department of Anthropology and Gender Studies program at the University of Northern Colorado Greeley. She holds a doctorate in Anthropology from the University of California, Irvine. Her research scrutinizes the Indian military occupation, settler colonialism, a...