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Topic: Hurriyat

Jailed separatist Hurriyat leader Ashraf Sehrai dies in Jammu hospital, had ‘Covid symptoms’

Azaan Javaid - 5 May, 2021

80-year-old Ashraf Sehrai had been lodged in Jammu's Kot Balwal Jail since he was booked under the Public Safety Act in July last year.

Disillusionment or Pakistan push? Story behind Syed Ali Shah Geelani’s Hurriyat exit

Azaan Javaid - 1 July, 2020

Kashmiri separatist Syed Geelani has resigned from his faction of Hurriyat Conference. Indian officials see several possible reasons for this, but say it's 'to early to give a final verdict'.

Abdullah, Mufti in Kashmir aren’t ‘pro-India mainstream’. They’re just not openly anti-India

Abhijit Iyer-Mitra - 8 October, 2019

If rudimentary oath-taking to Constitution is a sign of being pro-India, then even Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani took oath as an MLA.

Demonetisation, GST, now Kashmir. Modi govt doesn’t think beyond the first step

Abhijit Iyer-Mitra - 29 August, 2019

If things get better in Kashmir, give half of the credit to Modi government and the other half to sheer dumb luck.

Modi’s Mission Kashmir was to make scrapping of Article 35A a necessity. That moment is now

Abhinav Pandya - 4 August, 2019

If Modi govt fails to scrap Article 35A now, it will be loss of face for Delhi and a de facto surrender of Kashmir to transnational terror groups.

HT and TOI worry about drought & poor monsoon, Express finds changed climate in J&K for talks

Simrin Sirur - 24 June, 2019

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Separatist Hurriyat Conference has lost ground in Kashmir, but not its relevance

Moushumi Das Gupta - 3 March, 2019

Politicians & analysts say while the Hurriyat has lost some of its appeal, it is still the long-term destination for pro-azadi voices, and must be engaged.

Ex-ISI chief Durrani, who admitted to creation of Hurriyat, stripped of pension benefits

Jyoti Malhotra - 23 February, 2019

Pakistan’s strictures come in the wake of the publication of Spy Chronicles, a collaboration between Durrani and former RAW chief A.S. Dulat.

Pakistan reaching out to us as it cannot approach India, says Hurriyat’s Mirwaiz

Nayanima Basu - 4 February, 2019

Separatist leader justifies phone call with Pakistan foreign minister, says Hurriyat is the voice of Kashmiris, points out Vajpayee govt let them meet Musharraf.