VOICES FROM THE REGION#05: 15 June 2022 From Bergen-Belsen to Ukraine Guest Writer: Heidi Kingstone The war in Ukraine and the atrocities committed there, with accompanying claims of genocide and Nazism, have made remembrance of the Holocaust more relevant than ever. We are confronted by perhaps the most serious challenge to the international rule of law since […]
VOICES FROM THE REGION#04: 14 October 2016 Afghanistan: Myth of the Splendid Sisterhood – – Guest Writer: Heidi Kingstone – Stories of abuse and the mutilation of women in Afghanistan are so common we are almost desensitised to it. Violence against women and particularly domestic violence has fed the headlines certainly since […]
VOICES FROM THE REGION#03: 11 OCTOBER 2016 Police in Kashmir: Between the Devil & the Deep Blue Sea – – – — — — — Raja Muzaffar Bhat – Amid the controversy over the banning of circulation of newspapers in July 2016, the Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) Government transferred Fayaz Ahmad Lone, Senior Superintendent […]
VOICES FROM THE REGION#02: 22 AUGUST 2016 Kashmir: Blame game isn’t Policy – – – — — — — Raja Muzaffar Bhat — – Abstract Kashmir is on a boil. In the absence of political measures, the situation can further worsen. The discourse over bringing normalcy to Kashmir must be based on a meaningful […]
VOICES FROM THE REGION#01: 23 FEBRUARY 2016 Afghanistan in the balance – – Guest Writer: Heidi Kingstone – Afghanistan may no longer command the front page but somehow our fascination with the country is like an addiction to heroin, and we keep going back for one last hit. In London, […]