WOUNDED KASHMIR – PELLETS IN PARADISE
AN EVENING OF DEBATE, MUSIC AND ART REGARDING THE RECENT KASHMIR CRISIS.
(Please see invite attached)
EVENT DETAILS:
5.00 PM PANEL DISCUSSION – “WHO IS LISTENING TO THE PEOPLE OF KASHMIR” FEATURING POLITICIANS, ACADEMICS, WRITERS AND ACTIVISTS
7.30 PM CONCERT FEATURING MUSICAL PERFORMANCES FROM KASHMIRI ARTISTS.
WHEN : 5PM - 9PM 29TH OCTOBER 2016
WHERE : DJAM LECTURE THEATRE (DLT) AT SOAS UNIVERSITY OF LONDON, THORNHAUGH STREET, RUSSELL SQUARE, LONDON, WC1H 0XG
ATTENDANCE IS FREE BUT EVENTBRITE REGISTRATION IS REQUIRED.
PLEASE NOTE SPACE IS LIMITED AND EARLY REGISTRATION IS RECOMMENDED.
BACKGROUND:
JAMMU AND KASHMIR - A CONFLICTED STATE BETWEEN PAKISTAN AND INDIA - HAS BEEN THE CENTER OF MILITARY AND POLITICAL BATTLES SINCE 1947. BEYOND THE POLITICS AND THE NATIONAL INTERESTS OF THE TWO COUNTRIES, THIS EVENT AIMS TO HIGHLIGHT THE RECENT HUMAN EXPERIENCE OF KASHMIRIS WHEREBY THE VALLEY HAS BEEN UNDER MORE THAN 80 DAYS OF CURFEW, OVER 85 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED AND THE USE OF PELLET BULLETS HAVE WOUNDED THOUSANDS AND BLINDED OVER 250 PEOPLE.
DESPITE EVIDENCE OF HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES, THE IMMENSE SUFFERING OF THE PEOPLE HAS FAILED TO RECEIVE DUE ATTENTION FROM POLITICAL AND ACTIVIST CIRCLES AS WELL AS MAINSTREAM MEDIA. ORGANISATIONS INCLUDING AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL AND THE INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS HAVE DOCUMENTED NUMEROUS VIOLATIONS OF FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS, INCLUDING MASS KILLINGS, FORCED DISAPPEARANCES, UNMARKED GRAVES, POLITICAL REPRESSION, TORTURE AND SEXUAL ABUSE.
LEARN ABOUT THE MUCH-IGNORED HUMAN EXPERIENCE OF KASHMIRIS IN THE MOST MILITARISED ZONE OF THE WORLD.
THE EVENT WILL INCLUDE A PANEL DISCUSSION TITLED ‘WHO IS LISTENING TO THE PEOPLE OF KASHMIR?’ FEATURING POLITICIANS, ACADEMICS, WRITERS AND ACTIVISTS IN ADDITION TO ART DISPLAYS AND MUSICAL PERFORMANCES FROM KASHMIRI ARTISTS.
PLEASE SHOW YOUR SUPPORT FOR THE PEOPLE OF KASHMIR AND SHARE THIS EVENT FURTHER.
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