Dossier
Kupwara
Coverage of Kupwara in the Nexus archive.
Junaid Rashidperson1Abdul Rashid Waniperson1People’s Union for Democratic Rights (PUDR)organization1Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons (APDP)organization1Srinagarplace1enforced disappearancestopic1Indian-occupied Kashmirplace1Asad Khanperson1Khyber Pakhtunkhwaplace1Simari villageplace1Line of Controltopic1
- India's 'disappeared' death certificate reopens occupied Kashmir's wounds
Junaid Rashid's father, Abdul Rashid Wani, was declared dead by a court in Indian-occupied Kashmir 29 years after his disappearance in military custody. The ruling acknowledged an army officer's involvement in Wani's death but provided no information on his body's location, marking the first judicial recognition of such a case among thousands of enforced disappearances in the region.
- Pakistani national who inadvertently crossed LoC repatriated
A Pakistani national, Asad Khan, a resident of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, was apprehended in Simari village, Kupwara, on June 12 after crossing the Line of Control. He was subsequently repatriated.