MNTV News Desk NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A sentencing order by an Indian court against Dukhtaran-e-Millat (DeM) chief Asiya Andrabi and her co-accused has come under scrutiny, with legal observers raising concerns that the court’s reasoning relied on contested ideological interpretations and subjective assessments rather than established legal...
SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir (MNTV) — The Kashmir Valley in Indian-occupied Jammu and Kashmir has long been called Iran-e-Sagheer, or “Little Iran,” a name rooted in centuries of shared language, faith traditions, art, and memory. Today, as war engulfs Iran, that civilizational bond is being expressed not in rhetoric but in remarkable acts of s...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — India’s national human rights watchdog has ordered an inquiry into allegations that police publicly beat and paraded suspects in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir, describing the incidents as a serious violation of human rights. The National Human Rights Commission of India said it had taken cognizance of two inci...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — Two men from Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir have been acquitted after spending more than seven years in prison under India’s anti-terror law, in a case that has renewed scrutiny over prolonged detentions and the use of stringent security legislation against Muslim accused. A Delhi court cleared Jamsheed Zahoor ...
SRINAGAR, Kashmir (MNTV) — Families of students from Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir are urging urgent government intervention as hundreds remain stranded at border crossings while attempting to leave Iran amid the ongoing conflict in the region. Parents say more than 200 students, many studying in Iran’s Isfahan and Golestan provinces, ...
NEW DELHI, India — A Ramadan iftar gathering in Mumbai turned into a pointed call for justice as former detainees, families and rights advocates demanded freedom for what they described as prisoners of conscience held under India’s anti-terror laws. The event, organized by Innocence Network India in the Kurla area of Mumbai, marked its eighth ...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — Hundreds of students gathered at a private Indian university in the southern city of Bengaluru after members of a Hindu nationalist student group allegedly assaulted a Muslim student and vandalized campus property to disrupt a discussion marking the anniversary of the Kunan Poshpora mass rape in Kashmir. According to ...
SRINAGAR, Kashmir (MNTV) — Two international human rights organizations have submitted a complaint to the U.N. Working Group on Arbitrary Detention urging it to declare the detention of Kashmiri journalist Irfan Mehraj arbitrary and in violation of international law. The complaint was filed by the Human Rights Foundation and the Asian Forum fo...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A video showing Kashmiri Muslim traders being harassed and coerced to chant Hindu religious slogans in northern India has renewed concerns over the safety of Kashmiris living and working far from their home region, as religious nationalism increasingly shapes everyday life for minorities across the country. The incide...
NEW DELHI, India (MNTV) — A Kashmiri Muslim hawker was publicly harassed and verbally abused in northern India’s Himachal Pradesh, after a man claiming to have served in the Indian Army stopped him in a public space and questioned his right to work, triggering widespread outrage after the video went viral on social media. The […]
