Programs

  • Program 1 [2020]

    IN COLLABORATION WITH OTHER U.S.-BASED KASHMIRI DIASPORA ORGANIZATIONS, WKA ENGAGES IN ADVOCACY EFFORTS WITH MAJOR ORGANIZATIONS. OUR GOAL IS TO RAISE AWARENESS AND CONFRONT THE HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES PERPETRATED IN KASHMIR AND SUPPORT THE REGION'S RIGHT TO PEACE AND SELF-DETERMINATION.BRUTALITY BY OCCUPYING FORCES - THE MODI GOVERNMENT HAS SHOWN A WILLINGNESS TO LOOK THE OTHER WAY WHEN IT COMES TO VIOLENCE INFLICTED BY STATE AND POLICE FORCES. SECURITY FORCES IN KASHMIR HAVE USED BRUTAL AND VIOLENT TACTICS WHEN ENCOUNTERING PEACEFUL PROTESTERS, DETAINING THEM WITHOUT CHARGES AND DUE PROCESS.COMMUNICATION BLOCKADE - FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT AND FREEDOM TO COMMUNICATE HAS BEEN ALL BUT ELIMINATED IN KASHMIR. IN 2019 INDIAN SECURITY FORCES PLACED THE REGION ON LOCKDOWN. THEY HAVE PLACED CHECKPOINTS EVERYWHERE, PLACED DOWN COILS OF WIRE TO RESTRICT THE MOVEMENT OF VEHICLES. THE GOVERNMENT HAS VIOLATED THE INDIAN CONSTITUTION BY REVOKING ARTICLE 370 WHICH GRANTED AUTONOMY OF SEMI-AUTONOMY TO KASHMIR. THE GOVERNMENT HAS ALSO ELIMINATED THE USE OF SOCIAL MEDIA, SEVERELY CURTAILED THE USE OF THE INTERNET, AND PREVENTED PEOPLE FROM USING LANDLINES OR MAIL SERVICES. QUITE SIMPLY, THEY HAVE TURNED KASHMIR INTO A PRISON.DEMOGRAPHIC ENGINEERING - THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS OF AUTONOMY OF KASHMIR HAVE BEEN REVOKED. GIVEN THAT KASHMIR IS THE ONLY MUSLIM-MAJORITY STATE IN INDIA, THE GOVERNMENT HAS LAUNCHED A TREMENDOUS SOCIAL ENGINEERING EXPERIMENT TO MAKE IT A MUSLIM-MINORITY STATE. BEFORE 2019, ONLY THOSE SETTLED IN JAMMU AND KASHMIR COULD CLAIM RESIDENCY. BUT WITH THE NEW DOMICILE ACT, THE GOVERNMENT HAS MADE IT EASIER TO DISPLACE THE EXISTING POPULATION. GUJJAR MUSLIMS ARE BEING TERRORIZED INTO LEAVING THEIR HOMES. NON-MUSLIMS ARE ENCOURAGED TO EMIGRATE TO KASHMIR AND BECOME RESIDENTS AND TAKE GOVERNMENT JOBS. NEW DELHI IS ALSO SELLING LAND TO OUTSIDERS, DISPLACING ITS TRADITIONAL OWNERS. ALLOWED TO CONTINUE THIS WILL CONSTITUTE ONE OF THE LARGEST DISPLACEMENTS OF AN ETHNIC POPULATION IN THE 21ST CENTURY.RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION - IN 2019, THE MODI GOVERNMENT STRIPPED THE CONSTITUTIONAL AUTONOMY OF INDIA'S MUSLIM-MAJORITY STATE JAMMU AND KASHMIR. POLICE FORCES HAVE SAT BY WHILE MOBS OF PRO-MODI SUPPORTERS ATTACKED MUSLIM CITIZENS. AND THE GOVERNMENT HAS ALSO DEPORTED ROHINGYA MUSLIMS, VICTIMS OF THE GENOCIDE IN MYANMAR, BACK TO THAT COUNTRY TO FACE VIOLENCE. EVERY DAY BRINGS NEW STORIES OF RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION BY THE MODI GOVERNMENT AND WE ARE COMMITTED TO DETAILING THEIR ATROCITIES HERE.WOMEN AND CHILDREN - RAPE AND SEXUAL VIOLENCE CONTINUE TO BE PERPETRATED AGAINST KASHMIRI CIVILIANS. THE USE OF RAPE AND VIOLENCE AS A WEAPON OF TERROR IS A CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY AND THOSE WHO ARE GUILTY OF IT SHOULD BE PUNISHED SEVERELY.ECONOMIC SUPPRESSION - THE KASHMIRI LOCKDOWN HAS DEVASTATED THE LOCAL ECONOMY. SINCE ARTICLE 370 WAS REVOKED THE COMBINED LOSS HAS REACHED $5.3 BILLION. LOCAL LEADERS ARE DEPRIVED OF THEIR RIGHTS TO SPEAK OUT AGAINST THE HARSH TREATMENT BY THE INDIAN GOVERNMENT. MILLIONS OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN LAID OFF AND DISPLACED. THE UNEMPLOYMENT RATE HAS SKYROCKETED TO 20 PERCENT. ALL THE WHILE THE COVID-19 EMERGENCY HAS FURTHER ISOLATED GROUPS THAT ARE SUFFERING FROM THE LOSS OF THEIR LIVELIHOODS. THE MAIN INDUSTRIES OF THE REGION OF SILK PRODUCTION, CARPET MANUFACTURING, APPLE HARVESTING, AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF HANDICRAFTS HAVE ALL BEEN SEVERELY IMPACTED.
    Geographies
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    Dates
    Jan 1, 2020 – Dec 31, 2020
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $45.1K

  • Kashmir Human Rights Advocacy

    Im collaboration with other US Based Kashmiri Diaspora Organizations, WKA engages in advocacy efforts with major organizations. Our goal is to raise awareness and confront the human rights abuses perpetrated in kashmir and support the regions right to peace and self-determination. Brutality by occupying forces, the modi government has showwn a willingness to look the other way when it comes to violence inflicted by state and poice forces. Security forces in Kashmir have used brutal and iolent tactivs when enountering peaceful protesters, detaining them without charges and due process. Communication Blockade - Freedom of movement and freedom to communicate has been all but eliminated in kashmir. In 2019 indian security forces placed the region on lockdown. They have placed checkpoints everywhere, placed down coils of wire to restrct the movement of vehicles. The government has violated the indian constitution by revoking article 370 which granted autonomy of semi-autonomy to Kashmir. The government has also eliminated the use of social media, severly curtailed the use of the internet
    Geographies
    Not indicated
    Dates
    Jan 1, 2023 – Dec 31, 2023
    Source
    990
    No causes provided
    No populations provided
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    $109.9K