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NFIW, together with the undersigned representatives of women’s movements, political leaders, academics, journalists and concerned citizens of the country appeal to the Prime Minister to NOT PARTICIPATE, either physically or virtually, in the foundation laying function at Ayodhya.

Jammu and Kashmir: The Impact of Lockdowns on Human Rights August 2019-July 2020 Report by THE FORUM FOR HUMAN RIGHTS IN JAMMU AND KASHMIR

It has been a year since August 5 2019, when the Central government passed the J&K Reorganization Act abrogating Article 370, 35-A and dividing the state into two Union Territories. In early hours of that day, a complete lockdown imposed and mainstream political leaders, businessmen, lawyers and thousands of others were arrested.
A year later, J&K continues to be in a social, economic, political and communication lockdown.

The recent full-page advertisement published in a section of the press by the Peace Party is only one in a series of attacks on the idea of India. It is also a direct attack on the constitution of the country. The advertisement proclaims that the party is ready to ’sacrifice everything to support the mission of establishing the dictate of God (Ahkaam-e-Ilahi) and administration of Mustafa (Nizam-e-Mustafa). It also states that ‘for the past 100 years, mission of Hegdewar, Savarkar, Nehru, Lohia and Ambedkar has been converted into a religion by the Sarkari Ulema’ which is opposed to ‘fundamental principles of Ahkam-e-Ilahi and Nizam-e-Maustafa’. Let us not forget that ‘Nizam-e-Maustafa’ is a phrase coined and popularized by the most fundamentalist and fascistic section under the most uncivilized regime of the most hated dictator of Pakistan, General Zia.