Khurram Parvez, who was en route to brief the UN on human rights violations in Kashmir, is currently being detained under the Public Safety Act.
Tara Dorabji catches up with Juan Alvarado Valdivia and discusses his debut memoir, Cancerladia. Humorous and brutally honest, Juan chronicles his story, overcoming cancer and confronting alcoholism. The interview first aired on La Raza Chronicles, KPFA.
Dr. Huma Dar, lecturer at UC Berkeley, discusses major protests in Kashmir in response to civilian killings that took place in April. Indian administered Kashmir is the most militarized land on earth.
A conversation about surveillance targeting Brown people in America - first, Dr. Hatem Bazian discusses the Department of Homeland Security’s new “Shared Responsibility Committees,” which bring the FBI and local law enforcement together with mental health and other city and school programs and social workers to report on suspicious behavior.
A year ago, I visited Kashmir, the most densely militarized place on earth. It was Ramadan and a temporary cease fire was in place. Still, a young man was run over and killed by an army vehicle after Friday prayers and a general strike was called by separatist leaders.