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Kashmiri lawyer | Public policy @UniofOxford @BlavatnikSchool | WHT Scholar @WeidenfeldSchol | Kofi Annan Scholar @MansfieldOxford | NALSAR'13 |

Oxford, England
Joined August 2019
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5 years
I spoke briefly with @AJEnglish's @FemiOke today. A GOI representative speaking after me commented- “timing of domicile law was in bad taste”. It is not the "timing" that is despicable. There is never a good time for an evil and/or illegal act. Full vid
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4 years
RT @project_polis: "As an unelected, bureaucratic government in India-administered Kashmir starts granting Kashmiri domicile certificates t….
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RT @RedPeppermag: On the second anniversary of the annexation of #Kashmir, we look back at this piece in which @M_S_Beg explore's Kashmir's….
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RT @KofiAnnanFdn: Learn more about the @MansfieldOxford Kofi Annan Scholars on page 41 of our Annual Report. 📖http….
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Reports coming from India suggest websites of major international news networks like @guardian @BBC Reddit have been taken down in India. The websites are functional outside India. It is unclear why this is happening. This is a developing story. Waiting for further information.
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4 years
Does Mudi zee ever lie? He promised to send companies Kashmir. He never mentioned which companies they would be.
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In 2020, over 200,000 requests were made globally by governments seeking specific user data on social media users. India alone accounted for 33% of cases for Facebook data of users. Source: India Pixels and Facebook Transparency Center.
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4 years
RT @BenjaminNorton: For the 3rd time in a week, the Biden admin blocked a joint statement from the UN Security Council calling for a ceasef….
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Member states have until noon on Monday to negotiate; diplomats tell ToI that Washington is pushing back on statement which laments loss of life, but doesn't mention Hamas rockets
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4 years
Tafadzwa Matika, from Zimbabwe, arguing for team proposition gave historical examples of how outsourcing justice to private companies has resulted in human rights violations, relying on the examples East India Company and others that furthered colonization.
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4 years
My rebuttals and initial comments opposing the creation of an opaque system that can make judgments on a public conversation - Judgments that are not guided by a sense of equity or justice but by power and profit.
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Kai, from Jamaica, representing team opposition highlighted the level of influence that politicians exert, the amplification of that influence on social media, and gave examples of how this is a deadly combination.
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4 years
Nandita for side proposition started by discussing the culpability of social media in aligning with power, with examples of how social media has taken down posts critical of the Indian government, while allowing hate speech against Muslims and Christians in India.
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4 years
Thread- this year’s @whtrust_ox scholars’ debate - held at Oxford Union debating chamber, chaired by @TFletcher @HertfordCollege. Prop- @nandita_venky Andres, me & Taf successfully defended the motion 'Social media has no rt to ban politicians' @MansfieldOxford @StEdmundHall
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4 years
For 8 weeks, my philosophy professor at Oxford spoke to us about John Stuart Mill, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, John Locke, John Rawls, Jeremy Bentham and John Maynard Keynes. That's when I got the idea that if your first name starts with J you've got it made in Western philosophy.
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4 years
One night before Eid, Muslims around the world look to the skies to find the moon and celebrate. One night before Eid, Palestine looks to the skies to see missiles coming down, obliterating their homes.
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4 years
They refer to the 2011 census for their data. However, the same census found Hinduism to be a majority in just 4 out of 22 districts in J&K- Samba, Kathua, Udhampur and Jammu amounting to 28% of the total population. 2011 Census:
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4 years
Invisible Muslims?. InvestJK, initiative of J&K govt, invites investment while misrepresenting that population of Jammu as well as Kashmir is "predominantly Hindu". "Places to visit" only lists temples- no mention of mosques, gurudwaras or churches. Kashmir region is 97% Muslim.
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4 years
<Jacob you are stealing my house. >But if I don't steal it someone else will. So what's the problem?. <The state oppresses people in Kashmir. >The state oppresses people everywhere in India. So what's the problem?. A thief believes everyone steals. That's how they sleep at night.
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4 years
India's Prime Minister illegally locked up 8 million Kashmiris for months under curfew & s144 restriction orders, because he desperately needed it for his electoral popularity. But he is unable to enforce a lockdown in his home state, even when all Indians desperately need it.
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Women gathered in large numbers yesterday despite #COVID19 restrictions at Navapura village in Sanand, Ahmedabad district to offer prayers at the Baliyadev temple.
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4 years
Everyone seems to already know who these wild asses are. Pata hai na aap sab ko. Haath upar karo jisse pata hai.
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