Articles by Hasnat Sheikh

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Principles of Persecution: India’s Systematized Human Rights Violations
Hasnat Sheikh | Dissident Voice – TRANSCEND Media Service, 18 Sep 2017

16 Sep 2017 – Arbitrary detentions, torture, mass graves and mass rapes. These are words that describe matters recurrent in the “world’s largest democracy”, India… For the sake of humanity and fundamental human rights, the Indian government must be pressed to demolish these pillars of systematized persecution and uphold standards of law and justice.

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Legalized Tyranny: India’s Armed Forces Special Powers Act
Hasnat Sheikh | Dissident Voice – TRANSCEND Media Service, 20 Jun 2016

12 Jun 2016 – Thousands of extra-judicial killings, enforced disappearances, mass graves and recurrent incidents of violence brushed under the carpet away from plain sight. Under the power of the world’s largest democracy, an organized system of institutionalized violence has evolved, specifically in the occupied territory of Jammu and Kashmir.

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