U.S. lawmakers discuss Kashmir again.
| | | US lawmakers, for the second time in a month, discussed human rights in Kashmir at Washington DC's Capitol Hill on Thursday. They heard testimonies from several panelists including John Sifton of Human Rights Watch, who said, 'A government cannot derogate from the freedom of expression and assembly so broadly and open-endedly and for so long. It is simply indefensible under international human rights law.' Meanwhile, the BJP in Kerala is gearing up to stoke the Sabarimala controversy again as the temple opens up for its main pilgrimage season. The Pinarayi Vijayan government seems completely under prepared to weather the storm as party leaders are split on whether women should be allowed inside Sabarimala. And guess whose the chief guest for the next Republic Day? Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro, who has a problematic view on absolutely everything. |
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| | | | The US lawmakers said they had constituents who were “worried” about their relatives in Kashmir. “We are here because we are genuinely concerned about the human rights situation in J&K. We have constituents, who are our friends, people we care deeply about, who have relatives, who they can’t get a hold of and are deeply concerned about their health and wellbeing,” said James P. McGovern, a Congressman from Massachusetts who chaired the panel discussion. |
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| | | | | | The CPI(M) does not seem well-prepared to deal with the coming storm. The party is divided. While Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan was an early advocate of allowing women inside the Sabarimala shrine, some party colleagues who toe a soft Hindutva line have reportedly urged him to go slow on the matter. They are wary of a Hindutva backlash and fear this could help the BJP make a foothold in the state. |
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