Tensions in Kashmir

Pakistani activists from the Jamaat-e-Islami political party take part a rally to mark the first anniversary of the death of rebel leader Burhan Wani in Islamabad on July 9, 2017. © AFP

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Kashmir anniversary

Tensions were high in the Indian-controlled Kashmir over the weekend as residents marked the first death anniversary of a prolific pro-independence leader. Thousands took to the streets to commemorate Burhan Wani who was killed in a shootout with the Indian army. Wani, in his early twenties, was a popular figure who urged the region’s mainly Muslim population to rise up against Indian forces. His death last year sparked violent protests throughout the region, resulting in the death of more than 90 people. The public commemoration of Wani’s killing was not free from violence. Several were killed in a heavy cross-border shelling which took place when the Kashmiris had taken to the streets to honor him.  

UN nuclear ban

Seven decades after the United States annihilated the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki using nuclear bombs, the radiation effects of the bombings still persist. However, a recent United Nations treaty has sparked a glimmer of hope that such catastrophic tragedies will not reoccur. 122 countries have voted in favor of the legally binding document called the Treaty on the prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. Under the 10-page treaty, signatories must agree not to develop, test, manufacture or possess nuclear weapons, or threaten to use them, or allow any nuclear arms to be stationed on their territory. The initiative will be open for signature to all member states on 20 September 2017 during the annual General Assembly at the UN headquarters in New York. It will take effect when 50 countries have ratified it.


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