By Dr Syed Fai Two important gatherings at the United Nations Headquarters in New York this April have brought renewed attention to a principle that lies at the very core of international law: the right of peoples to self-determination. On April 20, 2026, a conference titled “Self-Determination in Times of Peace and Conflict: Internal Relations and Indigenous Diplomacies” convened scholars, diplomats, and a ...

Posted By Zaheerul Hassan Washington-based World Kashmir Awareness Forum (WKAF), launched a high-visibility digital advocacy campaign across New York City, deploying mobile LED advertising trucks carrying sharp and compelling messages urging the United Nations to implement its long-standing resolutions on Kashmir. The campaign coincided with the 78th anniversary of United Nations Security Council Resolution ...

By Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai If promises were meant to be broken, Kashmir would stand as their most tragic testament. Few regions in modern history have endured such a relentless pattern of pledges made, solemnly declared before the world, and then quietly abandoned. The story of Kashmir is not merely a territorial dispute—it is a chronicle of betrayal stretching across empires, governments, and international ins ...

By Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai The world breathed a collective sigh of relief when a potentially catastrophic confrontation in the Gulf was paused at the eleventh hour. Hundreds of millions across Iran and neighboring states were spared the horrors of imminent conflict, and billions of dollars’ worth of infrastructure and human livelihood were saved—at least for now—by a two-week ceasefire between the United States ...

By Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai Early this morning, I received a call from a longtime friend—his voice heavy with grief. He spoke of the life imprisonment of Mrs. Aasiya Andrabi and the decades-long sentences handed to Mrs. Sofi Fameeda and Mrs. Nahida Nasreen and then, almost instinctively, asked a question that transported me back three decades: “Is Asiya Andrabi related to Jalil Andrabi?” The question lingered—no ...

by Dr. Syed Fai Washington, DC-based World Kashmir Awareness Forum (WKAF) condemns the inhuman life imprisonment verdict issued by Modi regime’s National Intelligence Agency (NIA) against the popular Kashmiri political leader, Mrs. Asiya Andrabi along with two other prominent female Kashmiri political activists, Mrs. Sofi Fameeda and Mrs. Nahida Nasreen on March 24, 2026. 64 year old Asiya Andrabi, founder ...

By Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai When the United Nations Committee on Enforced Disappearances (CED) opened its thirtieth session in Geneva on March 9, 2026 (will continue until March 19, 2026), it did so under a powerful and urgent slogan: “Victims First. Immediate Action.” The theme could not have been more timely. Across many regions of the world, enforced disappearances continue to devastate families and undermine ...

By Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai It is perfectly acceptable to be a dreamer. Throughout history, dreamers have inspired societies to imagine a better future—one defined by justice, dignity, and peace. But what becomes deeply troubling is when those dreams are imposed upon others as reality, even when the lived experiences of people suggest otherwise. A dream, when forced upon a population as truth, becomes a narrativ ...