India's 'Disappeared' Death Certificate Reopens Occupied Kashmir's Wounds

A death certificate is not enough for Kashmir's enforced disappearance victims

Abdul Rashid Wani, a timber trader from Kashmir, vanished from Indian military custody in 1997. While a certificate of his death has finally been granted after 29 years, his family is still searching for answers about what happened to him. His son Junaid Rashid, who was five at the time of his father’s disappearance and […] By The Canary

India's 'disappeared' death certificate reopens occupied Kashmir's wounds

Abdul Rashid Wani, missing since July 1997, has been declared dead by a judge in the occupied Himalayan territory after years of his family searching for him and fighting court battles.

Decades of denial: Death certificate for disappeared reopens Kashmir wounds

After years of searching and court battles, a judge declares what Junaid Rashid already believed: His father was dead.