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Not afraid of TRF death threat, says EFSAS Director Junaid Qureshi; flags
Updated : 1 month, 1 week ago IST
Junaid Qureshi, Director of the European Foundation for South Asian Studies (EFSAS), has received a direct death threat from The Resistance Front (TRF), a terror outfit identified as an offshoot of Lashkar-e-Taiba, even as he asserted that intimidation will not silence his voice against terr
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Junaid Qureshi blames Pakistan for fostering radicalisation among educated
Updated : 3 months, 2 weeks ago IST
In an exclusive interview with ANI, Qureshi described the radicalisation of well-educated professionals, including doctors, as "a deeply worrying trend," urging Kashmiri Muslims to introspect and take a firm stand against those justifying violence in the name of religion. He stated that soci
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"India is the legal owner of J&K, needs to build its own narrative": EFSAS
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
The European Foundation for South Asian Studies (EFSAS) began work in Srinagar, with Director Junaid Qureshi stressing research on terrorism, Indo-Pak ties and J&K. He said India must build its narrative and engage youth, who he noted are "confused" and need clarity.
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Pakistan Army chief's nuclear threat 'stupid and irresponsible,' says EFSA
Updated : 7 months ago IST
In an exclusive interview with ANI, Qureshi remarked that if the statements, reportedly suggesting that Pakistan could "wipe out half of the world," were true, they indicate a dangerous level of recklessness from the nation's military leadership. "I consider it a very irresponsible remark,"
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People from PoK forced to migrate due to Pakistan’s repressive policies, a
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
In his intervention during the 54th Session of UN Human Rights in Geneva, Junaid Qureshi said, “In the worst migrant boat disaster in the Mediterranean Sea, a boat carrying 750 people capsized in June this year. At least 300 people from Pakistan, including 135 from Pakistan-administered Jamm
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Research analyst raises human rights violations in Pakistan at UNHRC
Updated : 2 years, 5 months ago IST
Michela Mutovciev, a Research Analyst at Amsterdam-based EFSAS think-tank made her intervention during the Interactive dialogue with the Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances during the 54th Session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on Tuesday.
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China's developmental projects impacts climate, environment: Experts
Updated : 2 years, 11 months ago IST
In the 52nd Session of the United Nations Human Rights Council in Geneva on Tuesday, organised by the Organisation for Poverty Alleviation and Development and European Foundation for South Asian Studies (EFSAS), experts highlighted the construction of highways, buildings and dams in Gilgit B
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Expert blames Saudi Arabia and Pakistan for rise of radicalisation in Mald
Updated : 3 years ago IST
Dr Juncal Fernandez-Garayzabal, program manager at the counter extremism project and co-founder of Parallel Networks (PN), a non-profit organisation dedicated to combating polarisation, hate, and extremism, blamed the teachings from Saudi Arabia and Pakistan for the emergence of radical sent
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Pakistan continues to be responsible for terrorism in J-K, experts and Kas
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
Pakistan continues to be responsible for the terrorism and radicalization in Jammu and Kashmir, experts and the Kashmiri diaspora said during European Foundation for South Asian Studies (EFSAS) Conference at Vrije Universiteit University in Amsterdam.
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2014 Peshawar attack was carried out by terrorists but facilitated by Pak
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The TTP created havoc in Pakistan with several attacks between 2007-2014. The TTP members had fled to Afghanistan after Islamabad launched widescale operations against the group following the Peshawar attack. But recent Pakistan media has published reports that suggest the resurgence of the
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At UNHRC, Dutch group raises issue of fixing blame on China for Xinjiang g
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 30 (ANI): Netherlands-based group, the European Foundation for South Asian Studies (EFSAS) has raised in the UNHRC, the issue of Uyghurs, the ethnic Muslim minorities in Xinjiang, and pushed to attribute blame on Chinese government authorities for human rig
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Experts discuss terrorism, effects on human rights in South Asia at UNHRC
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], September 26 (ANI): Experts and human rights activists discussed the proliferation of terrorist organizations in the region of South Asia during the 51th session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva.
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