Detained fisherfolk: Denial of consular access is denial of justice
Feb 13, 2020
People’s Forum demands nationality verification and consular access to fishworkers and other prisoners of India and Pakistan; Pakistan must appoint members of the Joint Judicial Committee on...
Amidst election fever, India repatriates 13 Pakistani prisoners
May 17, 2019
Election fever in India has overshadowed news of the repatriation of 13 Pakistanis from Indian prisons Tuesday. The move is an indication of the continuation and success of diplomacy even as...
Pakistan released 360 Indian prisoners in April
May 01, 2019
Pakistan’s release of the latest batch of 60 Indian prisoners on Sunday takes the number of such prisoners released as part of a goodwill gesture to 360 in April. The released prisoners...
India, Pakistan prisoners released, repatriated ahead of Independence Day
Aug 14, 2018
On Tuesday, August 7, India released 14 Pakistani fishermen who had been captured in India’s territorial waters around three years ago. On Sunday, Pakistan released 30 Indian prisoners, including...
What option do India and Pakistan have but friendship and peace?
Jul 15, 2018
Peace marchers going on foot from Gandhi Ashram across Gujarat to the Indo-Pak border, received great support on the ground including from PM Modi’s wife Jashodaben Modi for their demands for...
India, Pakistan DGMOs hold talks on ceasefire violation and terrorism
Jun 02, 2018
By Rajat Pandit NEW DELHI: In a significant breakthrough after months of cross-border hostilities and firing duels, India and Pakistan + on Tuesday agreed to restore peace along the Line of Control...
Prisoner repatriation: Include forgotten POWs
Apr 25, 2018
It is good news that India and Pakistan plan to repatriate prisoners from each other’s countries. Those being considered for this leniency are civilians — minors, women,...
Invisible casualties of tensions and red tape
Apr 03, 2018
Jitendra Arjunwara case update April 2, 1018: Superintendent of Police in Seoni, Madhya Pradesh on Sunday told Indian journalist and peace activist Jatin Desai that police have now verified Jitendra...
Cross-border prisoners: Peace groups hail Pakistan government humanitarian gesture, urge more
Nov 12, 2017
The Pakistan-India Peoples’ Forum for Peace and Democracy (PIPFPD) welcomes the Pakistan govt. decision “to arrange a meeting of commander Kulbushan Jadhav with his wife, in Pakistan,...
The fisherman’s tragedy
Jul 20, 2017
Indian fisherman dies in Karachi days before his impending release, grieving family waits for his body Imagine you are a fisherman. Born into poverty. Born in a small coastal village in India. Or...
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