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Basharat Amin

(He/Him)
India
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Covers:  Human Rights, Gender, Environment, Conflict, politics, Culture,Downtrodden and Marginalised communities
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Basharat Amin’s Biography

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Basharat joined Video Volunteers in 2017 as a Community Correspondent from the Shopian district of Jammu & Kashmir. Despite his relatively recent affiliation with Video Volunteers, he is one of the most passionate and active members of the network.

Basharat has worked with several organisations as a correspondent and researcher and has been an advocate for human rights in Jammu & Kashmir for quite some time now. He graduated with a diploma in Human Rights from the Indian Institute of Human Righ…

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Jammu: Children in Rohingya Camps Suffer As Their Parents Detained For Months | The Quint

Jammu: Children in Rohingya Camps Suffer As Their Parents Detained For Months | The Quint

Children in the Rohingya refugee camps of Jammu are forced to live without their parents after more than 200 …

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Youth Ki Awaaz - The Exodus Of Kashmiri Pandits | Facebook

Youth Ki Awaaz - The Exodus Of Kashmiri Pandits | Facebook

Even after three decades, numerous governments have failed to bring justice to the Kashmiri Pandits. A report…

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'The Free the Press the More Democratic a Country' - Anuradha Bhasin talks to Kashmir Unheard

'The Free the Press the More Democratic a Country' - Anuradha Bhasin talks to Kashmir Unheard

Our Community Correspondent goes one-on-one with Anuradha Bhasin, Executive Editor of the Daily Kashmir Times…

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Having Fled Myanmar, Many Rohingya Now Face Prejudice in Jammu

Having Fled Myanmar, Many Rohingya Now Face Prejudice in Jammu

Basharat Amin reports from Jammu, for Video Volunteers. "We're not here in Jammu and Kashmir illegally," says…

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Illegal Riverbed Mining on RanbiAra in South Kashmir Goes on Unchecked

Illegal Riverbed Mining on RanbiAra in South Kashmir Goes on Unchecked

Rambi Aara Nallah a tributary to the River Jhelum flowing through two south Kashmir districts Shopian and Pul…

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Enforced Disappearances: The Fight for Justice

Enforced Disappearances: The Fight for Justice

Community Correspondent Basharat Amin reports for Kashmir Unheard.Twenty two years on, two Kashmiri continue …

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Displaced KPs: Lives in Shabby Camp Colonies, Ashes Without a River

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By Basharat Amin
| Kashmir Times Verified
JAMMU/DELHI:When a Kashmiri Pandit dies far from home, the grief comes in two waves. The first is the ordinary sorrow of loss. The second is the knowledge that the rites cannot be performed as they used to. For generations, the mortal remains of the community’s dead were carried to Shadipora Sangam in Pulwama. At this sacred confluence, river waters absorbed the ashes of ancestors and carried them onward, fulfilling a ritual older than living memory.
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In Jammu, Cow Vigilante Attack Drives Youth Into River; Leaves A Family And A Region Reckoning With Spreading Fearme%

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By Basharat Amin
| The Polis Project Verified
A local points towards the river where Tanveer jumped after being beaten and chased by cow vigilantes. Photo by Basharat Amin for The Polis Project Police officer Abdul Salam was finally home after five days spent searching the riverbanks of the Chenab in Jammu with the local district administration teams. His only son, 18-year-old Tanveer, was still missing. At 56, Salam is a healthy, good-looking man; he parts his hair to one side and keeps his face shaved.
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If You Count Ten Women, Eight Are Ill; 4 in 10 undergo Reproductive Surgery

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By Basharat Amin
| Kashmir Times Verified
JAMMU: In the Kargil Colony of Jammu's Narwal area, Rohingya refugee families live in makeshift tents under harsh conditions. Najma (34), Jannat (35), and Aamina Khatoon (65) share one such tent, where health struggles are constant. Two among them have recently undergone surgeries for uterine complications, a proportion that reflects the broader crisis within their community. "If you look at ten women in our community, at least eight are ill, and four have undergone operations.
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What was your first job as a journalist?

I am doing involved journalism, whenever I am doing stories I involved my self with the community who are living the story or in trouble.

Have you ever used a typewriter?

No

How is social media changing news?

Social media has resolutions the industry there has been tremendous changes in media over the years.