Abid Salaam War

Abid Salam War is from a border district of North Kashmir that has seen some of the worst violence from the conflict, due to its proximity to the Pakistan border.  Abid joined Video Volunteers’ project KashmirUnheard as a student in September 2014. Abid brings out narratives of the lesser-known aspects of the conflict - the women, men, the minorities, the state neglect of facilities for everyday life, to the world. The youngest of the three siblings, Abid is a journalist and a community correspondent who strives to bring different perspectives of an issue to the forefront so that people can be…

Over 7000 youths have been detained by police in the entire Kashmir valley in the nocturnal raids since last three months. Many have been slapped with stringent Public Safety Act and shifted out of the valley. In many areas of Kashmir, youths have been volunteering to patrol the streets during nights to foil such raids by police and other government forces. This video story was shot days before the security agencies of Kashmir launched a massive crackdown to nab the youths, in Baramulla’s Old Town, who had taken part in the three-month-long protests.

This video was made by a Video Volunteers Community Correspondent Abid Salaam.

Community Correspondents come from marginalised communities in India and produce videos on unreported stories.
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