Right Word | The PoJK Blind Spot: How Geopolitical Interests Silence The Global Media

So much is happening in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK), yet the international media remains largely silent

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While Pakistan violently suppresses popular protests in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK), much of the international media remains conspicuously silent. The selective outrage exposes how geopolitical interests, political alliances, and double standards shape international responses to human rights violations.

So much is happening in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK), yet the international media remains largely silent, exposing the double standards of global journalism and the geopolitical interests that determine which human rights violations receive international attention.

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Just a few days ago, on November 5, 2026, a violent state crackdown by Pakistani Rangers and Frontier Corps in Rawalakot left at least seven civilians dead —including three young men and four children — and 23 others injured. Local activist groups, including the Jammu Kashmir Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC) and the United Kashmir People’s National Party (UKPNP), reported that security forces deployed military drones and heavy weapons directly against peaceful sit-ins and civilian homes near the Matialmera Bus Terminal and Umar Farooq Chowk. Using drones against a civilian population is itself a war crime, yet there has been virtually no coverage of this in the international media.

SELECTIVE MEDIA OUTRAGE IN KASHMIR

People have been protesting across the region since June 5, 2026 against state discrimination, inflation, and unfair political representation, demanding basic civil, political, and economic rights. The overall death toll from this unrest has now surpassed 150, with children, the elderly, young people, and women all being killed. Even women have taken to the streets to protest against the Pakistani state, which itself speaks volumes about the extent of public anger, suffering, and state brutality.

When women, who are often reluctant to put themselves and their families at risk by participating in street protests, are compelled to come out in such numbers, it reflects the desperation of a population pushed to its limits by state oppression. People remain on the streets, even as the government has imposed severe internet blackouts and choked off food and medicine supplies to force them into submission. Despite all this, the situation remains unchanged, and the international community continues to look the other way.

It seems that when Muslims kill other Muslims, it is considered acceptable, and there is little international outrage or media coverage. However, when people of other religions kill Muslims, it immediately becomes an international issue. This selective outrage becomes even more apparent when we compare the international response to developments in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir with its response to events in Indian Kashmir.

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