Umar Lateef Misgar

Freelance Journalist & Graduate Student, London, UK

Umar Lateef Misgar is a freelance journalist covering politics and human rights in Kashmir. He is a graduate student and a visiting lecturer at the University of Westminster in London, UK.

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Written by Umar Lateef Misgar

A large group of people grieving, with some in military attire and others holding a poster of an individual in uniform, under a partly cloudy sky.

essayPolitics and government

Wielding death

When everyday life is marked by oppression and violence, can a martyr’s death truly be an act of freedom and resistance?

Umar Lateef Misgar