[Reader-list] Is JKCCS an extension of United Jehad Council?

[radhikarajen at vsnl.net]

Unfortunately issue with the citizens of Kashmir of majority faith is that they want the freedom of India, but are wagging tails for their holy land, Pakistan, the issue can be sorted out once for all by wiping the boundary and merging pakistan and bangladesh with united India.

  On one hand these fanatics enjoy freedom and rights of democratic India, enjoy the benefits of governance, safety and rights, but forget their duties when it comes to democratic life.?

Regards.

----- Original Message -----
From: Kshmendra Kaul <kshmendra2005 at yahoo.com>
Date: Saturday, July 26, 2008 4:59 pm
Subject: [Reader-list] Is JKCCS an extension of United Jehad Council?
To: SARAI <reader-list at sarai.net>, khurramparvez at yahoo.com

> Surprises never cease. 
>  
> The JKCCS "Release" reveals JKCCS as an extension of the United 
> Jehad Council. That would make a mockery of the "Civil Society" 
> part of the JKCCS acronym.
>  
> Making itself indistiguishable from (and as the voice of) United 
> Jehad Council, the KCCS "Release" proclaims:
>  
> QUOTE
>  In the context of above mentioned pledges of UJC, we demand the 
> truth about these blasts be made public and perpetrators 
> responsible for these gruesome acts identified. The UJC cannot 
> afford to ignore their commitment towards the people of Jammu and 
> Kashmir and refrain from silence about such incidents in view of 
> their stated commitments.
> UNQUOTE
>  
> That was the KCCS speaking. Speaking in it's UJC voice.
>  
> Kshmendra
>  
>  
> 
> --- On Sat, 7/26/08, Khurram Parvez <khurramparvez at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> From: Khurram Parvez <khurramparvez at yahoo.com>
> Subject: [Reader-list] JKCCS condemns and seeks probe into recent 
> grenade blasts
> To: "SARAI" <reader-list at sarai.net>
> Date: Saturday, July 26, 2008, 3:55 PM
> 
> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 
> Srinagar, Friday, 25 July 2008 
>   
> From: Jammu Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society 
> CONTACT: Khurram Parvez, Programme Coordinator 
> +91-9419013553; +91-194-2482820 
> khurramparvez at yahoo.com; khurram at jkccs.org 
>   
> Jammu
> Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society (JKCCS) feels aggrieved on the
> recent grenade blasts in the public places by hitherto unknown actors,
> begging for a thorough and professional investigation for truth
> regarding actual perpetrators. It is incumbent upon the state agencies
> to clear the air about the prevailing thick public suspicion regarding
> the perpetrators. Similarly it is incumbent upon the non-state
> combatant groups operating in Jammu and Kashmir to come out 
> clearly on attacks
> ascribed to them by the state police. 
>   
> On 20th July at Gulmarg a grenade was thrown near the post office 
> in which 2
> civilians died, including a tourist. On 24th
> July a grenade was thrown at the crowded Batmaloo bus stand in which
> five persons of a single family, including four minors, were 
> killed and
> 22 injured. Besides many other grenade blasts have taken place across
> Jammu and Kashmir recently which has resulted into huge civilian 
> casualties. 
>   
> JKCCS
> considers these blasts a despicable act of violence and condemns it
> unequivocally. Targeting of civilians in any armed conflict is not 
> onlya violation of Geneva Convention but also amounts to a war 
> crime. Typical of
> conflict situations like that of Jammu and Kashmir , we do not 
> know who is
> perpetrating these crimes. 
>   
> The United Jehad Council (UJC) in 2007 has committed: “It
> is our conviction that fundamental rules protecting the dignity of all
> human beings must be upheld at all times. We therefore declare 
> that we
> shall henceforth conduct our struggle for self determination 
> guided by
> the rules of the four Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949 for the 
> protectionof the victims of armed conflicts…” As
> UJC itself has committed to abiding by Geneva Convention and has
> denounced use of grenades especially in crowded places in which
> civilians suffer. 
>   
> It is pertinent to mention here that United Jehad Council in its 
> Code of
> Conduct says, “Each
> constituent group will ensure that its Mujahid/Mujahideen shall not
> target any non-combatant; non-Muslim men, women, and children”. 
> The Code of
> Conduct also commits, “Each
> constituent shall abstain from targeting any public places like,
> schools, religious places, hospitals, markets and population
> settlements in any case”. 
>   
> In
> the context of above mentioned pledges of UJC, we demand the truth
> about these blasts be made public and perpetrators responsible for
> these gruesome acts identified. The UJC cannot afford to ignore their
> commitment towards the people of Jammu and Kashmir and refrain from
> silence about such incidents in view of their stated commitments. 
>   
> We urge all the stake holders in Jammu and Kashmir to ensure the 
> safety of all
> civilians. 
>   
> We
> also call upon the Indian state to minimize stakes in violence so that
> alternative means to resolve the conflict are encouraged. 
>   
> Ends…
> 
> 
> 
>      
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