[Reader-list] Where is Kashmir's conscience?

[Murali V]

The people in the Valley are living in fear from terrorists. Any one who
does so is marked and done away with. Omar Abdullah can do so as he is a
politician and has Z category security.
If you had followed the track record of Human Rights activists, they
invariably come to the rescue of terroists.

Double standards has always been the name of the game, especially in
politics and I wonder what would have been the stance of Omar Abdullah had
he been sitting in the opposition.

Murali V

On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 10:11 AM, Pawan Durani <pawan.durani at gmail.com>wrote:

> *Where is Kashmir's conscience?*
> Tushar Srivastava <http://blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Free-Kick>
> Times of India Sunday July 26, 2009
>
>
> http://blogs.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Free-Kick/entry/where-is-kashmir-s-conscience2
>
> Is Kashmir's conscience dead? The answer, most definitely, seems yes.
> Recently, J&K CM Omar Abdullah hit the nail on its head when he lashed out
> at the separatists for their silence on the killing of a three-year-old by
> terrorists.
>
> Why separatists alone, the whole of Kashmir should answer this question.
> Really, where are the protests now? Where is the Valley's anger – so
> visible, at the drop of a hat, all these years? Why, all of a sudden, has
> Kashmir forgotten to take to the streets -- stones in hands and tears in
> eyes? The same Kashmir, which burned with rage over the rape-cum-murder of
> two women in Shopian, has its eyes closed when the perpetrators of the
> crime
> are terrorists.
>
> Don't get me wrong, no one is condoning the brutality in Shopian. Anyone
> who
> outrages the modesty of women shouldn't go unpunished. But what about these
> double standards? How about a little anger against the terrorists from
> across the border who have killed anywhere between 65,000 to 1,00,000
> people
> since 1989? All in the name of freedom?
>
> In an indirect attack on the separatists at a function in Srinagar, Omar
> said: "They prominently organize marches and give ‘chalo calls' to
> highlight
> violation of human rights...These elements resort to politics of
> hypocrisy."
> Fairness, morality and respect for human rights demand these elements
> should
> raise same voice whenever terrorists kill civilians, he said.
>
> Bang on, Mr Abdullah. Or do human rights apply to terrorists alone? Maybe.
> The Shopian incident has resulted in prolonged protests. At the same time,
> the killings by terrorists have continued unabated. They, of course, go
> unnoticed. Why this anger against security forces and cops only? Against
> those same security men who, away from their families, are risking their
> lives to protect Kashmir? Why no thought before damaging public authority,
> before attacking the people who are there to protect them?
>
> The suffering doesn't seem to end. Repeated terror attacks have happened in
> Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore.  No point mentioning which country these
> attacks are coming from. And all in the name of Kashmir. It's time the same
> Kashmir lends the country a hand. It's time the same Kashmir raises its
> voice as loud and clear as it raises it against the security forces.
>
> Quiet aptly, Omar's comments came on a day when SC questioned the Jammu &
> Kashmir High Court's order to arrest police officers for their alleged
> involvement in Shopian rape-cum-murder. The court also rapped the high
> court
> for its direction that the bail plea of the accused cops be filed only
> before it. The SC Bench said: “Anybody can be arrested. Anybody who has
> nothing to do with this case can be arrested. What material was there for
> arrest? Even now, they (state) have been unable to produce the material."
>
> With power comes responsibility. If some jawans and policemen were involved
> in a heinous crime, they shouldn't go unpunished. But in no civilized
> society should action be guided by agitation and protests. And in the
> meantime, it's time for Kashmir as well to show some responsibility. And
> for
> our politicians to shed some hypocrisy.
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