[Reader-list] against continued repression of the people of Kashmir

Sun Jul 11 13:15:49 IST 2010

Rajen,

what do you precisely mean by this: has subhash a converted name or genuine,
?

converted to what? why does it need the conversion tag to speak up against
something? why this communal slandering over and over again and that too on
this list against any individual?

personally, i feel be it north east or kashmir and recently, parts of
central india have fallen prey to the excesses by military forces.
militarization of any region in the world would bring bad news to you. you
may take pride in your military in resolving conflicts but there is a basic
flaw in this way of bringing peace for communities which feel threatened in
presence of the military forces. i believe you have known military forces
only through the brutal show of might on 26 jan celebrations. what goes on
to turn a young man into a war machine has never been your concern, will
never be.

Anupam

On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 12:59 PM, Rajendra Bhat Uppinangadi <
rajen786uppinangady at gmail.com> wrote:

> why not a petition against those inhuman fanatics in kashmir, who, for
> money
> get their own children killed in stone pelting, unlawful protests with
> violence as main ingredient of protsts, has subhash a converted name or
> genuine, ?
> Is it not the duty of the citizens to live with rule of laws, protest in
> legitimate democratic, non violent protests, or is it fair to make others,
> innocents "martyrs" for few dollars.? Security forces are also humans like
> u
> and me, and have been entrusted to maintain order, so this petetion against
> such lawful action is atrocious, uncalled for.regards,
> rajen
>
> On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 12:19 PM, Subhash <subhachops at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Please sign a petition against continued repression of the people of
> > Kashmir and killing of innocent civilians by Indian paramilitary
> > forces
> >
> > http://www.petitiononline.com/ksn2un/petition.html
> >
> > Please sign and forward to your networks
> >
> > For more information on the situation in Kashmir,
> >
> http://kafila.org/2010/06/30/if-protest-could-kill-what-would-bullets-do/
> >
> >
> http://kafila.org/2010/06/29/iptl-statement-on-military-governance-in-indian-administered-kashmir/
> >
> > This summer Indian troops and police have systematically murdered
> > around 20 people in the streets and forests of Kashmir. In April,
> > three innocent youth were shot in cold blood in Machil forests of
> > north Kashmir, and then portrayed as terrorists, to earn rewards
> > instituted by the Indian government for troops who kill insurgents in
> > Kashmir. It was only after incessant protests by local people that the
> > bodies where exhumed and identified as local youth. Just before this
> > fake encounter, a 70-year old man was also killed in the same area,
> > and projected as a foreign terrorist. His son identified him after his
> > picture appeared in the newspaper. In a similar incident in April,
> > Indian soldiers shot dead a local villager carrying firewood from the
> > forests of Kellar in south Kashmir.
> >
> > In protest against these killings people in Kashmir initially
> > attempted to stage peaceful demonstrations. They demanded that the
> > culprits be brought to book. The government, instead of assuring
> > people that impartial enquiries into the incidents would be conducted
> > and those responsible would be punished, launched a full-scale assault
> > on protest demonstrations and clamped down heavily against any
> > dissent.
> >
> > Indian paramilitary forces (CRPF) have killed more than a dozen
> > teenage boys and a young woman while protesting against this recent
> > spate of fake encounters in Kashmir. One of those killed is 9-year old
> > Tauqeer Ahmed, who was not even part of the protests. In Anantnag,
> > where three boys were killed, eyewitnesses claimed the teenagers were
> > dragged out of their homes and shot in the courtyard of one of the
> > houses. A 24-year old woman was shot in her chest by CRPF in Srinagar
> > while looking at the street protests from a window of her house. The
> > authorities have also incarcerated dozens of teenagers, some as young
> > as 12 and 13.
> >
> > For the last three weeks the government has imposed strict curfew on
> > people’s movement. There have been reports of mass beatings and
> > molestations in a number of localities. Many people, especially in
> > Srinagar and other towns, are facing extreme shortages of food and
> > medicine. The sick and injured have been barred from reaching
> > hospitals. Staff members of various hospitals have said they were
> > beaten up and their curfew passes torn.
> >
> > Indian government has imposed a gag order on the media in Kashmir,
> > only letting a select few pro-establishment journalists to report.
> > Local journalists and cameramen in a joint statement said their passes
> > were snatched and their equipment broken. Government has refused to
> > issue new passes to them. As a result very little information is
> > flowing out of Kashmir. Some Kashmiri activists who uploaded videos of
> > street demonstrations have been sent to prison. Cell phone services
> > have been jammed at various places, while the government has banned
> > short messaging services as well (third time in the last three years).
> >
> > Around 700,000 Indian soldiers patrol the streets and villages of
> > Kashmir. Together they occupy almost 100,000 acres of land. For a
> > population of 5 million Kashmiris the soldier to civilian ratio of
> > around 15 to 1 is extremely disturbing and fraught with heavy risk to
> > civilian life. The Indian government first deployed a significant
> > chunk of its military to battle militants fighting to liberate Kashmir
> > from Indian rule. The armed insurgency itself had resulted from a
> > violent quelling of popular pro-freedom protests of the early 1990’s.
> > For the last 7 years, however, the Indian government has repeatedly
> > said that not more than a few hundred ragtag militants remain in the
> > fight. Yet India maintains a massive military manpower and
> > infrastructure in Kashmir, which has created structural conditions of
> > oppression of Kashmiris.
> >
> > Everyday life in Kashmir is highly militarized. People continuously
> > face risks to their lives and are subjected to threats and
> > humiliation. The Indian government, instead of taking action against
> > human rights violators, shields them from prosecution. Draconian laws
> > like the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) and the Disturbed
> > Areas Act have been put in place to give immunity to security agencies
> > against any civil prosecution. Over the last 20 years, tens of
> > thousands of Kashmiris have been killed or forcibly disappeared.
> > Thousands are languishing in jails for demanding a political solution
> > to the Kashmir issue. Under the Public Safety Act hundreds of
> > activists remain in jail without trial. For the last few days, law and
> > order in the Srinagar has been handed over to the army, raising fears
> > of increased civilian casualties.
> >
> > The international community has largely remained silent on the plight
> > of Kashmiris. Apart from a few exceptions, the international news
> > media has failed to report on the systematic nature of oppression in
> > Kashmir. It is time the human rights and global justice activists
> > express their solidarity with the struggling people of Kashmir. It is
> > time that we collectively put pressure on the Indian government.
> >
> > We call upon the UN, which has a long association with the Kashmir
> > issue, to press the Indian government to:
> >
> > *End its militarized governance of Kashmir, and withdraw army from
> > populated areas,
> > *Revoke the draconian Armed Forces Special Power Act (AFSPA), which
> > gives Indian troops immunity from civil legal action and promotes HR
> > violations,
> > *End oppression of Kashmiri people, release political prisoners and
> > young boys from jails, and lift the overwhelming security apparatus
> > from Kashmir,
> > *Initiate meaningful plans to democratically resolve the issue, and
> > include Kashmiris as the primary party to such a process.
> >
> > Sincerely,
> >
> > Please sign the petition at
> >
> > http://www.petitiononline.com/ksn2un/petition.html
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