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

Sun Jul 11 13:43:09 IST 2010

There are so many ficticios ID's in this list. Yesterday many mails of
Adiyaraj kaul were infact not posted by him.

And speaking about other member s of this groups whom I miss ,Has anyone
seen Shivam Vij of late ?  He seems to be quite active at varios fronts.

Pawan Durani

On 7/11/10, anupam chakravartty <c.anupam at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 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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> > --
> > Rajen.
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