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Brutal torture by police in Kashmir

2021-03-24T07:42:00.001+01:00

Srinagar: The International Forum For Justice and Human Rights, Jammu and Kashmir Tuesday said that the forces have tortured a resident of Tral after he was arrested by the Jammu and Kashmir Police and detained in Awantipora police station in February, this year.

In a statement, the chairman of Forum Muhammad Ahsan Untoo said that the Jammu and Kashmir police arrested Muzammil Qadir Bhat, son of Ghulam Qadir Bhat, a resident of Laraw village in southern Kashmir's Tral from his home.

He said that Muzammil was detained at police station Awantipora.

Untoo said that Muzammil was brutally tortured in custody. He was later produced before the court. The court directed the police to admit Muzammil to the hospital.

However, Untoo said that rather than admitting Muzammil to the hospital, he was temporarily shifted to the hospital where tests were conducted on him. He said that he was informed that Muzammil had developed multiple ailments due to the torture and he has also developed penile dysfunction.

Untoo said that rather than admitting Muzammil, the police personnel accompanying Muzammil took him away.

He said that the police should reveal the details about Muzammil

'Save Kashmiri Children' global campaign launch event at European Press Club

2016-09-17T16:09:00.001+02:00

'Save Kashmiri Children' global campaign launch event at European Press Club

Presented by Abdul Latif Bhat editor Kashmir Watch

http://kashmirwatch.com/36119-2/

Power Point Presentation at 'Save Kashmiri Children' global campaign

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GM8TqJEY5_g

Michel Dardenne supports 'Save Kashmiri Children' global campaign

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M-q3oddtsaw

Advocate Zaffar Shah at 'Save Kashmiri Children' global campaign

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26a0B8ocnbM

Advocate Syed Mujtaba at 'Save Kashmiri Children' global campaign

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ek-AnbxD35w

کشمیر واچ کا آفیشل پیج بلا ک کر دیا گیا

2016-08-14T19:12:00.001+02:00

ُپاکستان کی آزادی ٹرین کی تصاویر سماجی رابطے کی ویب سائٹ فیس بک پر شئیر کرنے پر معرف ویب سائٹ کشمیر واچ کا آفیشل پیج بلا ک کر دیا گیا ہے ، بھارت کی طرح فیس بک انتظامیہ بھی کشمیری عوام کی آواز دبانے کی کوششیں کر رہی ہے ، یورپ میں مقیم کشمیر واچ کے ایڈیٹر عبد الطیف بٹ کے مطابق یوم آزادی کے موقع پر پاکستان کی طرف سے مظلوم کشمیری عوام سے اظہار یکجہتی کے لئے آزادی ٹرین چلانے اور اس ٹرین میں مقبوضہ کشمیر میں جاری بھارتی مظالم اور کشمیری نوجوان برہان وانی کی تصاویر لگانے کے اقدام کو جہاں کشمیری عوام نے خوب سراہا اور حکومت پاکستان کا شکریہ ادا کیا وہاں اس ٹرین کی تصاویر کو سوشل میڈیا پر بھی خوب پذایرائی ملی، فیس بک پر کشمیر واچ کے آفیشل پیج آزادی ٹرین کی تصاویر کو شئیر کیا گیا لیکن تیرہ اور چودہ اگست کی درمیانی رات کشمیر واچ کا یہ پیج فیس بک انتظامیہ نے بلا ک کر دیا جو تاحال بحال نہیں کیا گیا ، عبد الطیف بٹ نے فیس بک کی انتظامیہ کے اس اقدام کی مذمت کرتے ہوئے کہا کہ بھارت سرکار کشمیری عوام پر ظلم کرا رہی ہے جبکہ بھارتی میڈیا اس پر پردہ ڈال رہا ہے اور اب فیس بک کشمیریوںکی آواز بند کر کے بھارت سرکار کے ایجنڈے کو آگے بڑھا رہی ہے ۔

Jammu Kashmir Human Rights, Nov 2015

2015-12-08T09:33:00.001+01:00

Jammu Kashmir Human Rights, Nov 2015

Kashmir: 5 minor boys brought handcuffed to court by uniformed cops

Date: 26 Nov 2015

By: Moazum Mohammad 27-November-2015

Parents of 2 juveniles say police had detained them for 12-13 days at the infamous Cargo centre; SP says no juvenile was handcuffed

Srinagar: Five minor boys, who have been charged under the Unlawful Activities Act, were brought handcuffed in full public view by uniformed policemen to a court in Srinagar on Thursday

HRCP moot demands proper framework to deal with internal displacement

Date: 26 Nov 2015

Islamabad: Pakistan must stop dealing with its many internal displacement situations in an ad hoc manner and adopt a specific framework in line with internal standards on displacement. This was the consensus opinion of the participants at a consultation organised by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) on Thursday.

Hundreds of Kashmiri's caged in dark and narrow cells of Indian jails

Date: 26 Nov 2015

'Anonymous suffer silently'

Srinagar: Hundreds of Kashmiri political prisoners have been languishing in different jails of India with 65 alone according to family members of the inmates have been kept shut in narrow and black cells of Tihar Jail where they 'lack' all kinds of facilities.

Rawalpora man's custodial disappearance

Date: 25 Nov 2015

SIT finds brigadier guilty, invokes murder charge

Srinagar: The worst fears of the family of Mansoor Ahmad Dar, the chemist who was subjected to enforced disappearance in 2002, seem to have come true as the Special Investigation Team (SIT) has concluded that "he could have died in custody of the Indian army's 35 RR."

ICC issues statement on marking the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women

Date: 25 Nov 2015

Text: Statement of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Fatou Bensouda, marking the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women

The Hague: Today, I join many around the world calling for a collective and robust effort to combat violence against women.

Sadarkoot massacre by gunmen: Court orders police to file charge-sheet

Date: 17 Nov 2015

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir High Court on Tuesday asked police to file a charge-sheet in the 5 October 1996 Sadrakoot massacre by November Nov 24, a rights body said.

A spokesperson of Jammu and Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society (JKCCS) in a statement to CNS said that the court was hearing a petition filed by families of the victims of the massacre

Massive protests rock Bandipora after woman among several 'beaten' by forces

Date: 16 Nov 2015

Srinagar: Hundreds of people staged massive protests outside the Deputy Commissioner's office in Bandipora after army beat to pulp five persons including a woman at Chuntmullah village in north Kashmir.

Scribes protest assault on colleague

Date: 9 Nov 2015

Srinagar: A group of scribes today held a protest against assault on their colleague in north Kashmir's Bandipora district.

According to GNS correspondent, scribes converged outside DC office held placards and a sit-in at Gulshan Chowk where a reporter working with Kashmir Reader was detained and beaten on Sunday.

Indian Army 'thrashes' four boys after objecting to frisking of girl students

Date: 6 Nov 2015

MS Nazki

Poonch: Four students were allegedly beaten to pulp by Indian army troopers after they objected to the frisking of bags of female students in Surankote area of Poonch district.

People accuse forces of harassment during search operation in Sopore

Date: 5 Nov 2015

Srinagar: People including shopkeepers on Thursday accused government forces of harassment during the conduct of a search and cordon operation in Sopore Town of north Kashmir's Baramulla district.

Jammu Martyrs Day

Date: 5 Nov 2015

Meraj ud din

A chapter of Kashmir history starts from 1846 when Sikh rule ended and the British sold Kashmir to Dogra Mahraja Gulab Singh under the Treaty of Amritsar at a cost of 750,000 Nanak Shahi currency. Since then Kashmir has been in a state of trouble and torment.

JAMMU GENOCIDE OF 1947

Date: 5 Nov 2015

By Abdul Majid Zargar

It is one of the least known genocides in the modern history. It was carried out with such a precision that it is difficult to find its traces, except in the memories of the survivors, and the tales of horror they passed on to their next generation. Around four to five lakh Muslims were killed with a military precision.

Class 12th student could miss exam as police detain him on stone-pelting charges

Date: 4 Nov 2015

Qayoom Khan

Srinagar: A 12th class student who is supposed to appear in his annual examination next week has been detained by police, accusing him of stone-throwing in south Kashmir's Pulwama district.

Chattergam Killings: 'Court martial 'mantra' of Indian Army was to hoodwink the families'

Date: 3 Nov 2015

Srinagar: The father of one of the Nowgam slain youth Tuesday accused successive state governments of being callous towards their miseries. He said that an Indian Army Commander while regretting over the death of his son expressed sympathy with them but not a single person from the state government contacted or bothered to visit his house.

Shutdown and clashes in Nowgam

Date: 3 Nov 2015

On first death anniversary, locals remember Faisal and Mehraj

Srinagar: A complete shutdown was observed in Nowgam and its adjacent areas of Srinagar city on Tuesday to mark the first death anniversary of two local youth who were gunned down by Army when they along with their friends were on way to home after watching a Muharram procession in Chattergam area of Central Kashmir's Budgam district.

The indefinite hunger-strike of Irom Sharmila against the AFSPA

Date: 3 Nov 2015

Will complete its 15th year soon

The state impunity on violence against our own people continues till date

04 November 2015, from 9am to 5pm, Samta Sthal, Opp. Raj Ghat, New Delhi

JK Itehad seeks AFSPA revocation expresses solidarity with Irom Sharmila

Date: 2 Nov 2015

Srinagar: Jammu Kashmir Itehad party today staged a protest here and sought the revocation of Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) from the State.

The members of Itehad party held the protest here in press enclave and also expressed solidarity with anti-AFSPA activist, Irom Sharmila.

Scribes protest after cop 'assaulted' a Photojournalist

Date: 2 Nov 2015

Bandipora: Scribes in North Kashmir's Bandipora District Monday staged a protest outside DC office after one of their colleagues was allegedly thrashed by a cop at a Naka near Wular Vintage Park.

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Kashmir Human Rights News: Oct/Nov 2015

2015-11-23T08:47:00.001+01:00

Kashmir Human Rights News: Oct/Nov 2015

Sadarkoot massacre by gunmen: Court orders police to file charge-sheet

Date: 17 Nov 2015

Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir High Court on Tuesday asked police to file a charge-sheet in the 5 October 1996 Sadrakoot massacre by November Nov 24, a rights body said.

A spokesperson of Jammu and Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society (JKCCS) in a statement to CNS said that the court was hearing a petition filed by families of the victims of the massacre

Massive protests rock Bandipora after woman among several 'beaten' by forces

Date: 16 Nov 2015

Scribes protest assault on colleague

Date: 9 Nov 2015

Srinagar: A group of scribes today held a protest against assault on their colleague in north Kashmir's Bandipora district.

According to GNS correspondent, scribes converged outside DC office held placards and a sit-in at Gulshan Chowk where a reporter working with Kashmir Reader was detained and beaten on Sunday.

Indian Army 'thrashes' four boys after objecting to frisking of girl students

Date: 6 Nov 2015

MS Nazki

Poonch: Four students were allegedly beaten to pulp by Indian army troopers after they objected to the frisking of bags of female students in Surankote area of Poonch district.

People accuse forces of harassment during search operation in Sopore

Date: 5 Nov 2015

Srinagar: People including shopkeepers on Thursday accused government forces of harassment during the conduct of a search and cordon operation in Sopore Town of north Kashmir's Baramulla district.

Jammu Martyrs Day

Date: 5 Nov 2015

Meraj ud din

JAMMU GENOCIDE OF 1947

Date: 5 Nov 2015

By Abdul Majid Zargar

Class 12th student could miss exam as police detain him on stone-pelting charges

Date: 4 Nov 2015

Qayoom Khan

Srinagar: A 12th class student who is supposed to appear in his annual examination next week has been detained by police, accusing him of stone-throwing in south Kashmir's Pulwama district.

Chattergam Killings: 'Court martial 'mantra' of Indian Army was to hoodwink the families'

Date: 3 Nov 2015

Shutdown and clashes in Nowgam

Date: 3 Nov 2015

On first death anniversary, locals remember Faisal and Mehraj

The indefinite hunger-strike of Irom Sharmila against the AFSPA

Date: 3 Nov 2015

Will complete its 15th year soon

The state impunity on violence against our own people continues till date

04 November 2015, from 9am to 5pm, Samta Sthal, Opp. Raj Ghat, New Delhi

JK Itehad seeks AFSPA revocation expresses solidarity with Irom Sharmila

Date: 2 Nov 2015

Srinagar: Jammu Kashmir Itehad party today staged a protest here and sought the revocation of Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) from the State.

The members of Itehad party held the protest here in press enclave and also expressed solidarity with anti-AFSPA activist, Irom Sharmila.

Scribes protest after cop 'assaulted' a Photojournalist

Date: 2 Nov 2015

Bandipora: Scribes in North Kashmir's Bandipora District Monday staged a protest outside DC office after one of their colleagues was allegedly thrashed by a cop at a Naka near Wular Vintage Park.

President of Palestine visits the ICC Prosecutor

Date: 30 Oct 2015

The Hague: Today, Friday 30 October 2015, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal ("ICC" or the "Court"), Mrs Fatou Bensouda and representatives of her Office received H.E. Mr Mahmoud Abbas,

CRPF went on a 'rampage' in Kulgam, allege locals

Date: 30 Oct 2015

'Damaged vehicles and residential houses'

DC orders probe

Kulgam: Scores of people Friday staged a protest outside District Development Commissioner's office in South Kashmir's Kulgam district accusing Indian troopers of CRPF from 18 Battalion of damaging more than 50 private vehicles

Wani denounces Indian authorities for detaining rights activist at Wagah border

Date: 22 Oct 2015

Islamabad: The APHC leader and convener of Jammu and Kashmir National Front Altaf Ahmed Wani has denounced in strong terms the Indian authorities for detaining JKCCS researcher/lawyer Kartik Munukutla at Wagah border.

Black Friday: 22 October 1993

Date: 21 Oct 2015

When BSF men butchered 51 protestors in Kashmir

'Pain lingers and horror still haunts survivors'

Anantnag: Twenty-two years have expired and the Indian Border Security Forces (BSF) personnel from 74th Battalion allegedly responsible for butchering scores of innocent and peaceful protestors in Bijbehara town of South Kashmir's Anantnag district have not been brought to book and the 'killers' are still roaming free. Locals lament that justice has been eluding the families of the victims.

Zafar Bhat voices for safety of illegally detained Kashmiris

Date: 21 Oct 2015

Srinagar: In Indian Occupied Kashmir, Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Salvation Movement Zafar Akbar Bhat has expressed serious concern over the safety of illegally detained Kashmiris languishing in different Indian jails.

The death penalty should be abolished

Date: 19 Oct 2015

Clemente Ferrer

We live in a culture of death that surrounds us everywhere, even if it is hidden behind the robes of consumption and welfare. Delving a little is enough to see that this deadly poverty is present as it is, with a fierce selfishness, aggressive violence and disrespect for life, which is a divine gift.

Parents appeal Mufti to shift their 'innocent' son from Tihar to Kashmir

Date: 14 Oct 2015

Srinagar: The parents from a South Kashmir youth lodged in New Delhi's Tihar Jail Wednesday appealed to the government to review his case as according to them their son has been implicated in a fabricated case and presently due to deteriorated health, he has been admitted in one of the hospitals of New Delhi.

Jama'at demands stern action against erring cops

Date: 14 Oct 2015

Srinagar: Jama'at-e-Islami Jammu & Kashmir expresses its grave concern over starting afresh the besieging of populated areas by the army and SOG of police causing great hardships to the common people. These crackdowns amount to violation of the human rights as the right of movement of the people is badly affected and they are forced to stop their routine work besides being subjected to mental harassment.

ICC Prosecutor requests judges for authorisation to open an investigation into the Situation in Georgia

Date: 13 Oct 2015

The Hague: Today, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court ("ICC" or the "Court"), Fatou Bensouda, requested authorisation from the Court's Judges to initiate an investigation into the alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity in relation to the August 2008 armed conflict in Georgia. For this purpose, the Prosecutor requested to proceed with an investigation into the Situation in Georgia for the period from 1 July to 10 October 2008.

JKCCS condemns SDPO Surankote Riaz Tantray actions in Surankote

Date: 10 Oct 2015

Srinagar: Jammu Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society (JKCCS) chairman Advocate Parvez Imroz has condemned for harassing a family in Surankote.

According to JKCCS, on 7 October 2015, a police party headed by SDPO Surankote Riaz Tantray,

Embarrassment: APDP members confronted Bhim Singh

Date: 10 Oct 2015

Srinagar: Panthers Party patron Prof Bhim Singh and his associated Saturday faced embarrassment after they were confronted by the families of disappeared persons who accused them of aiding India and showing cold response over the grave issue.

Indian forces vehicle hits child

Date: 9 Oct 2015

Reinforcement party of Army attacked with stones

Pulwama: Protesters attacked private vehicles carrying Indian Army men from 55 RR with stones, when one of their vehicles hit a child in Pathan hamlet of South Kashmir's Pulwama district.

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VICTIMS SIT IN AGAINST SAILAN MASSACRE

2015-11-14T12:25:00.001+01:00

TODAY'S SIT IN AGAINST CBI AT SURANKOTE (JAMMU & KASHMIR) AS THE CBI IS TRYING TO COVER UP AND FABRICATE THE EVIDENCES OF SAILAN MASSACRE CASE, IN WHICH 19 PERSONS WERE KILLED BY INDIAN ARMY.

ON BEHALF OF SAILAN VICTIM FAMILIES

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جموں میں مسلمانوں کا قتل عام

2015-11-05T07:50:00.001+01:00

جموں میں مسلمانوں کا قتل عام

اطہر مسعود وانی

گزشتہ دنوں انتہا پسند ہندو تنظیم 'راشٹریہ سیوگ سنگھ'(آر ایس ایس)کے وردیوں میں ملبوس مسلح دستے نے جموں کی سڑکوں پر مارچ کیا تو ریاست جموں وکشمیر کے تمام مسلمانوں میں تشویش کی لہر دوڑ گئی ۔ جموں میں رہنے والے مسلمانوں میں اس بات کا خوف پایا جا رہا ہے کہ 'آر ایس ایس' کے مسلح دستے اب جموں کا رخ کر رہے ہیں۔1947ء میں جموں کے مسلمانوں کا جس طرح قتل عام کیا گیا،اس کی یادیں جموں وکشمیر کے لوگوں کے ذہنوں سے محو نہیں ہوئی ہیں۔جموں کے بعض ڈوگروں کا کہنا ہے کہ جموں میں'' دو لاکھ'' کی تعداد میں مسلمانوں کا ہلاک کرنا درست نہیں ہے،ان کے بقول اتنی زیادہ تعداد میں جموں کے مسلمان ہلاک نہیں ہوئے۔ اکتوبر 1947ء کے آخری ہفتے میں جموں کے دیہاتوں میں مسلمانوں کی بستیوں کو لوٹنے اور جلانے کی کارروائیاں شروع ہوچکی تھیں اور نومبر کے پہلے ہفتے سے جموں سے ہجرت کرنے والوں کا بھر پور قتل عام شروع ہوا۔ 5 نومبر کو جموں شہر کے مسلمانوں سے کہا گیا کہ وہ ایک جگہ جمع ہو کر پاکستان جانے کیلئے تیار رہیں۔ اور جب چالیس ٹرکوں کا پہلا قافلہ روانہ ہوا تو راستہ میں ان کا راستہ بدل کر ایک میدان میں اتارا گیا جہاں ڈوگرہ غنڈہ پہلے سے تیار تھے،اور تمام قافلہ ختم کیا گیا۔ چھ نومبر کو 70 ٹرکوں پر دوسرا قافلہ روانہ ہوا۔ ان کو بھی اسی طرح ختم کیا گیا بے گناہ مسلمانان جموں کا یہ قتل عام نومبر کے آخیر تک جاری رہا۔ اس دوران 5 لاکھ سے زیادہ مسلمان پاکستان میں دھکیل دیئے گئے ۔ دو لاکھ کے قریب شہید ہوگئے ۔ 16 ہزار عصمت مآب نوجوان خواتین کو اغواء کیا گیا ۔ ان دلخراش واقعات کو قلم بند کرنے کے لئے بڑی ہمت کی ضرورت ہے۔جموں کے مسلمانوں کا یہ قتل عام دور جدید میں انسانی وحشت کی ایک بھیانک مثال ہے۔

غیر جانبدار حلقوں کے مطابق بھی جموں سے پانچ لاکھ افراد ہجرت کر کے پاکستان پہنچے جبکہ دو لاکھ افراد کو جموں سے پاکستان آتے ہوئے قتل عام میں ہلاک کر دیا گیا۔ہورس الیگزینڈر نے ڈیلی ''سپکٹیٹر'' (16 جنوری 1948 ئ)میں لکھا کہ ''ریاستی حکومت نے حکمت عملی کے تحت قتل عام کیا اور قتل ہونے والے مسلمانوں کی تعداد دو لاکھ تک پہنچ گئی۔ ''دی ٹائمز'' لندن (10 اگست1948 ئ) نے اپنی ایک رپورٹ میںلکھا کہ ڈوگرہ فوج نے ہندئووں اورسکھوںکی مدد سے دولاکھ سینتیس ہزارمسلمان باقاعدہ منصوبہ بندی کے تحت ہلاک کئے۔ جب تک کہ وہ سرحد پار کر کے پاکستان نہیںچلے گئے۔''ڈیلی ''سٹیٹمین'' کے ایڈیٹر آئن سٹیفن نے اپنی کتاب ''آنرڈ مون'' میںلکھاکہ1947 ء میں خزاں کے اختتام تک دولاکھ سے زائدمسلمان ہلاک کئے گئے۔ ان واقعات سے متاثر ہوکر برطانیہ کے اخبار ''ٹائم اینڈٹائیڈ ''لکھتا ہے ، ''جب کشمیر میں امن وامان قائم ہوجائے گا سیاستدان کہتے ہیں کہ ایک استصواب رائے عامہ ہوگا۔ کیا خاک استصواب ہوگا؟ اور کس سے استصواب کیا جائے گا۔ جب رائے دینے والے موت کی نیند سو چکے ہوں گے یا خوف کے مارے جن کی زبانیںخاموش ہوں گی''۔

خود بھارتی حلقے بھی جموں میں ہونے والے اس قتل عام کی تصدیق کرتے ہیں۔ نیشنل کانفرنس کے ایک سابق صدر سرداربدھ سنگھ نے ایک تقریر میں اعتراف حقیقت کرتے ہوئے کہا '' سچ پوچھو تو ہمارے ہندو بھائی ہی راجوری اور میرپور و جموں کے قتل وخون کے ذمہ دار ہیں۔ یہی ناحق قتل وخون کے حالات سن کرقبائلی سرینگرکی طرف بڑھے۔ (ہفت روزہ سچ جموں 25 مئی 1949 ئ) ۔وزیراعظم مسٹر نہرو نے بھارتی پارلیمنٹ میںجموں کے قتل عام کا ذکرکرتے ہوئے بتایا ،''ماہ نومبر کے اوائل میں جموں کے قریب بعض ایسے حوادث پیش آئے جن پر مجھے افسوس ہے۔ مسلم پناہ گزینوں کا قافلہ جموں سے جا رہا تھا اس پر غیر مسلم پناہ گیروں اور دوسرے لوگوں نے حملہ کیا اور بہت سے لوگ مقتول اور زخمی ہوگئے۔ محافظ فوج نے اپنا فرض بعزت طریق پر ادا نہ کیا''۔ شیخ محمد عبداللہ نے 12 نومبر1947 ء کو ایک بیان میں جموں کے حادثات کا ذکرکرتے ہوئے کہا،'' صوبہ جموں کے حالات خوشگوار نہیںمگر یہ ان حالات کا ردعمل ہے جوکچھ مغربی پنجاب (پاکستان )میں ہوا ہے''۔

2004 ء میں ایک وفد کے ہمراہ مجھے جموں شہر کا دورہ کرنے کا موقع ملا۔ جموں شہر کے استاد محلہ کی مسجد ہجری میں درجنوں مسلمانوں سے ملاقات کا موقع ملا ۔ہم نے جموں میںتحریک آزادی کشمیر کے گڑھ اورجموں میںمسلمانوںکے اکثریتی علاقے تالاب کھٹیکاں کا دورہ بھی کیا۔ مسجد میں موجود مسلمانوں نے کہا کہ انہیں پاکستان کاویزہ لینے میں بہت مشکلات کاسامنا ہے نئی دہلی میں قائم پاکستانی ایمبیسی میںجموں کے مسلمانوں سے ویزے کے حصول کے سلسلے میں یوٹلیٹی بلز طلب کئے جاتے ہیںجموںکے مسلمانوں نے کہاکہ ان کی درخواست حکومت پاکستان کوپیش کی جائے کہ انہیں اپنے عزیزواقارب سے ملنے کیلئے پاکستان ویزے جاری کرنے میں آسانی پیدا کی جائے۔ اس موقع پر جموںکے مسلمانوںنے حکومت پاکستان کے نام پر ایک تحریری درخواست وفدکے ارکان کودی جس میں استدعاکی گئی کہ جموں اور سیالکوٹ کے درمیان بھی لوگوں کوآمدورفت کی اجازت دیجائے۔

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Chattergam Killings: 'Court martial 'mantra' of Indian Army was to hoodwink the families'

2015-11-03T20:04:00.001+01:00

Chattergam Killings: 'Court martial 'mantra' of Indian Army was to hoodwink the families'

Kashmir Watch

Srinagar: The father of one of the Nowgam slain youthTuesday accused successive state governments of being callous towards their miseries.

Abdul Latif Bhat

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Editor: Kashmir Watch

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JK Itehad seeks AFSPA revocation expresses solidarity with Irom Sharmila

2015-11-03T12:17:00.001+01:00

JK Itehad seeks AFSPA revocation expresses solidarity with Irom Sharmila

Kashmir Watch

Srinagar: Jammu Kashmir Itehad party today staged a protest here and sought the revocation of Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) from the ...

Abdul Latif Bhat

Director: EurAsia Watch (EurAsiaWatch.org coming soon)

Editor: Kashmir Watch

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'Welcome to Kashmir'

2015-11-03T09:06:00.001+01:00

HUMAN RIGHTS

'Welcome to Kashmir'

A Kashmiri photojournalist remembers the day he was picked up by the police and tortured.

Showkat Shafi | 02 Nov 2015 14:31 GMT | Human Rights, Media, Asia, Press Freedoms

I remember it clearly. It was August 19, 2011 - World Photography Day. To commemorate the day in 1839 when the French government made public the photographic process known as daguerreotype, developed by photographer Louis Daguerre, I decided to capture some memorable photographs of my own.

I headed to the Jamia Masjid in the old city of Srinagar, the summer capital of Kashmir, hoping to shoot those who gathered there after Friday prayers. It was the third Friday of the holy month of Ramadan.

I had a bit of an affinity with the historic mosque. It had treated me well in my fledgling career: some of my most powerful photographs had been clicked there.

I arrived with some photojournalist friends - Shahid Tantray from Kashmir, Narciso Contreras from Mexico, and Rajesh Iyer from Delhi, India - in the early afternoon and was happy to find that other photojournalists were already there.

I took a lot of pictures, but there was one that really stood out from the rest. It was of a Kashmiri mother praying inside the mosque as tears rolled down her cheeks. For me, it captured the stories of all the mothers of this wounded paradise; the women who pay the highest cost of the conflict - physically, psychologically, culturally and economically; the thousands of women widowed and those who wait in vain for their disappeared husbands and children.

The Masjid had proven lucky for me once again, I thought.

But I was wrong, very wrong.

After the prayers had drawn to a close, the worshippers began to depart. We were also preparing to leave when, in the main square outside the mosque, some young boys started shouting pro-freedom slogans.

Some other photojournalists were following them, taking their pictures. We, too, wanted to capture the scene.

Then some of the protesters started pelting stones at the police and paramilitary forces.

I had only clicked a few pictures when a joint team of Jammu and Kashmir police and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) troopers intercepted me in a lane. "I'm from the press," I told them.

Those were the same words I repeated, over and over again, as they set about beating me.

There were around 15 of them in total. Some used the butts of their guns; others used bamboo sticks. Those who couldn't reach me with a weapon just punched and kicked.

I gripped onto my camera, but I could feel them trying to grab it from me. My vision went blurry; I fell to the ground. At some point, the camera slipped from my fingers. My laptop, too, was taken.

They tore at my clothes and kept beating me as they paraded me naked to the gate of the police station.

I was dragged inside, but the beating didn't stop.

They told me to put my clothes back on and then searched my pockets, removing everything. I was kicked into the lock-up.

There were four boys already inside. One had been throwing stones; the other three had been arrested simply for being related to stone-throwers.

They offered me juice and water, but I protested. I was fasting, I explained.

They insisted. I was in a bad state and needed to drink something, they said. I couldn't argue with that.

They took care of me as best they could, these young men who had been torn from their home in the middle of the night. They examined my injuries. My nose and arm were bleeding profusely; my whole body throbbed with pain. The boys attempted to ease it, applying pressure to my arms and legs.

I will never forget them and how they put their own fear aside to care for me, a complete stranger.

Neither will I forget the policeman who came every 10 minutes or so to inflict his special brand of mental torture upon me. He hurled abuse and described how he would hang me upside down, naked, and beat me until morning. He made sure that I knew that more physical abuse awaited me.

There was one among them, however, who seemed kind-hearted. He'd come to see me when none of the others were there and console me as best he could. He asked for the telephone numbers of my family and acquaintances. He'd call them, he said, and they would come and get me released.

I wanted to believe him, but as I sat there in that lock-up, I felt as though all my dreams were shattering around me. Surely the cops would have broken my camera and laptop, I thought. How would I work without them? And what would my family think when I didn't return home?

I prayed, and prayed, and prayed.

Suddenly, we heard screams from outside the police station - piercing, bitter screams. The policemen and CRPF personnel were beating some boys mercilessly.

Then I heard a voice I recognised - but I wished I hadn't. It was Narciso. He, too, was being beaten.

I felt certain then that they would kill us both in some kind of staged encounter. After all, no one knew that we'd been arrested; they'd be able to explain our deaths away however they wanted. My heart pounded.

Narciso was taken upstairs, and a few minutes later, they came for me. They kicked and slapped me repeatedly as they took me up the stairs.

The station house officer was sitting there. He told the others not to slap me. He would show them how to do it, he said. Then he placed one hand on either side of my face and slapped me hard, twice.

He kicked me into a room. Some police officers and CRPF personnel were inside. So was Narciso. He was standing by the wall, his arms and legs bleeding.

They told me to kneel in the centre of the room. Those infamous images from Abu Ghraib prison were stuck in my mind.

The superintendent of police (SP) asked me my name. I shared part of my surname with him. I hoped this might help me. It didn't. He slapped me, hard.

Then an inspector asked me to close my eyes. I did as he said and another slap followed.

He told me to put my hands over my eyes. I did as I was told, and they all laughed.

An officer offered Narciso juice. "Welcome to Kashmir," he told him, and they all laughed again. It was like a scene from a Bollywood movie

The SP told a constable to pinch my ears until they turned red. He did it for two minutes until another officer took mercy on me - kicking me to end that particular form of torture.

Then the SP wanted to talk. "Will you work again?" he asked me.

I didn't reply.

"If I ever see your byline anywhere from now onwards, I will not leave you," he said.

He described how he'd ruin my career in journalism and get me struck off the roll of the university where I was pursuing my Masters' degree.

"You press people are working for the army and Indian intelligence," he shouted. "You are all associated with them."

I was ordered to go downstairs, quickly. There I saw a friend and fellow photographer, Danish Ismail.

The cops handed him my bag and me my camera, minus its memory card. I will never see that perfect photograph I took again, but it's there in my mind - a reminder of those perfect moments before my world changed.

Showkat Shafi was released after five hours in detention. He was taken to hospital and treated for his injuries. It took him several weeks to recover. He still has nightmares.

Narciso Contreras was released on the same day and admitted to hospital. After this incident, he left Kashmir. He went to Syria in 2012 and won a Pulitzer Prize for breaking news photography in 2013.

The article has been produced in collaboration with the Human Rights Centre at Al Jazeera.

Source: Al Jazeera

2010 Killings: Victims' families still wait for justice

2015-11-02T22:03:00.001+01:00

2010 Killings: Victims' families still wait for justice

Kashmir Watch

Srinagar: The families of the victims of the 2010 killings from different districts of Kashmir Mondaydemanded justice to their kin who were killed in ...

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Kashmir.Foundation Call to Hashtag #UN70 to reach United Nations

2015-10-23T22:58:00.001+02:00

Kashmir.Foundation Call to Hashtag #UN70 to reach United Nations

Brussels: On the occasion of 70th anniversary of United Nations Kashmir.Foundation director Abdul Latif Bhat has appealed Kashmiris and supporters of Kashmir worldwide to hashtag their voices on UN created hashtag #UN70 against the Indian oppression and occupation.

Kashmir.Foundation director said that hashtag is powerful cyber media tool and (#) hashtag posts are closely monitored by the respective organisations worldwide. He said India has turned the disputed state into a prison as a result human rights violations are less reaching to outside world.

He advised the people to create hashtags and post content in form of images, videos , news links and text on facebook and twitter etc like:

"We the people of Jammu & Kashmir want freedom from Indian occupation. #UN70, #Kashmir,"

"We are crying for help to send the UN peace-keeping forces in disputed state of Jammu & Kashmir occupied by India.#UN70, #Kashmir,"

"We want the implementation of UN resolutions on Kashmir. #UN70, #Kashmir,"

"We want UN intervention in the dispute of Jammu & Kashmir.
#UN70, #Kashmir,"

"We demand UN to conduct an impartial plebiscite in disputed state of Jammu & Kashmir. #UN70, #Kashmir,"

Kashmir.Foundation director has appealed the people of Kashmir to understand the importance of this day.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has already announced to start the global celebration of the 70th anniversary of the United Nations, which will aim to honour the historic breadth of the Organization's development, security and human rights work, and ultimately, unite the international community in common cause to enable a strong UN to realize a better world.

Mr. Ban has noted that on this day, 69 years ago, the UN Charter was signed in San Francisco. Over the next 16 months, the Organization will commemorate the 70th anniversary of the UN's founding in 1945. Of the 51 original members of the UN, only four were from Africa.

Director Kashmir.Foundation said that every Kashmiri should read and share the 'UN Security Council resolutions on Kashmir' on social media which can be clicked on the below link:

UN Security Council resolutions on Kashmir

http://kashmirwatch.com/news.php/2015/10/23/un-security-council-resolutions-on-kashmir.html

Abdul Latif Bhat

Director: EurAsia Watch (EurAsiaWatch.org coming soon)

Editor: Kashmir Watch

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ہندو انتہا پسندی اورہندوستان میں نئی ریاستوں کا جواز

2015-10-22T09:04:00.001+02:00

ہندو انتہا پسندی اورہندوستان میں نئی ریاستوں کا جواز

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بھارت میں گائے کا گوشت فریج میں رکھنے کے الزام میں ہندوئوں نے ایک مسلمان کے گھر حملہ کر کے اس کو ہلاک اور اس کے بیٹے کو شدید زخمی کر دیا۔گائے کا گوشت کھانے،گائے لیجانے،گائے کا گوشت رکھنے کے الزامات میں بھاارت میں ایسے ہی دیگر کئی واقعات میں ہندوئوں نے بڑی تعداد میں جمع ہو کر متعدد مسلمانوں کو موت کے گھاٹ اتار دیا،کئی جگہوں پر کسی مسلمان کو پکڑ کر سخت تشدد سے اسے سرعام لیو لہان کرنے کے متعدد واقعات میڈیا کی زینت بنے۔ اسی دوران ہندو'' جتھوں'' نے متعددلتوں (اچھوت،شودر) کو مختلف الزامات میں بیدردی سے ہلاک کیا ،انہیں غیر انسانی سلوک کا نشانہ بنایا گیا۔ایک دلت خاندان کے دو مردوں اور دو خواتین کو ایسے ہی ایک ہندو جتھے کے ہاتھوں سرعام عریاں کرنے کی تصاویر بھی میڈیا میں دیکھی گئیں۔ ایک نوجوان کشمیری ٹرک ڈرائیور کو اودھمپور میں ہندو بلوائیوں نے ٹرک کے اندر ہی جلا کر ہلاک کر دیا۔ہندوستان میں تو اقلیتیں چپ کر کے قتل و غارت گری ،ظلم و جبر سہنے پر مجبور ہیں لیکن ٹرک میںزندہ جلا کر قتل کیا جانے والے کشمیری نوجوان کے پیچھے تمام کشمیر کے عوام ہیں۔انتہا پسند ہندوئوں کے ہاتھوں اس بہیمانہ قتل کے خلاف مقبوضہ کشمیر میں مکمل ہڑتال رہی اور ہر جگہ کشمیری نوجوان سخت احتجاج کرتے ہوئے بھارتی فورسز پر پتھرائو اور نہتے بھارتی فورسز کا مقابلہ کرتے رہے۔کشمیریوں کی جدوجہد آزادی نے کشمیریوں کو ایک ایسے اجتماعی سانچے میں ڈھال دیا ہے جو کسی بھی کشمیری پر بھارت کے ظلم و جبر کے خلاف سراپا احتجاج بن جاتا ہے۔مقبوضہ کشمیر اسمبلی کے آزاد رکن انجینئر رشید نئی دہلی میں مقتول کشمیری ٹرک ڈرائیور کے اہل خانہ کے ساتھ پریس کانفرنس کرنے نکلے ہی تھے کہ چند ہندو جنونیوں نے ان کے چہرے پر بڑی مقدار میں کالی سیاہی انڈیل دی۔اس واقعہ کا کشمیریوں پر گہرا اثر ہوا ہے اور شیخ عبداللہ کے فرزند فاروق عبداللہ بھی یہ کہنے پر مجبور ہوئے کہ کشمیر میں یہ سوچ مضبوط ہو رہی ہے کہ جناح کا فیصلہ درست تھا۔ انجینئر رشید نے بھی اس واقعہ پر کہا کہ '' میں پاکستان کے قیام کادرست فیصلہ کرنے پر جناح کو سلوٹ پیش کرتا ہوں''۔اسی دوران بھارتی پنجاب( عملا اب بھارتی پنجاب نام کا کوئی علاقہ موجود نہیں ہے،سابق بھارتی پنجاب کو مرکز کے زیر انتظام علاقوں سمیت مختلف ناموں والی ریاستوں میں تقسیم کر دیا گیا ہے ،سکھوں میں اس بات کا گہرا احساس پایا جاتا ہے ) میں سکھوں کی مقدس کتاب گرنتھ صاحب کے اوراق کی سرعام بے حرمتی کا واقعہ پیش آیا جس پر بھارت کے مختلف علاقوں سمیت،مقبوضہ کشمیر،پاکستان اور دنیا بھر میں مقیم سکھوں کی طرف سے احتجاجی مظاہرے جاری ہیں۔بے حرمتی کانشانہ بننے والی سکھوں کی مقدس کتاب گرنتھ صاحب کو سکھوں کے مقدس مقام گولڈن ٹیمپل سے چرایا گیا تھا۔

یوں بی جے پی حکومت کی طرف سے اقتدار میں آتے ہی اکثریتی انتہا پسند ہندوئوں کے اقلیتوں کے خلاف پرتشدد اور ظالمانہ کاروائیوں کا ایک نیاسلسلہ چل نکلا ہے۔بھارت کے پروفیسر ابی کمار دوبے کے مطابق 'بی جے پی ' اپنے بنیادی عقیدے کو پورے ملک میں یکساں طور پر نافذ کرنے کے بجائے صرف انہی ریاستوں میں آزما رہی ہے جہاں دوسری جماعتوں کی حکومت ہے، اپنی ریاستوں میں نہیں۔بھارت میں چند حلقوں کا یہ بھی کہنا ہے کہ اگر' بی جے پی 'اور اس کی حامی تنظیموں، جیسے بجرنگ دل، گا رشا دل اور ہندو جاگرن منچ، شیو سینانے اپنے قدم واپس نہیں کھینچے تو یہ ثقافتی سیاست انھیں بہت مہنگی پڑنے والی ہے۔ میرے خیا ل میں بھارتی حلقو ں نے یہ کہتے ہوئے بہت کسر نفسی سے کام لیا ہے کہ'' یہ انتہا پسندی انہیں بہت مہنگی پڑنے والی ہے''،حقیقت یہ ہے کہ ہندوستان میں اقلیتوں کے خلاف اکثریتی ہندوئوں کے اس مسلسل غیر انسانی طرز عمل سے ہندوستان میں نئی آزاد ریاستوں کے قیام کی ضرورت اور جواز کو تقویت مل رہی ہے۔

ہائے یہ ہندو انتہا پسندوں کی بے تابیاں کہ جو کانگریس کے میٹھے زہر او'ر سلو پائیزنگ' کے فلسفے پر عمل کے ذر یعے دشمن ،مخالف کو ختم کر کے اسی کی لاش پہ روتے ہوئے شور مچانا کہ میرے بھائی کو کون مار گیا ہے،کی جگہ دشمن کو ایک دم ہی ختم کرنے کی سوچ اور عمل کو اختیار کرنے کے درپے ہے۔کانگریس کا یہ فلسفہ کوٹیلہ چانکیہ کی کتاب ''ارتھ شاستر'' میں بیان ہے جس کتاب میں مخصوص اصول حکمرانی وضع کئے گئے ہیں۔قدیم ہندوستان کے ایک بادشاہ نے ویرانے میں ایک سادھو نما شخص کو ایک عجیب حرکت کرتے دیکھا،وہ سادھوں میٹھا شیرا بنا کر سرسبز گھاس میں ڈال رہا تھا۔بادشاہ نے اس سے پوچھا کہ یہ کیا کر رہے ہو ؟سادھو نے جواب دیا کہ میں یہاں سے گزر رہا تھا،اس گھاس نے میرے پائوں زخمی کر دیئے ہیں ،لہذا گھاس کو سزا دے ر ہا ہوں۔بادشاہ اور بھی حیران ہوا ،اور کہنے لگا کہ گھاس کو سزا دینی ہے تو اس کو اکھاڑ دو،جلا دو،یہ کیا کہ گھاس میں شیرا ڈال رہے ہو۔سادھو نے جواب دیا کہ گھاس کو اکھاڑنے،جلانے سے اگلے سال اور بھی اچھی گھاس اگ آئے گی،میں نے گھاس کی جڑوں میں شیرا ڈالا ہے،چیونٹیاں اس گھاس کو جڑوں سے اکھاڑ لیں گی اور اگلے سال یہاں گھاس کے میدان کی جگہ ایک چٹیل میدان ہو گا۔بادشاہ اس سادھو کی حکمت سے بہت متاثر ہوا اور کوٹیلہ چانکیہ نامی اس شخص کو اپنا مشیر بنا لیا،جس نے بعد میں بادشاہ کے لئے اصول حکمرانی تیار کئے۔کانگریس نے اسی فلسفے کی حکمت عملی سے ہندوستان میں رہنے والے مسلمانوں ،سکھوں،عیسائیوں اور نصف کروڑ سے زائد آبادی والے شودروں کو نچلی ترین مخلوق بنا کر انہیں مسلسل سزایاب کرنے کا انداز جاری رکھا۔ہندوستان میں حکومت ملی تو ہندو سوچ و فکراور عمل کی جنونیت اور وحشت کو مزید تقویت ملی اور ہندوئوں میں دوسرے فرقوں کو برداشت نہ کرنے اور ان کی جان و مال اور عزت و آبرو سے مختلف حیلے بہانوں سے کھیلتے رہنے کے سلسلے کو تیز کر نے کے رجحان کو تقویت ملی۔جس ہندو مت میں انسان کی پیدائش سے پہلے ہی معاشرے میں اس کا اعلی تر مقام طے ہو جانا اور کسی کا پیدا ہونے سے پہلے ہی انسانیت کے نچلے ترین درجے پر ہی رہنا حتمی طور پر قرار پا چکا ہے،اس معاشرے کو جمہوری تو دور انسانی معاشرہ بھی قرار دینا بہت مشکل ہو جاتاہے کہ ہندو اکثریت ہندوستان میں رہنے والی تمام اقلیتوں کو شودر کی سطح پر رکھنے اور مزاحمت پر انہیں ختم کر ددینے کے روایات کو مزید فروغ دینا چاہتی ہے۔اس انتہا پسندانہ اور غیر انسانی سوچ کے پیرو کار ہندو اپنی جنونیت سے ہندوستان میں مزید آزاد ریاستوں کے قیام کے جواز کو تقویت پہنچارہے ہیں۔'بی جے پی' کے گزشتہ عرصہ حکومت میں علمی قابلیت کے حامل افراد کا غلبہ نظر آتا تھا لیکن کچھ عرصہ پہلے' بی جے پی' اوسط سطح کے جنونی کردار کے مکمل غلبے میں مغلوب ہو چکی ہے۔ہندوستان میں سیکولر ازم کا مطلب اکثریتی ہندو طبقے کی ایسی حکمرانی ہے جو عملا اقلیتوں کے حقوق ہی نہیں ان کے وجود کی بھی نفی کرتی ہے۔

ریاست کشمیر کے معروف دانشور،انسانی حقوق اور قانون کی بالادستی کے لئے عالمی سطح پہ متحرک اور

کشمیر کے تمام موضوعات پر گہری نظر رکھنے والے ڈاکٹر سید نزیر گیلانی نے ہندستان میں اس نئی صورتحال کے حوالے سے کہا ہے کہ بھارت کے مختلف علاقوں میں مسلمانوں کے خلاف پرتشدد حملوں کا ایک سلسلہ چل نکلا ہے،ایک دلت بھم رائو امبیڈکرہندوستان کا آئین بنانے والوں میں شامل تھا۔دینڈی ڈونیگر اپنی کتاب '' دی ہندوستان،متبادل تاریخ '' میںا مبیڈکر،جو بابا صاحب کے نام سے بھی جانا جاتا تھا،کے حوالے سے لکھا کہ ہندوستان میںدلتوں کو ہندو روایات کا حصہ قرار دیا جاتا ہے لیکن ان سے نا انصافی کی جاتی ہے، انہیں چھونے سے ناپاک ہو جاتے ہیں،چناچہ یہ ناممکن ہے کہ وہ ہندوئوں کا حصہ بنیں۔امبیڈ کر نے کہا ،گاندھی جی،میرے پاس کوئی وطن نہیں ہے ،میں اس سرزمین کو اپنی سرزمین اور اس مذہب ( ہندو مت)کوکیسے اپنا مذہب (فرقہ)کہہ سکتا ہوں،جہاں ہم سے بلیوں اور کتوں سے بھی بدتر سلوک کیا جاتا ہے،ہمیں پینے کے لئے پانی نہیں مل سکتا۔دینڈیڈونیگرنے ہاروڈ اور آکسورڈ سے سنسکرت اور انڈین سٹیڈیز میں ڈاکٹریٹ کی ،لکھتی ہیں کہ آخر ہندوستانی آئین کا معمار ا مبیڈکر بدھ مت میں شامل ہو گیا،اس نے اپنا سماجی فعالیت کا نظرئیہ دیا،1956ء میںا مبیڈکر پانچ ملین(پچاس لاکھ) دلتوں کے ساتھ ہندو مت چھوڑ کر بدھ مت میں شامل ہو گیا۔ا مبیڈکر کو خطرہ تھا کہ بدھ مت اختیار کرنے کے باوجود ہندو معاشرے میں بدستور ناقابل قبول رہیں گے۔ سید نزیر گیلانی کا کہنا ہے کہ مودی ایک ناراض ہندوستان ہے،جو اس طرز سیاست کی طرف لوٹ آیا ہے ،جو 'ہندو آئوٹ لک' کے ایڈیٹر،سیکرٹری جنرل ہندو مہا سبھاجی دیش پانڈے نے 9ستمبر 1947 کو شائع ہونے والے اپنے مضمون ،اس وقت اقوام متحدہ میں کشمیر زیر بحث تھا،میں ہندوئوں اور سکھوں سے مطالبہ کیا کہ(1) موجود ہ فضول حکومت کو ہٹایا جائے اور سخت گیر ہندوان کی جگہ لیں (2)انڈین یونین کو ہندو ریاست قرار دیا جائے(3)ملک کو پاکستان کے ساتھ جنگ کے لئے تیار کیا جائے(4)لازمی بھرتی نافذ کرتے ہوئے تمام ہندو جوانوں کو فوج میں بھرتی کیاجائے(5)مسلمانوں کے ساتھ دشمن کے آلہ کار کے طور پر سلوک کیا جائے (6)اسلام،مسلمان کہلانے کو غیر قانونی قرار دیا جائے۔اسی طرح شیو سینا کا کہنا ہے کہ ہندوستان کبھی سیکولر ریاست نہیں تھی بلکہ ہندو ریاست ہے۔28جنوری2015کو شیو سینا نے مطالبہ کیا کہ 'سیکولر' اور 'سوشلسٹ' کے الفاظ آئین کے ابتدائیے سے ہمیشہ کے لئے ختم کر دیئے جائیںکیونکہ ہندستان ہندو ریاست ہے۔1931میں 'آر ایس ایس' نے وادی کشمیر میں مسلمانوں کی تحریک کے خلاف ڈوگرہ فوج کی مدد کے لئے رضاکار بھیجے۔15جنوری1948کوُ 'آر ایس ایس' کے ایک ادارئیے میں کہا گیا کہ'' کشمیر ہندوئوں کا روحانی گھر ہے اور رہے گا،مہاراجہ کے خلاف بغاوت ایک گناہ ہے ،ہندو بادشاہت دنیا کی قدیم ترین ہے ،اب کشمیر میں ہندو راج کا احیاء ہو گا''۔انہوں نے کہا کہ .حقیقت میں مئی 2012کو اقوام متحدہ کی ہیومن رائٹس کونسل میں بھارتی خیالات ،اور 2014-15میںبھارت اور جموں و کشمیر میں بی جے پی کا غلبہ بھارت میں رہنے والے مسلمانوں کی نسبت ریاست کشمیر کے مسلمانوں(خصوصا وادی کشمیر) میںبہت زیادہ تشویشناک ہے ۔کشمیر کے وہ لوگ جو بھارت اور پاکستان کے درمیان مزاکرات سے مسئلہ کشمیر کے حل کے خواہاں ہیں،'بی جے پی' کو عالمی سرحد کے پار سے متعلق غلیظ باتیں کرتے دیکھ کر خود کو ایک سخت پوزیشن میں پاتے ہیں۔اقوام متحدہ کی 'آفکائیو' میں ثبوت محفوظ ہے کہ الوار،بھارت پور،پٹیالہ،نابھا،جند،فرید کوٹ،کپورتھلا اور گوالیار میں مسلم آبادیوں کو قتل عام اور جبری انخلاء کے ذریعے ختم کر دیا گیا۔اس ریکارڈ کے مطابق مسلم اکثریت والے کپورتھلا میں جہاںدو لاکھ پینتیس ہزار مسلمان تھے،وہاں16جنوری1948ء کو اقوام متحدہ کی سلامتی کونسل کو رپورٹ کے وقت فقط دو مسلمان باقی بچے تھے۔

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Chairman APHC Syed Ali Shah Geelani arrested today

2015-10-22T08:51:00.001+02:00

Chairman APHC Syed Ali Shah Geelani was arrested today by police today while he came out of his residence to visit Batengoo Islamabad, Kashmir to attend a condolence meeting of Shaheed Zahid Rasool, organised by APHC.

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Chairman APHC Syed Ali Shah Geelani arrested by police today

2015-10-22T08:45:00.001+02:00

Chairman APHC Syed Ali Shah Geelani was arrested by police today while he came out of his residence to visit Batengoo Islamabad, Kashmir to attend a condolence meeting of Shaheed Zahid Rasool, organised by APHC.

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Kashmir on high tense: One of the two truckers attacked in Udhampur succumbs

2015-10-18T11:16:00.001+02:00

Kashmir on high tense: One of the two truckers attacked in Udhampur succumbs

Massive protests rock Anantnag

Srinagar: Massive protests erupted in south Kashmir'sBatengoo area of Khanabal after one of its natives who was injured in Udhampur attack on intervening night of October 9/10 succumbed to his injuries at a hospital in New Delhi on Sunday morning.

Zahid (24) son of Ghulam Rasool Bhat of Batengo was shifted to Safderjung hospital in New Dekhi after he suffered serious burn injuries when hooligans attacked their truck with a petrol bomb. Besides Zahid, a 35 year old Showkat had suffered burn injuries and were evacuated to hospital in Jammu from where they were shifted to hospital in New Delhi for specialized treatment.

According to hospital Sources, Zahid breathed his last today morning and soon after the news was received in his home town, thousands of people took to streets and staged massive protests demanding severe punishment to the attackers, six of whom were claimed to have been arrested by police while few others are still absconding.

"Zahid, the trucker petrol bombed in Udhampur in the name of beef protest has died in Delhi earlier this morning. May Allah grant him jannah", Omar tweeted. (GNS)

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Families of Udhmapur victims return compensation to government

2015-10-15T00:15:00.001+02:00

Families of Udhmapur victims return compensation to government

'Admn threatens us': Parents

Two Kashmiri truckers from Islamabad, Kashmir injured in petrol bomb attack at Udhampur, Jammu by Hindu terrorists are undergoing treatment in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) at Safdarjung Hospital , New Delhi. Injured Showkat Ahmad Dar of Uranhall, Islamabad and Zahid Ahmad Bhat of Botengoo, Islamabad. Kashmir observed complete strike on Monday Oct 12 against the attack on truckers.

Srinagar: The parents of the two Kashmiri truckers from South Kashmir Wednesday alleged that District administration has been threatening them of dire consequence in case they did not accept the compensation from them. "The Anantnag district administration misled its own government and common people by claiming that Rs one lakh twenty thousand each has been paid as exgratia to the Udhampur victim families. It is not true. We were provided two air-tickets and an amount of Rs 10,000 each was handed over to us to visit our wards who have been admitted in New Delhi's Safdar Jung Hospital after goons attacked them on Srinagar-Jammu highway," said Ghulam Rasool, the father of one of the victims.

The parents of Zahid Ahmed and Showkat Ahmed who accompanied independent legislator Engineer Rashid during a press conference said that they handed over two cheques of Rs 10,000 each and Rs 20,000 cash to Chief Minister Mufti Muhammad Sayeed during his Anantnag visit on Tuesday. "Shortly after we returned back the meager amount provided to us by district administration, the Deputy Commissioner Anantnag called us on mobile and asked us to take back the returned money. After that, Tehsildar Anantnag called us and threatened that PSA will be slapped upon us if we refuse to take the money from the administration," they said.

"We fail to understand why we being threatened. Our sons with severe burn injuries are battling for life in the hospital and the administration instead of helping us is creating problems for us," the parents said adding that they don't need any compensation from the government as the present dispensation is insensitive towards their hardships.

Earlier, independent legislator Engineer Rashid according to CNS while castigating the government for failing to secure the property and lives of Kahsmiri truckers said that it was really shameful on part of DC Udhampur to give color of rumour to a real incident. "After the attack on two Kashmiri truckers, another truck driver Sayar Ahmed was attacked in Udhampur and he received burn injuries. The victim is going under treatment at SMHS hospital. To hide their failure, the DC Udhampur termed the incident as rumour which was really shameful," Rashid said.

"The kingpin of the attack is still at large. In Kashmir, the government takes no time to arrest people even on frivolous charges. Why aren't authorities showing the same enthusiasm in Jammu," the legislator said.

He appealed people to treat the outsiders as their guests. "We the people of Kashmir are not goons like them. We respect outsiders and treat them well. They should learn a lesson from us," he said and appealed people not to get provoked by these goons who attack Kashmiri truckers. (CNS)

The pain of Dardpora: Kashmiri half-widows living in a state of limbo

2015-10-07T23:05:00.001+02:00

The pain of Dardpora: Kashmiri half-widows living in a state of limbo

October 7, 2015

Dardpora (Jammu and Kashmir): Lying near thick deodar forests, terraced cornfields, apple orchards and jagged mountains, the hamlet of Dardpora looks idyllic. But this Kashmiri village nurtures deep wounds from decades of conflict and hides within its fold a substantial number of what has come to be known as "half-widow".

This term may be unique to Kashmir, describing some 200 of the women in the village whose husbands have disappeared but not yet been declared dead. Probably this is the largest concentration of such women in a single village.

They have to live with the uncertainty of not knowing what happened to their spouses, in addition to the deep pain felt by about 100 other women in the village whose husbands died in the conflict.

The disappearance of such men have often been linked by activists to police or security forces' action.

Dardpora, literally means "abode of pain", is almost 140 km north of the state's summer capital, Srinagar, and lies in Kupwara district close to the Line of Control (LoC) that cuts Kashmir into two parts – one in India, the other in Pakistan.

The central government puts the number of those missing in the past 20 years of the Kashmir conflict at about 4,000 while victims' groups say the actual number is almost double.

On December 26, 2013, following an initiative by Ehsas, a civil society group in Kashmir, six religious clerics decreed that Kashmir's "half-widows" could remarry if their husbands do not return for four years after disappearance.
That may have appeared to be some sort of a solution to a major social problem, 22 years after the first disappearance and seven years after the last.

But for many of these "half-widows", the decision means little. Some have for decades waited for the return of their husbands and they say it's too late for them to start afresh.
"I've a son who has a disability. I couldn't have looked after him if I had married another man," Bano Begum told IANS.

Wives of disappeared men often face various socio-economic uncertainties too. Since most of the disappeared men are from rural Kashmir, these widows usually live impoverished lives. And because of religious and societal pressures, most of the half-widows don't re-marry.

Shamsuddin Pasal, Begum Jaan's husband, left home for evening prayers in 1998 to never return. "It has been years since he is missing and I am too old to remarry now," said 54-year-old Begum Jaan.

"I have a son and a daughter. What will be their future in my absence?" she asks.

One of the biggest problems is that the property and custody rights of such women go into a limbo. In the absence of their family's bread-winners, they have to rely on their in-laws or parents for their economic needs.

Economic relief such as ration cards or transfer of husband's property or bank accounts become difficult as these processes require a death certificate, which they cannot get as their husbands' death is not officially recognised.

Under Islamic jurisprudence, a widow with children gets one-eighth of her husband's property. A widow without children gets one-fourth. A half-widow, till her husband is declared dead, gets nothing.

"Second marriage is considered a taboo in our society. There is a social stigma attached to it. And when it comes to property issues, it is always the death of husband that makes a widow eligible for property rights. In the case of half-widows such an option doesn't exist," explains Sheikh Showkat, who teaches law and human rights at Central University of Kashmir.

Showkat says under the Dissolution of The Muslim Marriage Act, 1939, such women "the whereabouts of whose husband have not been known for a period of four years" may pursue divorce.

"If after the second marriage, her first husband arrives, the first marriage is not valid," he says.

However, there are scholars who dispute this. And the force of tradition and religion is pretty strong in these areas.

According to prominent Islamic scholar, Mufti Abdul Rashid of Srinagar, a woman whose husband has disappeared has to seek help from a Muslim judge in locating him for a year.

"If the judge fails to trace her husband, he can dissolve the marriage and allow her to perform another Nikkah (marriage)," argues Rashid, who comes from the Deobandi sect of Sunni Muslims. "If the first husband appears after her Nikkah, the second marriage will be dissolved."

Earlier, according to the Hanafi sect of Sunni Muslims, the wife of a disappeared person was supposed to wait for an impossible 90 years after which she can remarry.

Mufti Qamar-ud-Din, another Islamic scholar, however, says the waiting period now stands reduced (as agreed by Islamic scholars) to four years and 10 days.

But the religious scholars have no good answers for the possibility of a reappearance.

"A women can remarry after this time. But if the first husband appears, the second marriage will automatically break. She will have to abandon her second husband and live with her first husband," he explains.

Rights groups say they have not known any disappeared person to return in 26 years of conflict.

Meanwhile, the "half-widows" continue to be at the receiving end of an injustice perpetrated by the government, society and the religion. They are fed up with the attention given to them, but no effective solution.

"We have become specimens," says Bano Begum. "Hundreds of people with cameras, pen and copies have visited our place, interviewed us and then never returned — like our husbands. They have sold our tragedies. We are fed up with giving interviews. Will your report bring back my husband?"

The anger in her voice soon dies down; what lingers is her suffering in this abode of pain.

(Muhammad Zulqarnain Zulfi can be reached at mohammad.z@ians.in)

–IANS

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Most of the Jails in Jammu and Kashmir Overcrowded

2015-10-05T21:46:00.001+02:00

Most of the Jails in Jammu and Kashmir Overcrowded

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SRINAGAR: Most of the jails in Jammu and Kashmir are overcrowded, so the state government was taking steps, including construction of new central jail in Srinagar, to address the issue.

The total number of jails in the state at present is 14, out of which nine have the inmate position on the higher side, Minister In-charge Home said in a written reply to a question raised by National Conference (NC) MLC Bashir Ahmad Veeri.

Compared to the total capacity of 3011 in these 14 prisons, 2406 prisoners are in jails. However, some of the prisons have the inmate position much above their original capacity, the reply said.

Though the central jails at Jammu and Srinagar have the capacity of 920 and 360 respectively, the number of prisoners lodged, as on September 30 this year, is on the lower side at 311 and 329 respectively.

However, most of the district jails are overcrowded with District Jail in south Kashmir's Anantnag having more than double the occupancy at 158 compared to the capacity of 60.

Similarly, district jail Jammu has the capacity of 450, while its occupancy is 522, and Baramulla jail 158 against 120, the official data suggests.

The government said it is taking steps to address the issue of overcrowding in the jails.

The Prisons Department has identified 200 kanals of land belonging to Agriculture Department at Zawoora Zewan in Srinagar for the construction of new Central Jail Srinagar, the government said.

It, however, said the records of the Prison Headquarters relating to the subject were washed away in the floods last year.

In view of this, the department has again requested the Divisional Commissioner Kashmir to furnish the relevant records for processing the case further, the minister incharge Home said.

He also said the major construction work of the new district jail in Pulwama has been completed except minor renovation works of some structure which could not be taken up due to occupation of the premises by an army unit earlier.

He said DGP has been advised to effect necessary deployment of a company of either CRPF or SSB for the security of the jail so that it is operationalized and the issue of overcrowding of inmates in other jails is addressed.

Story First Published: October 05, 2015

http://www.ndtv.com/india-news/most-of-the-jails-in-jammu-and-kashmir-overcrowded-1226965

In 1 week, over dozen youth sustain pellet injuries in Kaimoh

2015-09-27T17:09:00.001+02:00

In 1 week, over dozen youth sustain pellet injuries in Kaimoh

Boy loses vision in one eye|Have asked police not to use pellets, says Minister|Use of pellets 'sometimes necessary': SP Kulgam|'Pellet guns banned in Srinagar'

Khalid Gul
Kulgam, Publish Date: Aug 27 2015 10:48PM | Updated Date: Aug 27 2015 10:48PM

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A youth has lost his eyesight partially while over a dozen others have sustained injuries in a week in south Kashmir's Kaimoh tehsil with 'indiscriminate' use of pellet guns, officials and witnesses said, raising a question mark over the ruling Peoples Democratic Party's repeated assertion that it was against use of such weapons on demonstrators. Kaimoh area in South Kashmir saw massive clashes and protests recently against arrest of youths, particularly in nocturnal raids, there.

A doctor at Sub-District Hospital Kaimoh said they recently received many people who had pellet injuries on their face and body.

"We received nine cases last week (on Friday). Among them, two were seriously injured and referred to District Hospital Kulgam for advanced treatment," said Block Medical Officer Kaimoh, Dr Shakeel Majeed.

He said among the two youth referred to DH Kulgam, one had an eye injury while the other had "multiple body injuries."

On Monday, a doctor said, the SDH again received five pellet injury cases and two of them were shifted to District Hospital Kulgam for further treatment.

"They had multiple injuries all over their body," the doctor said. "On Tuesday, we again received 12 cases of pellet injuries. One among them was shifted to District Hospital Anantnag given the nature of the injuries."

Sources in Anantnag district hospital said the youth had "critical" pellet injury and was shifted to SMHS hospital in Srinagar for advanced treatment.

A doctor in SMHS hospital said the youth has "lost vision in one eye."

"The youth had a perforating eye injury, inflicting severe trauma to his eye ball and the visual prognosis seemed to be very bad," said Dr Sajad Khanday, Senior Consultant, Ophthalmology at SMHS hospital.

He said the chances that the youth's vision in the affected eye will recover are "bleak."

"The pellets had pierced through his left eye and the injury was penetrating," said Dr Khanday.

The injured youth, identified as Muhammad Asif of Hawoora Khudwani (aged 18) is doing graduation in science.

According to the youth's family, he was not part of the protests.

"He had gone to Anantnag (Islamabad) town on Tuesday to bring some medicine and was caught in the clashes between protesters and forces," said Asif's cousin.

He said the forces fired multiple pellets at him "directly."

Asif, according to villagers, is eldest among six siblings. His father is a farmer.

"The family is living in abject poverty," they said.

15-year Navid—a class 10 student from Redwani village in Kaimoh—has also suffered multiple pellet injuries all over his body. Naved, who is recuperating at DH Anantnag, had multiple bruises all over his body.

"On Friday I was riding a motorcycle and going to deliver lunch to my grandfather who is admitted in District Hospital Anantnag when the forces fired pellets towards me," he said.

Another 10th class student—Danish Ahmad Parray son of Abdul Rehman of Gufbal, Kaimoh—was also hit by multiple pellets all over his body on Monday and is recuperating in the hospital.

"Manzoor Ahmad, a youth from Khudwani, is also recuperating after being hit by pellets in his eye," a doctor at DH Anantnag said.

Many youth, who have sustained pellet injuries, refused to divulge their identities before this reporter "for fear of police reprisals."

A youth from Arampora, who was rushed by locals to District Hospital Anantnag, has received grievous injuries all over his face and body due to pellets, doctors said.

"The forces make use of pellet guns and pepper gas frequently in our area to quell pro-freedom and anti-India demonstrations," said residents of Khudwani.

"Many youth who sustain pellet injuries usually don't turn up for treatment as they are hounded by security agencies later," said a doctor in SMHS hospital. "Even if they turn up in OPDs, they apprehend that policemen in civvies will follow them."

IGP SPEAKS

Inspector General of Police Kashmir, Syed Javid Mujtaba Gillani said he wasn't aware of use of pellets in Khudwani.

"It is true that the area has been witnessing lot of violence of late but I don't think so many people will have pellets injuries. But still I will look into it," he told Greater Kashmir.

Senior Peoples Democratic Party leader and Minister for Education, Naeem Akhtar said: "We have made it clear to police to avoid use of pellet guns while dealing with protesters."

He said he will again take up the issue with senior police officials.

Superintendent of Police, Kulgam, Mumtaz Ahmad however said, "The use of pellets becomes necessary when youth resort to violence."

He claimed that "we are lately witnessing certain miscreants in Kaimoh-Khudwani resorting to stone pelting, blocking busy Kulgam-Kaimoh-Anantnag road and damaging government property."

Pertinently, massive protests have been rocking Kaimoh area for the past few days against "harassment and arrest" of youth by cops of Special Operations Group.

'PELLETS BANNED IN SRINAGAR'

According to police sources, use of pellet guns have been "strictly banned in Srinagar on directions of IGP Kashmir" while "similar instructions are being passed to police officers in other districts as well."

Kashmir World's largest militarized zone

2015-08-17T13:12:00.001+02:00

CIA report at CIA.ORG

India

since China and India launched a security and foreign policy dialogue in 2005, consolidated discussions related to the dispute over most of their rugged, militarized boundary, regional nuclear proliferation, Indian claims that China transferred missiles to Pakistan, and other matters continue; Kashmir remains the site of the world's largest and most militarized territorial dispute with portions under the de facto administration of China (Aksai Chin), India (Jammu and Kashmir), and Pakistan (Azad Kashmir and Northern Areas); India and Pakistan resumed bilateral dialogue in February 2011 after a two-year hiatus, have maintained the 2003 cease-fire in Kashmir, and continue to have disputes over water sharing of the Indus River and its tributaries; UN Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan has maintained a small group of peacekeepers since 1949; India does not recognize Pakistan's ceding historic Kashmir lands to China in 1964; to defuse tensions and prepare for discussions on a maritime boundary, India and Pakistan seek technical resolution of the disputed boundary in Sir Creek estuary at the mouth of the Rann of Kutch in the Arabian Sea; Pakistani maps continue to show its Junagadh claim in Indian Gujarat State; Prime Minister Singh's September 2011 visit to Bangladesh resulted in the signing of a Protocol to the 1974 Land Boundary Agreement between India and Bangladesh, which had called for the settlement of longstanding boundary disputes over undemarcated areas and the exchange of territorial enclaves, but which had never been implemented; Bangladesh referred its maritime boundary claims with Burma and India to the International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea; Joint Border Committee with Nepal continues to examine contested boundary sections, including the 400 sq km dispute over the source of the Kalapani River; India maintains a strict border regime to keep out Maoist insurgents and control illegal cross-border activities from Nepal

https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/fields/2070.html

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One of the causes of floods in Kashmir. Is India deliberately flooding Kashmir...

The world's highest military base belongs to India and is at a height of approximately 6,000 m (19,685 ft) on the Siachen Glacier in the state of Kashmir. Troops are regularly deployed to 6,700 m (21,981 ft) on the glacier during the on-going conflict with Pakistan over the state of Kashmir. As a result, the glacier is often refered to as the world's highest battlefield, however this is a casual term, as the countries are not officially at war. Another high base is at 4,350 m (14,271 ft) in Putre, Lauca National Park, Chile.

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Kashmir breaks Guinness record as world's largest militarized zone

SRINAGAR, Apr 2 (Agencies): The Guinness book of records says Kashmir is the world's largest militarized zone on the planet. Guinness says up to 1 million troops stare at each other across the Line of Control which separates Indian administered and Pakistani administered parts of Jammu and Kashmir state.

Kashmir, once only known for its picturesque beauty has finally made its place in the world facts book, the reason being the world's largest militarized zones on the planet earth.

According to the CIA world book, the dispute between China, India and Pakistan over the issue of Kashmir has made it the largest and the most militarized territorial dispute in the world. Political activists in Kashmir say the onus of militarizing the region is more on India.

Since the partition of sub continent, Kashmir which was a princely state-- became a bone of contention between India and Pakistan. Both the nuclear-armed countries claim the territory but rule it in parts since 1947.

India and Pakistan have fought two wars over the territory, and are usually at loggerheads over everything related to Kashmir. In 1989, armed insurgency in Kashmir began and India has since deployed an estimated 1 million troops in the region. The Guinness book of records adds that at any one time, up to 1 million troops confront each other across the Line of Control.

Experts say the silence of international community over the sufferings of Kashmiri people has resulted into more repression.

Kashmir has made its place in the facts book for four reasons and all the reasons are linked to the pending dispute , the book says, Kashmir is the World's highest battle field and largest militarized zone . It has also the highest number of military bases in the world and finally the lengthiest speech in the United Nations was given over the dispute of Kashmir. It lasted for 8 hours.

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News Updated at : Tuesday, April 2, 2013

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Kashmir: World's largest militarized zone

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Why did she leave Burma?

2015-07-07T16:49:00.001+02:00

Fatimah, a Rohingya sister, was photographed in an Indonesian camp. She was on a boat that was rescued two weeks ago.

Assalamu Alaikum

Why did this young ?Rohingya? girl leave ?Burma? on her own?

Why would parents sell everything they own to put their loving girl at the mercy of wooden boats in treacherous seas and an uncertain future.

This morning, Fatimah told me her story as loud as a Muslim girl can.

She shared with me her real name, her village name, and other details as I met her in a refugee camp in Indonesia?. But I will just use the name Fatimah to refer to her.

Throughout the conversation, her eyes remained furious and her face was tense. May Allah continue to keep her strong. Our ummah can use more and more of sisters strong, firm, and standing tall.

She, like others, was fleeing the genocide in Burma. Rape is an instrument of genocide in Burma. Parents in Burma are selling all they have to send their daughters out so that they are not raped by the Burmese military or Buddhist extremists.

But that was not in my mind when I asked Fatima, â€œWhy did you leave Burma?â€

That was the first time her furious eyes started looking downward. It was, however, her silence that spoke louder and louder, as my heart sank.

Ya Allah, I told myself. I did not mean to raise that question.

I raced to change the topic and made another mistake as a Rohingya refugee teacher translating for me started giving words to her silence, telling me how the Rohingya women are raped by military, police, as well as Buddhist extremists. Parents have limited choices: accept rape as a cost of life, try to hide their girls, bribe the culprits away, or try to flee.

I wish I had remained quite. I wish the Imam had not spelt that out for me. Her Haya, or moedesty, was enough to convey.

I ended up asking Fatima about her future. â€œWhere would you like to go?â€

The furious eyes were back. She looked up. Still silent, staring at my wisdom as though asking why did you ask. She finally spoke, â€œAnywhere my Rab would take me.â€

My heart beat began to shake my iphone. Her face blurred. I had to stop. But Fatimah was tearless. Her tears seemed gone long ago.

May Allah keep her safe. May Allah help us keep her in our hearts and duas.

May Allah help you and I translate our anger into an energy of thoughtful struggle to liberate the enslaved Rohingyas and to end the genocide.

What Sisters Can Do for Fatimah in Ramadan

Brothers don'tâ€™ listen to me much. That is the reason, whether it is Burma Task Force, Sound Vision or any thing else I do, sisters help us out more.

This is the third time this month I have asked Muslims to help, but not many have come forward.

You know that I am a volunteer.

I can use some sister volunteers to do the following:

1. This weekend do a family shura at home.

Have some young person recite Fatiha and someone translate it.
Have some one read this letter.
Think together what you can do for Rohingya Muslims this Ramadan

2. Make Duas every Taraweeh

Monitor if Imam is including Rohingyas at the end of Taraweeh duas.
Thank and ask for more.

3. Have your family raise funds to stop genocide in Burma.

You see, it is Burma Task Force that got 10 Nobel Laureate to declare it a genocide, while the government were avoiding the use of the â€œGâ€ word. Alhamdulillah.

It is due to your responses to our action alerts that we have been able to stop many attacks. It is our united effort that got the US congress to become the first congress to pass a resolution in support of reinstating Rohingya citizenship. Stopping genocide will cost resources.

Saving lives and liberating people is all covered by Zakat.
Can each of the family member call ten other friends and families requesting them to give their Zakat to stop genocide in Burma and forward that to the united effort of American Muslims, Burma Task Force.

4. Get people to sign up for 10 minutes a day to stop genocide campaign.

We mobilize in the US and around the world through our emails. It is critical for our work.

We have found that sisters are good at calling, network, and follow up.
Please get all sisters to sign up.
But also encourage brothers to sign up for 10 Minutes to Stop Genocide Campaign.

Peace
Abdul Malik Mujahid

P.S. This child in the photo above is not her baby. When the baby's parents died on the ship, Fatimah started taking care of this baby. And now the baby does not want to be with any other person, although she says her parents are still alive. Fatimah is not the sisterâ€™s real name.

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India Fails Its Own Constitution in Kashmir: Amnesty International

2015-07-02T13:18:00.001+02:00

India Fails Its Own Constitution in Kashmir: Amnesty International

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: Kashmiri Muslim women mourn during the funeral of two civilians shot dead by soldiers, in Srinagar, the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir on Nov. 4, 2014. Hundreds of angry protesters clashed with police in Indian Kashmir, a day after soldiers shot dead two civilians, police said.; Agence France-Presse/Getty Images

India has neglected international obligations and its own constitution by ignoring human rights violations allegedly carried out in the name of national security in Jammu and Kashmir state, an Amnesty International report released Wednesday says.

The damning report titled "Denied: Failures in accountability for human rights violations by security force personnel in Jammu and Kashmir," by the London-based rights group is based on the examination of nearly 100 cases of alleged human rights abuses by security forces between 1990 and 2012 and interviews with 58 family members of the victims in 2013.

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The report says that no member of the security forces deployed in the northern-most state over the past 25 years of militancy in the region has been tried for human rights violations in a civilian court.

"An absence of accountability has ensured that security force personnel continue to operate in a manner that facilitates serious human rights violations," the group says in the report.

All of the families interviewed by Amnesty International India said that "they had little or no faith that those responsible for human rights violations will be brought to justice."

Spokesmen for India's defense ministry and ministry of home affairs, under which military and paramilitary forces function, said they weren't able to comment on the report immediately.

The disputed region of Kashmir has been a site of conflict between India and Pakistan since the Partition in 1947. The two countries each control parts of the territory but claim it in full and have fought three wars over it. An armed insurgency that erupted in the late 1980s claimed the lives of thousands of people, many of them civilians.

India has deployed tens of thousands of army, paramilitary and police forces to squash militancy in the region. Many local civilians and activists have alleged that the security forces are responsible for crimes including murder, kidnap and rape.

The Amnesty report castigates both India's state security forces and non-state armed groups for human rights abuses. "In general, victims of human rights abuses in the state have been unable to secure justice, regardless of whether the perpetrator is a state or non-state actor," the group says.

But the report notes that civilian deaths as a result of firing by Indian security forces, while now less frequent than in the 1990s and early 2000s, "remain disturbingly regular."

: Kashmiri woman shout anti Indian slogans near a body of Fayaz Ahmad during his funeral preparations in Srinagar on Sept. 18, 2010. Fayaz was injured during an anti-India protest on Sept. 14, 2010 and succumbed to his injuries in a hospital.; Agence France-Presse/Getty Images

In 2013, the report says, 12 people, who had no links to militancy, according to police officials quoted in the local media, died at the hands of Indian security forces in Jammu and Kashmir. "Government-ordered enquiries into each of these deaths remain closed to public scrutiny, and no action appears to have been taken by the authorities to complete criminal investigations in a timely manner and prosecute suspects," the report says.

It points out that legislation like the Armed Forces (Jammu and Kashmir) Special Powers Act, 1990–which gives security officials special enforcement powers to act against alleged terrorists and separatists and protects them against civilian prosecution—do not conform with international human rights standards or the Indian Constitution that guaranteesright to life, justice and remedy.

The controversial law—AFSPA—makes it mandatory to have permission from the federal government before trying members of the army or other security forces in civilian courts. "Authorities maintain that sanction provisions are necessary to prevent the filing of false cases against security force personnel by militant or terrorist groups," the report says, adding that this casts doubt on the legitimacy of complaints.

The international rights group makes a slew of recommendations to the federal authorities and state government in Jammu and Kashmir. It asks both the federal and state governments to take immediate steps to start independent and impartial investigations into all cases of alleged human rights violations by security forces and to prosecute the suspects in proceedings that meet international fair trial standards. It asks the federal government to repeal AFSPA and "ensure that all other national security legislation complies fully with India's international legal obligations and is in line with international standards."

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From vision to darkness: Indian use of 'non-lethal' shotgun continues blinding boys in 'paradise'

2015-07-02T03:24:00.001+02:00

From vision to darkness: Indian use of 'non-lethal' shotgun continues blinding boys in 'paradise'

In five years span an estimated 700 people have been left disabled by pellet gun injuries 70 per cent of which have lost their sight in one eye or both.

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It was cold Saturday afternoon when Sahil Zahoor, a resident of the capital in Indian Kashmir, was stuck by the pellets shot at him allegedly by the Central Reserve Police Forces. This 19-year-old Sahil was crossing the alley near his home, when CRPF men chasing protesters shot score of pellets that hit his left eye, face, shoulders, chest and legs.

Doctors who operated him at the city's premier hospital said they are doing best to save the eyesight in his left eye there are two pellets still buried in his eyes.

On June 27, a strike call in Himalayan region was coordinated by the pro freedom groups against the desecration of historical Jamia Masjid allegedly by police. In the violent protests that erupted in its old city two boys received injuries one among them was Sahil.

He says he wasn't part of any protest, rejecting the police claims who accuse him being a stone thrower.

Sahil's father, Zahoor Chonka who is a laborer says, when Sahil was being examined inside premises, police officials tried to arrest him : "Only after doctors told them that he needs to be admitted for treatment the policemen spared us."

Sahil along with his mother at Srinagar's premier hospital. (Photo Credits: Shahid Tantray)

Earlier on May 25, Hamid Nazir, a 16-year-old boy of north Kashmir's Palhalan, lost vision in his right eye after he was shot at by police in his village.

Doctors who operated Hamid said at least 100 pellets hit Hamid's head and eyes; two pellets remain in his right eye, causing vitreous haemorrhage, a leakage of blood in the space between the lens and the retina.

According to Hamid all he has felt after pellets hit him is shooting pain and darkness. "I can't describe the trouble that is causing pain inside me."

Hamid being operated at the hospital in Kashmir's summer capital . (Photo Credits: Shahid Tantray)

Pellets are small iron ball bearings that are fired at high velocity. According toAmnesty International India, a pellet gun cartridge contains 400 to 500 pellets. When fired at short range, a single shot can pierce the target's body with hundreds of pellets.

After British divided India into two nations - India and Pakistan - the princely state of Kashmir since 1947 has been sandwiched between them who equally claim the territory in full. Since 1989 insurgency against Indian rule the ongoing violence has claimed the lives of hundreds of thousands of its people over two decades.

In 2010 pellet injuries have killed at least six people and left 198 injured in a span of just four months.Since March 2010 to October 2013, SKIMS hospital has dealt with 36 eye injuries caused by pellet guns. And from January to June 2014, 15 patients with serious eye injuries caused by pellets were admitted to hospitals across the valley.

In five years span an estimated 700 people have been left disabled by pellet gun injuries - 70 per cent of which - have lost their sight in one eye or both, according to the doctors.

According to Dr Nisar ul Hassan the president of Doctors Association Kashmir patients sustaining pellet injuries are hard to cure. "Pellets often pierce the eyeball, causing blindness, or even death if the pellet damages a soft spot on the back of the head or in the chest."

The use of pellets which is otherwise used for haunting has evoked serious criticism after Indian authorities introduced it in the state as an 'non-lethal' weapon - in order to minimize the killings - that happened in 2010 mass uprising which claimed more than 125 persons mostly teenagers.

However, the Director General of police K. Rajendra on May 31 said that the police stop abandon using pellet guns "In 2010 pellet guns were introduced to avoid casualties. But now this gun is also creating problem. We will look into it and find an alternative that could not put the lives of people at risk."

Sopore Killings: Our papa was innocent, say Mehraj’s daughters

2015-06-21T04:11:00.001+02:00

Sopore Killings | Our papa was innocent, say Mehraj's daughters

On the inquiry ordered by the Chief Minister Mufti Sayeed, Dar's family says if Mufti really means business, he should bring culprits to book and deal with them according to law.

Abid Bashir

Sopore, Publish Date: Jun 20 2015 10:32PM | Updated Date: Jun 20 2015 10:32PM

Photo: Aman Farooq/GK

Life has always been a challenge for Mehraj-u-Din Dar ever since he quit militancy in 1990, soon after joining it.

He married with a hope to live a peaceful life, but fate had something else in store for him. Dar started a small poultry business and had a shop close to the entry of his house at Badambagh, here in north Kashmir.

Dar constructed a two-room house and left the construction mid-way as his priorities changed after having two-daughters—Sehrish and Nisha. Dar, according to his family members, would save money for his daughters to ensure both become doctors. He would always tell his both daughters to fulfill his dream. Little did he know that bullets won't just pierce his body and leave him dead but also shatter his dream of making both his daughters doctors.

"My brother is no more, he was shot dead here," says Dar's sister right at the spot where one bullet hit him on the head and piercing through his left eye while another bullet hitting his belly leaving him in a pool of blood. "They (killers) were two. A woman neighbour saw them from the window of her house. She saw them fleeing after killing my brother." Dar is one among the six people, who fell to the bullets of unknown gunmen here. The spate of mysterious killings during the past few days has left people terrified."

Dar's sister in a deep shock. "I want my brother back. Is there anyone who can bring him back," she cries in the lawns of her house. "Who will open this shop now? There is none left to take care of his daughters."

On the inquiry ordered by the Chief Minister Mufti Sayeed, Dar's family says if Mufti really means business, he should bring culprits to book and deal with them according to law.

Dar's father, Muhammad Ashsan, is a heart patient, not able to talk properly. "My son was innocent, I don't know why he was killed," he says. "I tried to follow the neighbours who took my son to hospital. But I wasn't allowed by army men. For half-an hour, I remained stuck on the road. Then I got a call that my son is no more."

Dar's elder daughter Sehrish studies in 10th standard while Nisha is in class 4th. "Our papa was innocent. We don't know why he was killed," says the elder one as tears roll down on her cheeks. "He would always tell us study by heart so that both of you would become doctors. How can we become doctors now? We are all alone now. There is no one to take care of us." Nisha says she "lost a friend, a guide and a teacher." "He was everything for us," she says.

Sehrish's mother is yet to come to terms. "A typhoon has hit us. We are alone," she says amid sobs. "Killers should be nabbed. We were expecting at least separatist leaders to visit us, but none of them turned up." Sitting in the corner of a room, Dar's father says he is too old and sick to take care of two daughters and a widow of his son. "I am sick, not able to talk and walk properly. Only Allah can take care of this family now," he says as tears fill his eyes. -Greater Kashmir-

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From vision to darkness: Indian use of 'non-lethal' shotgun continues blinding boys in 'paradise'

From vision to darkness: Indian use of 'non-lethal' shotgun continues blinding boys in 'paradise'

In five years span an estimated 700 people have been left disabled by pellet gun injuries 70 per cent of which have lost their sight in one eye or both.

Sahil along with his mother at Srinagar's premier hospital. (Photo Credits: Shahid Tantray)

Hamid being operated at the hospital in Kashmir's summer capital . (Photo Credits: Shahid Tantray)

Sopore Killings: Our papa was innocent, say Mehraj’s daughters

Sopore Killings | Our papa was innocent, say Mehraj's daughters