Indian Army's Terrorism In Action

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Three innocent Kashmiris martyred in IHK - GEO.tv
SRINAGAR: Indian troops, in a fresh act of state terrorism, martyred three innocent Kashmiri youth in Kupwara district here on Sunday

The troops during a siege and search operation shot dead the youth at Wadar Bala in Handwara area of the district. The operation was on till last reports came in.

Meanwhile, Indian army had martyred 25 Kashmiris, including one woman and a child, during the January.

According to the data released, today, four of the martyrs were killed in custody. These killings rendered 3 women widowed and four children orphaned

During the period, the troops either tortured or critically injured 160 innocent people. 52 people, mostly youth, were arrested while 2 persons were abducted or were missing in custody.

Sixteen houses were destroyed or damaged by the troops with heavy mortar shelling during siege and search operations. The troops also disgraced one woman during the month.

 

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Typical Indian Answer will be " They were all Terrorists "

Meanwhile, Indian army had martyred 25 Kashmiris, including one woman and a child, during the January

Yeah they were terrorist too.

Just Look at the Arrogance and Stupidity of India that When UK and USA said that Let and Laksahr-e-toiba will continue to Sting India Until the Issue of Kashmir is Resolved, Indian Immediately said Kashmir is Not Linked with terrorism by LeT or any other Jihadi Group and they Completely Deny that "Kashmir Is even an Issue".

India will continue to live in Denial and arrogance and they will continue to Kill Innocent Kashmirs and they will continue to Put all the Blame on Pakistan and ISI, This is the best they can do.

 

[Omar1984]

State terror in occupied Kashmir

Monday, February 02, 2009
by Zafar Alam Sarwar

The people, young and old, have not closed their eyes and ears to what happens in the twin cities and elsewhere in the country and the world. Never neglectful of daily chores, they do discuss events of the past and the present in homes, offices, restaurants, shops and tea stalls. The arduous role of the print and electronic media — and, of course, the radio — in re-awakening the once-dormant masses cannot be underestimated in any sense.

What, besides the food price situation, occupies the front space of the common man’s mind is the awaited restoration of the real Supreme Court chief justice and other judges to their working position. And what heartens the silent observer of the social, economic and cultural life in Rawalpindi and Islamabad is the curiosity of the teenagers to know what the Kashmir Solidarity Day means and what has so far happened in the Jammu and Kashmir forcibly occupied by India.

The Kashmiri families, living in the twin cities and neighbouring towns and model villages, remember their elders escaped with their men, women and children the carnage in Jammu and Kashmir held by India soon after the Partition. So, it’s not difficult to trace a grandmother and a grandfather, and gather from them some relevant information and eyewitness account.

The day of solidarity is observed across the country on February 5 to exhibit the unflinching support to Kashmiris who have been struggling to emancipate themselves from the Indian yoke for about six decades. One may recall the February 5 of 2002 when the people of the world watched on their mini-screens a grand show of chain of humans in Pakistan, Azad Kashmir and Northern Areas. The theme of the day was ‘Justice Without Discrimination and the Right to Self-Determination’.

The aim, as it is today, was to pass on the real message to international community with a clear objective of peaceful resolution of the long-standing core issue.

The nation’s commitment to the cause of the oppressed people of Kashmir was well displayed, and it will be highlighted again Thursday. The day, declared a public holiday, shall dawn with special prayers after ‘Fajar’ for the 90,000 men, women and children of the Occupied Jammu and Kashmir who have sacrificed their lives to-date, success of the ongoing freedom struggle and solidarity with the Kashmiri masses.

The struggle, as elders recall, began with the liberation movement in the area now called Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan in October 1947. In March 1948 Chaudhry Ghulam Abbas was freed from jail by Sheikh Abdullah and he migrated to Pakistan where he, first of all, met the Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah in Karachi and then, following a meeting with Sardar Muhammad Ibrahim Khan, chalked out a formula on the basis of which the latter was to continue as President and Chaudhry Ghulam Abbas to act as supreme head of the AJK government. The Kashmiri leader passed away in Rawalpindi on December 18, 1967. The impact of the formula existed till 1970.

The oppressed people of J&K are at the heart of the Kashmir issue and it is their fate and future which are at stake. Even assuming that the Kashmir dispute was settled at Simla, as India claims, it is worth pointing out that nothing in the international law confers on two parties the authority to make decisions or conclude agreements which adversely affect the rights of a third party. Paragraph 15 of the United Nations Resolution, dated January 5, 1949, clearly states that “the question of the accession of the State of Jammu and Kashmir to India or Pakistan will be decided through the democratic method of a free and impartial plebiscite.” But, as former chief minister of the state Dr Farooq Abdullah told a public meeting in Srinagar on July 13, 2004, the government of India has “illegally taken over control of the whole state of Jammu and Kashmir.” And India’s state terrorism has not relented in anyway until now, a migrant family disclosed to this scribe the other day.

Mirza Ghulam Ahmad and the late Barkat Ali’s son Ghulam Abbas had a harrowing tale. The violence sponsored by the Indian forces has destroyed the day-to-day life of the Kashmiri people. The ordinary person feels he is living in the midst of torture and terror. “Life and honour of a Kashmiri woman is not secure.” According to them, the farewell greeting has changed from ‘Khuda Hafiz’ (God be with you) to ‘Sahi Salamat Lot Aana’ (return safe). “A youth walks in fear, fear of being named a suspect or militant, picked up, interrogated, tortured, and killed — and, that’s not the end of Indian way of terrorism...the women live in fear of humiliation, harassment, molestation, rape — gang-rape by Indian troops.”

Dr Asghar Suleria’s nephew Tajamal Hussain, who comes from Canada to see her sisters in Islamabad, recalls the violence figures of 1989-July 2004 as follows: Killings 89,008; houses/shops destroyed 104,751; orphaned 106,205; women molested 9,532; and widowed 22,158. And, there has been more to it, there’s no end yet.

His mother Sardar Begum, reminiscing the days of tension and terror in occupied Jammu and Kashmir, concludes: “That’s the truth about the state terrorism in my Jammu and Kashmir which I left with my husband and parents in 1948 for Sialkot to live in Kotli, Rawalakot, Mirpur and Rawalpindi.”

State terror in occupied Kashmir

 

[anand]

My version...............

Srinagar Feb 1: Three unidentified militants have been killed in a gunfight, still going on, between militants and a joint combat party of police and army in a remote village of Kupwara district, a police spokesman claimed in a statement on Sunday.
The gunfight is raging in the forest area of Wadar Bala, Zachaldara in Handwara area of Kupwara district, a hazardous and rugged forested terrain barely 12 Kms from Line of Control and very heavily militarized. The spokesman claimed the police and troopers recovered two AK 47 rifles, one AK 56 rifle, nine magazines, three pouches and some blankets were recovered from the site of gunfight.

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[Omar1984]

Published: February 02,2009
Indian Army Kills Civilian in Kashmir

By Fayaz Wani

Srinagar, Feb 2: A 25-year-old civilian was shot dead allegedly by Indian army personnel in North Kashmir on Sunday evening, evoking massive protest demonstrations.

The residents of Zab Khorhama, Lolab in North Kashmir alleged that the Indian army personnel shot dead a tailor, Fayaz Ahmad Mir, 25 while he was returning to his residence on Sunday evening. "At around 1930 hours, when the tailor was about to enter his residence, he was fired from point blank range by the Indian army men, who had laid an ambush in the village. He received three bullet injuries and was taken to the hospital, where he succumbed on Monday," the villagers said.

As the news of his death reached his village, people in hundreds irrespective of age and sex took to roads and staged anti-India anti-army and pro-freedom demonstrations. They were demanding punishment to the army personnel involved in the killing of the civilians, who is father of four.

The top police and civil officials rushed to the spot and assured the protestors that the incident would be probed. After their assurances, the protestors dispersed off peacefully and buried the deceased.

Hundreds of people participated in his funeral prayers amidst pro-freedom and anti-India slogans.

Meanwhile, police has registered FIR No 307/09 against army and launched investigation to establish the circumstances that led to the killing of the tailor.

Indian army spokesman in Srinagar, Col D K Kachari in a statement issued here said, "A civilian was killed in a cross fire between militants and the Army (18 Rashtriya Rifles) at Khurama, Lolab. An FIR has been lodged and matter is being investigated by the police. As alleged the Army has not killed the civilian."

Fayaz Wani reports on life in Srinagar, Kashmir.

Indian Army Kills Civilian in Kashmir

 

[Omar1984]

Jammu & Kashmir: Indian troops kill youth in Kupwara

02-02-2009

By Shafiq Rafiq

Srinagar, Jammu & Kashmir, India, (GKNews): Indian troops shot dead a youth in Kupwara district of North Kashmir yesterday. Fayaz Ahmad Mir (28), a resident of Zab village of Khurhama, was shot by the troops when he came out of his house to ease himself last night.

Sources said Mir, who had received three bullet injuries, was rushed to nearby hospital from where he was referred to Sher-e-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS), Soura, here, where he succumbed to his injuries late last night.

As soon as his body reached his residence this morning, thousands of people took to streets and staged a demonstration to protest the incident, the sources said.

Shouting slogans against the Army, protestors blocked the main road, demanding an inquiry into the incident and punishment to the erring personnel, the sources added.

Senior police and civil officers rushed to the scene and assured them that the incident would be looked into and those found involved would be brought to the book. The situation in the village was tense and senior officers were still camping in the area to maintain law and order.

However, an army spokesman denied the allegations of the locals and said the youth was killed when militants opened fire on an ambush party of security forces.

“Army has laid an ambush in the village when militants opened fire on the troops from a nearby hillock,” the spokesman said.

“It was the militant firing which left the youth dead,” the spokesman said.

However, the locals did not buy the Army version and said the troops killed the youth without any provocation.

“Fayaz was hit from a point blank range. We saw troops sitting on the same spot where Fayaz was hit by bullets. Three bullets had pierced his arms and chest,” Fayaz’s close relatives said.

Fayaz’s wife Tahira said in a broken voice, “My husband was innocent and has been killed in cold blood. I want the troopers to be punished.”

Police has registered a case FIR no. 03/09 under section 302 RPC.

When contacted, SP kupwara Uttam Chand told GK, “On the basis of the version of deceased’s father we have registered a case and the killing will be probed by a DSP rank police officer.”

The Muslim News

 

[Omar1984]

India: Hold Abusers in Kashmir Accountable

State Government Should Repeal Immunity Laws for Soldiers

February 9, 2009

The new government should break with past practices and ensure that those who commit abuses are investigated and appropriately prosecuted for their crimes. There can be no lasting political settlement in Kashmir unless human rights abuses that have fueled the insurgency are addressed.
Brad Adams, Asia director at Human Rights Watch.

(New York) - The newly elected Jammu and Kashmir government should hold security forces to account for human rights violations as an important confidence-building measure to promote lasting peace, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter to Chief Minister Omar Abdullah.

Human Rights Watch called for an independent, transparent, and time-bound commission to investigate allegations of enforced disappearances. The commission should be empowered to summon members of the security forces to testify and to order forensic investigations to establish the identities of those buried in unmarked graves as unidentified foreign militants.

"The new government should break with past practices and ensure that those who commit abuses are investigated and appropriately prosecuted for their crimes," said Brad Adams, Asia director at Human Rights Watch. "There can be no lasting political settlement in Kashmir unless human rights abuses that have fueled the insurgency are addressed."

Human Rights Watch called for the repeal of laws such as the Jammu and Kashmir Disturbed Areas Act, the Armed Forces (Jammu and Kashmir) Special Powers Act, and the Public Safety Act. These laws provide the armed forces with extraordinary powers to search, detain, and use lethal force, leading to numerous human rights violations. They also provide immunity for security forces. Prosecutions of security force personnel, even where the facts are well established, are rare.

Human Rights Watch has, over the two decades of violence in Jammu and Kashmir, documented numerous failures to ensure protection of human rights. A September 2006 report, "‘Everyone Lives in Fear': Patterns of Impunity in Jammu and Kashmir," found that the Indian army and paramilitaries, as well as the militants, many backed by Pakistan, were responsible for human rights abuses and that the political and legal systems in India and Pakistan had failed to end abuses or punish the perpetrators.

"There has been a routine failure of justice in Jammu and Kashmir," Adams said. "Chief Minister Abdullah has a historic opportunity to show that his administration will be different."

India: Hold Abusers in Kashmir Accountable | Human Rights Watch

 

[Bull]

What's the big deal? Civilians never get killed in crossfire? Dont civilians die when police/ troops fire at unruly/rioting protesters?

 

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The terrorists are also equally responsible for the killing of innocent civilians during the cross fire.

 

[Omar1984]

2 Dozen Injured in Anti-India Protests in Kashmir


Srinagar, Feb 13: At least two dozen persons were injured in anti-India protests in Kashmir on Friday.

People at Sopore in North Kashmir took to roads on Friday morning and staged anti-para-military CRPF demonstrations. The protestors were demanding shifting of the paramilitary CRPF camp from the area. They alleged that the para-military personnel have let loose a reign of terror in the area and were victimising the local population.

The police and CRPF personnel rushed to the spot and resorted to heavy baton charge and fired dozens of tear smoke shells to disperse the agitating people, who retaliated by hurling bricks and stones on them. At least 13 persons including seven protestors were injured in the clashes, which continued for nearly an hour.

Meanwhile, dozens of youth took to roads at Nowhatta Chowk in Srinagar after the Friday prayers and staged anti-India demonstrations. Raising pro-freedom and anti-India slogans, the protestors tried to stage a peaceful march. They were, however, intercepted by police and para-military personnel, who resorted to heavy baton charge and fired dozens of tear smoke shells to disperse the agitating youth. Ten persons including some cops were injured in the clashes, which continued for more than an hour.

Fayaz Wani reports on life in Srinagar, Kashmir.

2 Dozen Injured in Anti-India Protests in Kashmir

 

[Omar1984]

Farooq for special international teams in IHK

ISLAMABAD, Feb 11 (APP): Chairman All Parties Hurriyat Conference, Mir Waiz Omer Farooq has demanded for special international teams to investigate the matter of missing persons in Indian Held Kashmir.
Talking to PTV the APHC Chairman said that the recent past discovery of 940 graves in the town of Uri is a clear indication that army camps are being used as burial ground for innocent Kashmiris.

He said the Kashmiris are first brutally killed and then burried in the Indian army camps.

The common concern among the people of Kashmir is that it is just one camp that has been exposed which contains 940 graves he said adding the number of such camps in the IHK has crossed the mark of 350.

The Kashmiris whose relatives have disappeared in the last 20 year fear that their dear ones may have met the same fate, he said.

He said the international community should come forward and take up this issue with the indian government seriously.

The special investigations team should be sent into the region to look into killings and disappearance of hundreds and thousands of people missing since 1990, he added.

Associated Press Of Pakistan ( Pakistan's Premier NEWS Agency ) - Farooq for special international teams in IHK

 

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there should be some investigation

 

[Omar1984]

Soldiers Must Be Made Accountable for Innocent Killings in Kashmir

By Fayaz Wani


Srinagar, Feb 23: The senior pro-Indian leader and former chief minister of Kashmir, Mufti Mohammad Sayed on Sunday said that the Indian army men should be held accountable for the innocent killings in restive Kashmir.

Strongly condemning the killing of two young men in an Indian army firing in North Kashmir yesterday, the former chief minister said, "Indian soldiers deployed in Kashmir will have to be made accountable under the normal law for every life that is lost and for every property that is destroyed".

"On the one hand the people of Kashmir have expressed their resolve to carry on their struggle through democratic and universally accepted civilized means and on the other members of the Indian security forces continue to enjoy impunity for murder," the former chief minister said.

Referring to the numerous cases where the civilian courts were unable to proceed against the Indian soldiers responsible for the innocent killings, Mufti said the recurrence of such ugly incidents despite repeated admonishes even at the Prime Minister's level is the consequence of the impunity enjoyed by the Indian forces in Kashmir under the AFSPA.

He said withdrawal of the army from the internal security duties would be in the interest of the armed forces as well to preserve its character of a neutral defense apparatus. "This is clear from the dubious activities of some elements in the armed forces, who after serving in Kashmir are now facing charges of terrorism outside. The Army needs to concentrate on borders now as the violence levels in Kashmir have sharply come down. As long as the army stays in civilian areas there is always a danger of provocations and frictions which ultimately lead to the killing of the innocents," he said.

Fayaz Wani reports on life in Srinagar, Kashmir.

Soldiers Must Be Made Accountable for Innocent Killings in Kashmir

 

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Soldiers Must Be Made Accountable for Innocent Killings in Kashmir

By Fayaz Wani


Srinagar, Feb 23: The senior pro-Indian leader and former chief minister of Kashmir, Mufti Mohammad Sayed on Sunday said that the Indian army men should be held accountable for the innocent killings in restive Kashmir.

Strongly condemning the killing of two young men in an Indian army firing in North Kashmir yesterday, the former chief minister said, "Indian soldiers deployed in Kashmir will have to be made accountable under the normal law for every life that is lost and for every property that is destroyed".

"On the one hand the people of Kashmir have expressed their resolve to carry on their struggle through democratic and universally accepted civilized means and on the other members of the Indian security forces continue to enjoy impunity for murder," the former chief minister said.

Referring to the numerous cases where the civilian courts were unable to proceed against the Indian soldiers responsible for the innocent killings, Mufti said the recurrence of such ugly incidents despite repeated admonishes even at the Prime Minister's level is the consequence of the impunity enjoyed by the Indian forces in Kashmir under the AFSPA.

He said withdrawal of the army from the internal security duties would be in the interest of the armed forces as well to preserve its character of a neutral defense apparatus. "This is clear from the dubious activities of some elements in the armed forces, who after serving in Kashmir are now facing charges of terrorism outside. The Army needs to concentrate on borders now as the violence levels in Kashmir have sharply come down. As long as the army stays in civilian areas there is always a danger of provocations and frictions which ultimately lead to the killing of the innocents," he said.
Fayaz Wani reports on life in Srinagar, Kashmir.

Soldiers Must Be Made Accountable for Innocent Killings in Kashmir

Absolutely indian army should withdrew from kashmir valley and hand over the security to the local police, and only needs to maintain an invisible presence. Else they are vulnurable for such wrong accusation, as people dressed up in military uniforms kill people and the blame goes to army and that indirectly goes to India. May be this might true too they might have been behind a suspected terrorists which might have resulted in the cross fire.Or it might be the job of the terrorsts as stated as two people going around and shooting innocnet people is only the trademark of terrorists as they are the ones who kill innocent civlians in the name of a stuipd ideology,(Ref: 9/11,26/11). Because india have more to loose than these terrorists.

However it is to be also note that indian army have ordered an enquiry into the incident.

 

[Omar1984]

Absolutely indian army should withdrew from kashmir valley and hand over the security to the local police, and only needs to maintain an invisible presence. Else they are vulnurable for such wrong accusation, as people dressed up in military uniforms kill people and the blame goes to army and that indirectly goes to India. May be this might true too they might have been behind a suspected terrorists which might have resulted in the cross fire.Or it might be the job of the terrorsts as stated as two people going around and shooting innocnet people is only the trademark of terrorists as they are the ones who kill innocent civlians in the name of a stuipd ideology,(Ref: 9/11,26/11). Because india have more to loose than these terrorists.

However it is to be also note that indian army have ordered an enquiry into the incident.

WHAT A BUNCH OF BULL CRAP!



Thousands of Kashmiris, including pro-indian Kashmiri leaders have said its Indian army killing innocent Kashmiris. These are not only 3-4 separatist leaders saying this...thousands in Indian Occupied Kashmir are saying this.