Indian Democracy: Kashmiri Activist Arrested for Calling on a Protest

[Omar1984]

Kashmiri separatist is arrested

BBC News, Srinagar

Mr Geelani was due to address a news conference

A prominent separatist leader in Indian-administered Kashmir, Syed Ali Shah Geelani, has been arrested.

Mr Geelani - who had been under house arrest for more than two months - was taken into custody by the police on Wednesday afternoon.

He had called for a three-day shutdown over the alleged rape and killing of two women in the town of Shopian.

Mr Geelani was scheduled to announce the next stage in the protest programme at a press conference.

But police raided his house before that and took him into custody.

Security

The Muslim-majority Kashmir valley is closed for the third successive day in protest against the deaths in Shopian.

The alleged rapes and murders have generated much anger

The state government on Monday announced an inquiry into the allegations, insisting at the same time that the "initial findings do not suggest either rape or murder".

Shops, businesses and schools remained shut on Wednesday and most traffic is off the roads.

Police have imposed curfew-like restrictions in Srinagar and other towns to prevent violent demonstrations.

In a related development, the president of the pro-India People's Democratic Party, Mehbooba Mufti, visited Shopian along with a number of her party colleagues on Wednesday.

Thousands of people gathered in the town's main market ahead of her visit, calling on her to resign from her seat in the state assembly before addressing them.

She chose not to address the gathering and instead walked into the nearby police station.

Police fired tear gas shells to disperse the crowd who tried to storm the police station. Ms Mufti's motorcade was pelted with stones as she left the town.

Meanwhile a by-election has been held in the Hazratbal constituency in Srinagar.

Police and paramilitary forces had been deployed in strength to prevent any unrest. Officials say voting was peaceful.



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[King Julien]

I can't understand what sort of leader he is; he should at least think about people who live on daily wages.....
these bandh every other day is hampering progress of kashmiri people..

 

[Omar1984]

I can't understand what sort of leader he is; he should at least think about people who live on daily wages.....
these bandh every other day is hampering progress of kashmiri people..

And what ever happened to Freedom of Speech?

I thought India was the "world's largest democracy".

India is more like the world's largest hypocrisy.

 

[King Julien]

And what ever happened to Freedom of Speech?

I thought India was the "world's largest democracy".

India is more like the world's largest hypocrisy.

freedom of speech and violent shutdown
well who says don't protest.... go and burn buses in delhi, stop trains in mumbai...... the point is the people of kashmir have had enough... these shutdown every other day is hampering the progress of kashmir, pvt sector is not investing, tourism is affected and the consequences have to be faced by common man; while Mr Geelani has his biryani in an luxurious lake house.

 

[Omar1984]

freedom of speech and violent shutdown
well who says don't protest.... go and burn buses in delhi, stop trains in mumbai...... the point is the people of kashmir have had enough... these shutdown every other day is hampering the progress of kashmir, pvt sector is not investing, tourism is affected and the consequences have to be faced by common man; while Mr Geelani has his biryani in an luxurious lake house.

Are you Kashmiri? If not, who are you to speak for the Kashmiri people?

Kashmiris have every right to be angry over the rape and murder of their people and these protests are not violent. Kashmiris are peaceful people, its the Indian army who get violent.

 

[Patriot]

India’s atrocious
human rights record in Kashmir is an established fact: Amnesty
International, Human Rights Watch and India’s own National Human
Rights Commission have produced copious reports documenting the
repressive conduct of the Indian security forces. Year after year, the US
State Department’s human rights reports have spoken of extra-judicial
killings on an almost daily basis, the systematic use of rape as a weapon
of terror and the routine recourse to torture to extract information from
suspected militants. Methods used by the Indian army, the border security
force and the police have included beating, sexual abuse, burning
with cigarettes and hot rods, suspension by the feet, the crushing of
limbs by heavy rollers and electric shocks. The security force personnel
have carried out those activities with virtual impunity and only a tiny
proportion has faced prosecution.Throughout the 1990s this brutal display of state power failed to break the insurgency-Owen Bennet Jones

And the insurgency is still fresh.

 

[King Julien]

Are you Kashmiri? If not, who are you to speak for the Kashmiri people?

Kashmiris have every right to be angry over the rape and murder of their people and these protests are not violent. Kashmiris are peaceful people, its the Indian army who get violent.

Kashmir is an integral part of India; thus kashmiris are Indians, and all Indians are my brothers and sisters hence I have all the right to talk about my people
besides you cant generalize kashmiris with handful of separatists .

 

[Patriot]

Do you honestly believe Kashmir Insurgency can live without Kashmiris support?

 

[Omar1984]

Kashmir is an integral part of India; thus kashmiris are Indians, and all Indians are my brothers and sisters hence I have all the right to talk about my people
besides you cant generalize kashmiris with handful of separatists .

ONLY INDIANS SAY THIS. Wherver you go anywhere in the world, everyone says Kashmir is a disputed region. Kashmir is recognized as a disputed region by the entire world except India.

And if you care so much about Kashmiris, tell your army to stop raping and stop killing them.

 

[King Julien]

Do you honestly believe Kashmir Insurgency can live without Kashmiris support?

id say it again DON'T generalize kashmiris with handful of separatists

 

[King Julien]

ONLY INDIANS SAY THIS. Wherver you go anywhere in the world, everyone says Kashmir is a disputed region. Kashmir is recognized as a disputed region by the entire world except India.

And if you care so much about Kashmiris, tell your army to stop raping and stop killing them.

well sir you being an senior member should not be flaming and rather host constructive debates.....

'tell your army to stop raping and stop killing them'

with such low quality posts id rather prefer to give you no further reply

regards

 

[Rajkumar]

Are you Kashmiri? If not, who are you to speak for the Kashmiri people?

Kashmiris have every right to be angry over the rape and murder of their people and these protests are not violent. Kashmiris are peaceful people, its the Indian army who get violent.

who are you tell us to shut up.

 

[Mac2]

Sometime a question arises in my mind. When kashmir is a disputed region how come india are running government there. Even after repeated requests from pakistan leaders i don't understand why america is not keen on solving the issue?

 

[Omar1984]

Sometime a question arises in my mind. When kashmir is a disputed region how come india are running government there. Even after repeated requests from pakistan leaders i don't understand why america is not keen on solving the issue?

Because Indians have a very close bond with Zionists.

They use the excuse of "Islamic terrorists" even though Kashmiris are very peaceful people.

With all the peaceful protests Kashmiris have made against Indian rule, the world doesn't pay attention to the cries of the innocent Kashmiris because Zionists and Hindu majority India have a strong bond and common hatred for Muslims who speak out against their atrocities.

 

[SSGPA1]

Kashmir is an integral part of India; thus kashmiris are Indians, and all Indians are my brothers and sisters hence I have all the right to talk about my people
besides you cant generalize kashmiris with handful of separatists .

Please don't be so emotional ... In relaity, if Kashmiris have the opportuntity to determine their future, majority would either go with Pakistan or a completly independent Kashmir.

India is not part of furute for Kashmiris ... Indian politicians understand this privately and Indian armed forces also understand this but it is the Indian public which don't mind travelling to Kashmir and see the hate of Kashmiris first hand.