Youth beaten to death by CRPF and police.

Srīnagar : India | Aug 03, 2010

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seven year old boy mercilessly beaten up to death by CRPF and police

 

Paramilitary CRPF troopers and policemen beat up a 7-year old boy to death in uptown Batmaloo area on Monday.
Witnesses told that Police and CRPF men caught hold of Sameer Ahmad Rah at Batmaloo and beat him to pulp without any provocation. “They beat him till he died,” witnesses said.
As the word about the incident spread hundreds of people took to the streets and staged a massive demonstration. Pall of gloom descended upon the entire area with men and women coming out wailing.
Earlier hundreds of people defied curfew at several places in the summer capital and poured out onto streets in protests against the civilian killings in police and CRPF firing during the past seven weeks.


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In pictures: International Disappearance Day in Kashmir

It was one of those ironic moments that you come across every now and then in a conflict zone like Kashmir. As fleets of Eid shoppers swarmed to the city centre, in a desolate park, just opposite the busy Residency Road, a group of people under the banner of Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons (APDP) sat in a lonely corner to register their protest on the International Disappearance Day. With lens-men Umar Qadir, Zahoor Zargar and Faisal Khan, Junaid Rather reports.
The protests began with the launch of a signature campaign inside Pratap Park. In this picture above you see Parveen Ahangar- the president of APDP putting her signature.Ahangar, nominated for Nobel Peace Award, has been a victim herself. As you can see a woman tries to console her as she breaks down during the protest. At the outbreak of insurgency, her son, who was in his teens, was picked from relative’s house in uptown Batamaloo. Since then, Ahangar has moved courts and travelled to every jail in the state, even to many outside. The fate of her son, however, remains unknown.With the disclosure by the State’s premier human rights body- State Human Rights Commission about the presence of unmarked graves in three north Kashmir’s district the ominous fear of the relatives of disappeared has resurfaced. “The issue of unmarked graves and enforced disappearances is interlinked,” says Ahangar. However, she adds both issues should be investigated and dealt separately.She feels, “The families of the victims of enforced disappearances have always had a hope of the return of their sons and fathers. The complete overlap of these two issues has led to even denial of this hope."The families are of the view that first already identified "perpetrators" should be made accountable and prosecuted and if required DNA profiling should be done.Shabir Ahmed Khan, 31, a resident of Kawari Ladrewan, in Kupwara district went missing on November 2, 2006. He was working in the with Army's Jaklin regiment and it was while he was returning for his posting in Jammu, he went missing. He is survived by his wife Saleema, 2 sons, Faisal, 10, and Momin, 4, and daughter Rimshah, who is 8-year-old. “Contrary to the expectations of the family, the army refused to set up any investigation committee to enquire about his sudden disappearance and it was on 5th February 2008 that the army regiment declared him a deserter,” says Ahangar.

Although being a Muslim majority state, there are many from the minority community who remain missing. In 1999, a Sikh boy, Ichpal Singh, 13, went missing on April 8, from Handwara region in North Kashmir. Singh’s family moved the SHRC alleging that he was picked up by the government force. The state police responded saying, “He (Singh) was vagabond, flamboyant and had gone missing earlier also so he might have again moved out of the house.” Twelve years later, Singh has not returned. 
These days, funded by the United Nations, the APDP is undertaking a survey of disappeared persons in every district of the State. According to APDP records there is a disturbing figure of around 8,000 to 10,000 missing persons in Kashmir since 1990. Approximately 4,000 are missing alone from north Kashmir’s Kupwara district.

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Indian Army Brutal Killing: 2000 Graves Found in Kashmir

NEW DEHLI: More than 2,000 corpses have been found buried in several unmarked graves in Indian-administered Kashmir, believed to be victims of the disputed region’s separatist movement, a government human rights commission said in a report.

The graves were found in dozens of villages near the Line of Control (LoC), the de facto border between Pakistan and India in the Himalayan region.

“At 38 places visited in north Kashmir, there were 2,156 unidentified dead bodies buried in unmarked graves,” the inquiry report by the Indian government’s Jammu and Kashmir State Human Rights Commission (J&KSHRC) said. The commission was established by the government in 1997 to investigate human rights violations.

The report — prepared by an 11-member team headed by a senior police superintendent — said that DNA profiling should be used to match unidentified bodies with relatives to resolve the controversy. “The scope for DNA extraction from remains of these unidentified bodies buried in unmarked graves of north Kashmir is still very bright. As the time will go on… chances will be more and more reduced,” the report said.

An independent group based in Srinagar, the International People’s Tribunal on Human Rights and Justice (IPT), had in 2009 documented unidentified bodies buried in the region’s northern villages.

Indian and international rights groups called for a probe into whether the unmarked graves held bodies of civilians who have ‘disappeared’ as Indian security forces struggled to contain insurgency in the region.

The IPT says 8,000 people have gone missing there during 20 years of insurgency against rule from New Delhi, most of those after they were arrested by Indian security personnel.

The Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons (APDP), which estimates around 10,000 people went missing during nearly two decades of separatist revolt, says many missing people may have ended up in these unmarked graves.

“We appeal to international human rights groups and Indian authorities to identify the people buried,” said Parveena Ahanger, founder and chairperson of the APDP.

International human rights groups have also repeatedly asked the Indian authorities to investigate the unmarked graves.

Indian officials have repeatedly claimed that those buried in unmarked graves were militants — most of those Pakistanis — who were killed in clashes with security forces. They also argue that many of the missing locals had meanwhile crossed to Pakistan to join militant groups. Nearly 50,000 people have been killed in mainly Muslim Kashmir since an insurgency against New Delhi’s rule began in 1989.

On Saturday, Indian soldier shot dead 12 “militants trying to cross from Pakistan into the disputed region.”

Indian security forces in Kashmir have been accused of murdering innocent civilians in staged gun battles and passing them off as militants to earn rewards and promotions.

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Justice buried for fake encounter victim

Mufti Islah, CNN-IBN
Updated May 25, 2008 at 12:53am IST

 

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Srinagar: Near the Line of Control in Kashmir, security forces are everywhere, a check post is always around the corner, a barbed wire fence never too far away. In a state where people are always looking over their shoulders, it can be fatal to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.

In her 56 years, Jana Begum has seen tragedy over and over again. She says 10 years ago two of her sons were picked up near Kupwara by the State Task Force and the Border Security Force.
After a painful search, a policeman told Jana that her sons had been shot dead, and buried in a graveyard in Regipora.
The shock killed her husband. Another of Jana's sons went missing from Deoband in 2002. She says that he too may lie in an unmarked grave, and every visit to the Regipora cemetery stirs up old fears.
"Nobody gave me any answers. I went everywhere, but nobody would tell me anything," Jana Begum says.
A few maize orchards away from Jana's house in Lolab, Wali Mohammad still mourns the loss of his son Farooq, killed in August 2003.
Farooq was allegedly taken from a bakery in Srinagar by the Army, and then shot dead, and passed off as a militant. When Wali learnt that his son was buried in a grave in Srinagar, he went to court and won an order of exhumation. It's been five years, but the tears still come easily.
"Why was my innocent son killed? There are so many cases like this here," Wali Mohammad says.
Jana and Wali say their battle with the government isn't over yet. Once a month, they assemble at a park in Srinagar with some of the other families of those who've disappeared - to remember, to grieve, and to protest, against a government they say is not doing enough.
Like Wali, many relatives dig up bodies from unmarked graves themselves, looking for clues, hoping their loved ones are alive, or hoping for proof they're dead.
For Sudesh Kumari, though, closure came through an anonymous letter written by an Indian soldier.
When Kumari's husband Bhushan Lal was picked up with three other men by army men in Srinagar in April 2004, the family didn't know where to look. But a week later, they received a letter that confirmed their fears.
"My daughter keeps on saying when will daddy come. When I ask her what are you going to do to daddy she says everyone's daddy calls them and I too want to speak to him over phone and tell him to give me school fee and uniform," Sudesh Kumari says.
The family is pained and furious. Furious that their slain loved ones did not get decent last rites according to Hindu customs rather than cremating, they were buried somewhere in the foothills of Lolab valley.
Sudesh Kumari's neighbour Bali Ram has also seen tragedy firsthand. He says his brother Ram Lal was picked up by the Army as well, leaving him to care for his young nephews.
"I have been taking care of the children. The government should think of his children. We are starving," he says
Like Jana Begum, Wali Mohammed, Sudesh Kumari and Bali Ram, many of the families whose relatives have gone missing are desperately poor.
And the loss of a young working family member often pushes them further into poverty. But what they want more than anything else, they say, is the truth to be told - that their sons and husbands were not militants. And until then, justice for them will also lie buried.
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Stones VS Bullets of Indian State Terrorists in Kashmir

A Kashmiri Muslim protester runs for cover as Indian paramilitary soldiers chases him during a protest in the outskirts of Srinagar, India, Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2010. Leaders of India's main political parties debated Wednesday whether to ease harsh security laws in Indian-controlled Kashmir as the government searched for a strategy to end months of increasingly violent protests in the region. AP	An Indian police officer (R) throws a tear gas canister towards Kashmiri protesters during an anti-India protest in Srinagar September 15, 2010. Three people were killed in Indian Kashmir on Wednesday when police clashed with Muslim protesters as the government and opposition parties met in New Delhi to try to end the worst violence in the region in years. Reuters
An injured demonstrator is carried to a hospital after he was wounded in a clash with police in Mendhar area of Kashmir's Poonch district September 15, 2010. Three people were killed in Kashmir on Wednesday when police clashed with Muslim protesters as the government and opposition parties met in New Delhi to try to end the worst violence in the region in years. Picture taken September 15, 2010. Reuters	Kashmiri protesters run for cover as government forces fire live ammunition during a clash on the outskirts of Srinagar, India, Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2010. Leaders of India's main political parties debated Wednesday whether to ease harsh security laws in Indian-controlled Kashmir as the government searched for a strategy to end months of increasingly violent protests in the region. AP
Kashmiri protesters throw rocks at an Indian policeman during an anti-India protest in Srinagar September 15, 2010. Three people were killed in Indian Kashmir on Wednesday when police clashed with Muslim protesters as the government and opposition parties met in New Delhi to try to end the worst violence in the region in years. Reuters	A Kashmiri protestor (R) wearing a helmet holds a stone behind his head during a clash with Indian police in Srinagar on September 15, 2010. Police in Indian Kashmir injured at least eight protesters September 15 when they opened fire to control the latest violent demonstration in the disputed Muslim-majority region a day after 19 people died in battles between troops and protesters. Clashes over the past three months have left 87 civilians dead, mostly killed by the security forces. Getty
Kashmiri protesters run for cover as Indian paramilitary soldiers, unseen, chase them during a protest in Srinagar, India, Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010. Violent civil unrest against New Delhi's rule in Kashmir has roiled the disputed Himalayan region for the past three months. AP	Kashmiri protesters stand as bricks and rocks are scattered on the road during a protest in Srinagar, India, Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010. Violent civil unrest against New Delhi's rule in Kashmir has roiled the disputed Himalayan region for the past three months killing several people. AP
A Kashmiri protestor holds two rocks during a clash with Indian police in Srinagar on September 15, 2010. Police in Indian Kashmir injured at least eight protesters September 15 when they opened fire to control the latest violent demonstration in the disputed Muslim-majority region a day after 19 people died in battles between troops and protesters. Clashes over the past three months have left 87 civilians dead, mostly killed by the security forces. Getty	Indian paramilitary soldiers stop a Hindu family at a checkpoint during a curfew in Srinagar on September 16, 2010. Indian security forces said they have drawn up a new plan to tackle deadly unrest in Kashmir amid criticism of the government on September 16 over its handling of the crisis. Getty
Kashmiri people sit near closed shops during a curfew in Srinagar September 16, 2010. A wave of disappointment swept across curfewed Indian Kashmir on Thursday after no concrete results emerged out of a key meeting aimed at ending spiralling protests that are the worst in recent times. Reuters	An Indian policeman stops a motorcyclist during a curfew in Srinagar September 16, 2010. A wave of disappointment swept across curfewed Indian Kashmir on Thursday after no concrete results emerged out of a key meeting aimed at ending spiralling protests that are the worst in recent times. Reuters
An Indian policeman sits inside a vehicle damaged by protesters in a clash in Srinagar September 16, 2010. A wave of disappointment swept across curfewed Indian Kashmir on Thursday after no concrete results emerged out of a key meeting aimed at ending spiralling protests that are the worst in recent times. Reuters	Indian paramilitary soldiers stand guard on a deserted street during a curfew in Srinagar, India, Thursday, Sept. 16, 2010. Violent civil unrest against New Delhi's rule in Kashmir has roiled the disputed Himalayan region for the past three months killing several people. AP
A man gestures beside a burning armoured police vehicle after it was set on fire by demonstrators during a clash with police in Mendhar area of Kashmir's Poonch district September 15, 2010. Three people were killed in Kashmir on Wednesday when police clashed with Muslim protesters as the government and opposition parties met in New Delhi to try to end the worst violence in the region in years. Picture taken September 15, 2010. Reuters	Indian paramilitary soldiers stand guard near a barricaded bridge during a curfew in Srinagar on September 16, 2010. Indian security forces said they have drawn up a new plan to tackle deadly unrest in Kashmir amid criticism of the government on September 16 over its handling of the crisis. Getty
A Kashmiri protester wears a helmet which was taken away from Indian paramilitary forces during a clash on the outskirts of Srinagar, India, Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2010. Leaders of India's main political parties debated Wednesday whether to ease harsh security laws in Indian-controlled Kashmir as the government searched for a strategy to end months of increasingly violent protests in the region. AP	Kashmiri protesters take cover behind a concrete pipe as government forces fire live ammunition during a clash on the outskirts of Srinagar, India, Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2010. Leaders of India's main political parties debated Wednesday whether to ease harsh security laws in Indian-controlled Kashmir as the government searched for a strategy to end months of increasingly violent protests in the region. AP
Kashmiri protesters wait for right opportunity to hurl rocks at government forces during a clash on the outskirts of Srinagar, India, Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2010. Leaders of India's main political parties debated Wednesday whether to ease harsh security laws in Indian-controlled Kashmir as the government searched for a strategy to end months of increasingly violent protests in the region. AP	Kashmiri protesters tend a fellow protester who was hit by pellets shot by government forces during a clash on the outskirts of Srinagar, India, Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2010. Leaders of India's main political parties debated Wednesday whether to ease harsh security laws in Indian-controlled Kashmir as the government searched for a strategy to end months of increasingly violent protests in the region. AP
A Kashmiri protester prepares to hurl stones at government forces during a clash on the outskirts of Srinagar, India, Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2010. Leaders of India's main political parties debated Wednesday whether to ease harsh security laws in Indian-controlled Kashmir as the government searched for a strategy to end months of increasingly violent protests in the region. AP	A Kashmiri protestor adjust a scarf covering his face during a clash with Indian police in Srinagar on September 15, 2010. Police in Indian Kashmir injured at least eight protesters September 15 when they opened fire to control the latest violent demonstration in the disputed Muslim-majority region a day after 19 people died in battles between troops and protesters. Clashes over the past three months have left 87 civilians dead, mostly killed by the security forces. Getty
Kashmiri Muslim protesters are engulfed in tear gas during a clash with Indian police in Srinagar on September 14, 2010. Indian police opened fire Tuesday on stone-throwing protesters in Kashmir as small groups took to the streets in defiance of curfew orders, a day after violence in which 18 people died. Getty	A Kashmiri protester hurls stones at government forces during a clash on the outskirts of Srinagar, India, Wednesday, Sept. 15, 2010. Leaders of India's main political parties debated Wednesday whether to ease harsh security laws in Indian-controlled Kashmir as the government searched for a strategy to end months of increasingly violent protests in the region. AP
Demonstrators shout slogans during a protest to denounce reports that copies of the Koran had been damaged in the United States, in Jammu September 14, 2010. Authorities deployed thousands more central police across Kashmir to enforce a curfew on Tuesday after one of the worst single days of violence in two decades of separatist protests. Eighteen people were killed, nearly all of them in police firing, during anti-India and Koran demonstrations in the disputed region, increasing the pressure on the government to tackle the protests that have simmered through the summer. Reuters	Kashmiri Muslim women shout anti-Indian slogans during a clash with Indian policemen in Srinagar on September 14, 2010. Indian police patrolled the streets of Kashmir, threatening to shoot anyone defying a rigid curfew in the disputed region a day after 19 people died in battles between troops and protesters. Clashes over the past three months have left 87 civilians dead, mostly killed by the security forces. Getty
Kashmiri Muslim protesters run for cover as Indian paramilitary soldiers fire live ammunition during a protest in Srinagar, India, Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2010. Indian police patrolled the streets of Kashmir on Tuesday, threatening to shoot anyone defying a rigid curfew in the disputed region a day after 19 people died in battles between troops and protesters. AP	Kashmiri men carry the body of Nisar Ahmad Kuchay, who died during a protest, at his funeral on the outskirts of Srinagar on September 13, 2010. Indian police shot twelve people in Kashmir on September 13 as stone-throwing protesters defied curfews and torched a Christian school in an upsurge of anger stoked by the desecration of the Koran. The death toll was the highest since a wave of anti-India demonstrations began three months ago, with 83 civilians now dead on the streets of the disputed Muslim-majority region. One policeman was also killed September 13. Getty
A masked Kashmiri youth attends a protest on the outskirts of Srinagar September 13, 2010. At least 13 people were killed on Monday in anti-government and Koran demonstrations across Kashmir, police said, in the biggest single death toll from protests in the disputed region in years. The headband reads: "Allah is great". Reuters	Kashmiri Muslim protesters run for cover as tear gas shell explode near them during a protest in Srinagar, India, Tuesday, Sept. 14, 2010. Indian police patrolled the streets of Kashmir on Tuesday, threatening to shoot anyone defying a rigid curfew in the disputed region a day after 19 people died in battles between troops and protesters. AP
A Kashmiri protester shouts pro-freedom slogans through the wire mesh of a clock tower during a demonstration in the heart of Srinagar on September 11, 2010. The Muslim-majority Kashmir valley has been rocked by unrest since a teenage student was killed by a police tear-gas shell on June 11. Tens of thousands of Muslims, mostly young men, chanted, 'Go India, go back!' and 'We want freedom!' after they assembled in the main city of Srinagar to offer prayers on the festival of Eid al-Fitr. Getty	A masked Kashmiri protestor looks on during a protest rally after Eid al-Fitr prayers in Srinagar, India, Saturday, Sept. 11, 2010. Police fired warning shots and tear gas to disperse hundreds of demonstrators who attacked a police post and burned government offices in Kashmir on Saturday, as tens of thousands of people took to the streets to protest Indian rule in the Himalayan region, officials said. AP
A relative mourns as she holds the body of Kashmiri Showkat Ahmed at his residence in Patan Palhalan some 30kms north of Srinagar on September 6, 2010. Two people were killed when Indian security forces opened fire on stone-throwing protesters during fresh demonstrations against Indian rule in Kashmir, police said. A total of 67 protesters and bystanders have been killed over the past three months, mostly by security forces who have used live ammunition on rallies after being pelted with stones. Getty	A Kashmiri Muslim protester throws stones towards Indian police during an anti-India protest in Srinagar on September 8, 2010. Indian police arrested chairman of the hardline faction of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC), Syed Ali Shah Geelani who had threatened to intensify agitation in the Kashmir Valley. The Muslim-majority Kashmir valley has been rocked by unrest since a teenage student was killed by a police tear-gas shell on June 11. A total of 69 protesters and bystanders have been killed over the past three months, mostly by security forces who have used live ammunition on rallies after being pelted with stones. Getty
Kashmiri Muslim crowd rooftops and balconies as they participate in a protest rally after Eid al-Fitr prayers in Srinagar, India, Saturday, Sept. 11, 2010. Police fired warning shots and tear gas to disperse hundreds of demonstrators who attacked a police post and burned government offices in Kashmir on Saturday, as tens of thousands of people took to the streets to protest Indian rule in the Himalayan region, officials said. AP	A cow stands in a deserted street of Srinagar on September 12, 2010. Authorities imposed an indefinite curfew in Srinagar and other Jammu and Kashmir towns today, a day after the city saw widespread violent protests following Eid prayers. An FIR was registered against moderate separatist leader Mirwaiz Umer Farooq for inciting violence, officials said. The Muslim-majority Kashmir valley has been rocked by unrest since a teenage student was killed by a police tear-gas shell on June 11, 2010. A total of 69 protesters and bystanders have been killed over the past three months, mostly by security forces who have used live ammunition on rallies after being pelted with stones. Getty
My Question is Why Bloody West and Civilized Nations can Attack Libya because Libyan forces were killing Libyan protestors, but why these bloody champions of human rights are blind and deaf to the situation in Kashmir, Palestine, Khalistan and other states struggling for independence from State terrorists??? Just Because Kashmir and Palestine has no OIL?

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