One killed as protesters defy curfew in Kashmir
Sunday, 27 Jun, 2010
Sopore town, 50 kilometres north of Kashmir’s summer capital Srinagar, has been under indefinite curfew since Friday after two young men died when troops opened fire in response to anti-India protesters who attacked their vehicle.
Police clamped the curfew on the town after thousands of people poured into the streets, torched a security vehicle and attacked a police station to protest against the killing of the two men.
On Saturday, thousands of demonstrators, defying the curfew, staged noisy protests and clashed with security forces.
Chanting “We want freedom!” and “Blood for blood!”, hundreds of residents again defied the curfew on Sunday, prompting security forces to fire rubber bullets that killed a 24-year old man, a police officer said.
“A rubber bullet pierced his neck. He died on the way to Srinagar’s main hospital,” the officer said, adding several others were injured.
Residents said the victim was not part of the protest and was heading to a mosque when he was hit.
Tensions have risen in recent months in Indian-administered Kashmir, where two decades of rebellion against New Delhi’s rule have left thousands dead.
In all six civilians have been killed in incidents implicating Indian security forces over the past two weeks.
Nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan each rule part of Kashmir but lay claim to all of the scenic Himalayan region.
Authorities ordered a judicial probe into the earlier killing of the two young men by security forces in a bid to stem protests. -AFP
Kashmiri protesters throw stones towards Indian policemen during a protest against New Delhi’s rule in Kashmir. -Reuters Photo
SRINAGAR: Another man was killed in Indian-administered Kashmir on Sunday when paramilitary forces fired rubber bullets to disperse protesters who had defied a strict curfew, police said Sunday.Sopore town, 50 kilometres north of Kashmir’s summer capital Srinagar, has been under indefinite curfew since Friday after two young men died when troops opened fire in response to anti-India protesters who attacked their vehicle.
Police clamped the curfew on the town after thousands of people poured into the streets, torched a security vehicle and attacked a police station to protest against the killing of the two men.
On Saturday, thousands of demonstrators, defying the curfew, staged noisy protests and clashed with security forces.
Chanting “We want freedom!” and “Blood for blood!”, hundreds of residents again defied the curfew on Sunday, prompting security forces to fire rubber bullets that killed a 24-year old man, a police officer said.
“A rubber bullet pierced his neck. He died on the way to Srinagar’s main hospital,” the officer said, adding several others were injured.
Residents said the victim was not part of the protest and was heading to a mosque when he was hit.
Tensions have risen in recent months in Indian-administered Kashmir, where two decades of rebellion against New Delhi’s rule have left thousands dead.
In all six civilians have been killed in incidents implicating Indian security forces over the past two weeks.
Nuclear-armed rivals India and Pakistan each rule part of Kashmir but lay claim to all of the scenic Himalayan region.
Authorities ordered a judicial probe into the earlier killing of the two young men by security forces in a bid to stem protests. -AFP
Kashmiris in Toronto hold protest on the occasion of G20 meet
Kashmiris asked to make the march a success
Call for the march has been given by the APHC Chairman, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and the forum patronised by veteran Kashmiri Hurriyet leader, Syed Ali Gilani. It has been supported by the High Court Bar Association and other pro-movement leaders and organisations.
The APHC in an extraordinary meeting of its Executive Committee and General Council, chaired by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, in Srinagar, today, discussed in detail the latest situation of the occupied territory. A statement issued after the meeting appealed to the people to express solidarity with the Kashmiri martyrs’ mission by massively participating in the march, tomorrow.
On the other hand, curfew continued to remain imposed in Sopore town, for the third consecutive day, today. Heavy contingents of police and paramilitary troopers had been deployed in various localities of the town and the armoured vehicles and troopers were seen patrolling the deserted streets. Protest strike was observed in Baramulla town, as well. The authorities booked Hurriyet leaders, Muhammad Ashraf Sehrai and Mohammad Ayaz Akbar under draconian law, Public Safety Act.
A constable of Indian police committed suicide by consuming poisonous substances in Bemina area of Srinagar, raising the number of such deaths amongst Indian troops and police personnel in the occupied territory to 185 since January 2007.
In Toronto, on the occasion of G20 Meet, Kashmiris and their sympathisers held a mammoth rally to protest against the gross human rights violations by Indian troops in occupied Kashmir. A resolution passed at the end of the rally urged the G20 nations to impress upon India to stop human right abuses, honour the rights of the Kashmiri people, release political prisoners, repeal black laws and withdraw its troops from occupied Kashmir.
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Srinagar: Indian police personnel stop Kashmiri lawyers at the main gate of highcourt during a protest against the killing of Kashmiri youth by Indian troops. Srinagar, June 25 (KMS): In occupied Kashmir, complete strike was observed, today, to protest against the killing of innocent Kashmiris by Indian troops and the arrest of Hurriyet leaders.
The strike was to mark the first day of the ‘Quit Kashmir Campaign’ announced by the forum patronised by veteran Kashmiri Hurriyet leader, Syed Ali Gilani.
All shops, business establishments, public and private offices, banks and courts remained closed while traffic was off the road.
On the other hand, forceful anti-India demonstrations were staged in Baghat-e-Barzulla, Baramulla, Shopian and Ganderbal areas, today. The demonstrators demanded release of all illegally detained Hurriyet leaders and activists including Syed Ali Gilani, Shabbir Ahmed Shah and Muhammad Ashraf Sehrai.
Indian police raided the office of APHC in Srinagar and the residences of several Hurriyet leaders. Denouncing the police action, the APHC Chairman, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq while addressing Juma congregation at Jamia Mosque in Srinagar maintained that human rights violations in the occupied territory had posed a serious challenge to the international community.
Indian troops, in their fresh act of state terrorism, martyred one more innocent Kashmiri youth and destroyed a residential house at Krankshivan in Sopore town. One civilian was killed and two others were injured when an Indian army vehicle deliberately hit them at Iqbal Colony Parimpora in Srinagar.
Twenty liberation activists courted arrest in Islamabad town to protest against the human rights violations by Indian troops.
In Islamabad, the APHC-AJK chapter in a meeting of its Executive Council, presided over by the Convenor, Mahmood Ahmad Saghar reaffirmed Kashmiris’ resolve to continue liberation struggle till the withdrawal of Indian forces from occupied Kashmir
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Srinagar, June 25 (KMS): In occupied Kashmir, Indian police have arrested over 100 youth from different parts of the Valley for participating in protests against the continued Indian state terrorism in the territory.
The police conducted series of raids in different areas of Srinagar city during the past three days and rounded up scores of youth in the age group of 18 to 22 years.
Family members of the arrested youth told mediamen that the police was harassing them and their wards unnecessarily. “It seems police is out to prove a point and settle some scores with the people. Youth are being arrested at will and they are being detained on flimsy grounds,” said father of one of the detained youth in Srinagar. Dozens of youth were also arrested from Sopore and Baramulla areas.
On the other hand, authorities have launched a crackdown on Hurriyet leaders and activist and have arrested dozens of them during the past few days.
Meanwhile, Indian troops arrested Abdul Haq, Sajjad Ahmed and Liyaqat Ali from Kadder in Kulgam
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The police conducted series of raids in different areas of Srinagar city during the past three days and rounded up scores of youth in the age group of 18 to 22 years.
Family members of the arrested youth told mediamen that the police was harassing them and their wards unnecessarily. “It seems police is out to prove a point and settle some scores with the people. Youth are being arrested at will and they are being detained on flimsy grounds,” said father of one of the detained youth in Srinagar. Dozens of youth were also arrested from Sopore and Baramulla areas.
On the other hand, authorities have launched a crackdown on Hurriyet leaders and activist and have arrested dozens of them during the past few days.
Meanwhile, Indian troops arrested Abdul Haq, Sajjad Ahmed and Liyaqat Ali from Kadder in Kulgam
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Srinagar: Indian police personnel arrest Hurriyet activists, protesting against killing of innocent Kashmiri youth by Indian troops.
Mirwaiz detained, Gilani booked under PSA
The session was to be held at Mirwaiz Manzil in Srinagar to devise a common strategy against the random killing of Kashmiri youth by Indian troops.
The occupation authorities placed the APHC Chairman, under house arrest and took into custody many other Hurriyet leaders and over 40 activists.
Veteran Kashmiri Hurriyet leader, Syed Ali Gilani was booked under draconian law, Public Safety Act and was detained in Cheshma Shahi sub-jail in Srinagar.
Mirwaiz Umar Farooq in a statement emphasised that the New Delhi rulers could not stifle Kashmiris’ voice of right to self-determination by resorting to brute force
The Chairman of Jammu Kashmir Muslim League, Massarat Aalam Butt, addressing a press conference in Srinagar, today, declared that the protest demonstrations against the Indian state terrorism in the occupied territory would continue.
The forum patronised by Syed Ali Gilani gave a call for total strike tomorrow to protest against the killing of innocent Kashmiris by Indian troops and the arrest of Hurriyet leaders.
The High Court Bar Association of occupied Kashmir in a meeting presided over by its President, Mian Abdul Qayoom, strongly condemned the killing of youth and school children by Indian troops.
The Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front-R in a statement deplored the raids by Indian police on the residences of the party leaders including Farooq Ahmad Dar and Javed Ahmad Mir.
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Scores of persons injured in police actions
The clashes were continuing when last reports came in.
A trooper committed suicide by shooting himself with his service rifle inside a camp at Banilmarg in Tral. This raised the number of such deaths amongst the troops to 184 since January 2007.
On the other hand, scores of people including women were injured in Srinagar, Baramulla, Sopore and Islamabad areas, when Indian paramilitary forces fired bullets and teargas shells to disperse people protesting against recent killing of youth. The troops hurled stones on the houses of the residents in Parimpora and Nawabazar in Srinagar and barged into the houses in Islamabad, beating up men, women and children.
Over a dozen liberation activists courted arrest in Ganderbal town to protest against the human rights violations by Indian troops.
In a joint session of the Executive Committee and General Council of the APHC, the recent arrests of Hurriyet leaders were described as indicative of the frustration of the authorities. The session, presided over by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, was held at APHC headquarters in Srinagar.
APHC leader, Ghulam Ahmed Mir, addressing a public meeting at Thanamandi in Rajouri, said that India, under a sinister plan, was committing genocide of Kashmiri people.
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| Indian soldiers stand during undeclared curfew in Srinagar after killing of 17-year boy by trooprs |
Sources privy to investigations told mediamen that two policemen, who fired teargas shells in Rajouri Kadal area on Friday, had been identified.
“The autopsy report has revealed that Tufail was hit forcefully by a circular base object. The object had hit him at such a high speed that his skull bone was fractured. The doctors found that cracked skull bone acted like a bullet and pierced the brain, causing its rupture,” they said.
The sources said that doctors noted down dimensions of shell like its width and radius etc. “Later, the doctors matched the live shell with the radius of wound in Tufail’s head. It matched and clearly indicated that the boy was killed after being hit by a tear smoke shell,” they added.
The sources said that the doctors also found signs of burns in the areas around victim’s head. A senior police official, wishing not to be named, confirmed the mediamen that Tufail had received firearm injury in head.
Meanwhile, family members of a youth, Muhammad Rafiq Bangroo of Safa Kadal, who was critically injured in CRPF action and is battling for life at intensive care unit of a hospital in Srinagar, staged a protest demonstration at press enclave. Chanting slogans like, “We want justice”, “Punish the guilty” and “Democracy is a joke here”, the protestors were demanding action against the guilty CRPF troopers. Indian police immediately swung into action and arrested two relatives of the injured youth and detained them at Kothibagh police station.
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Indian Central Reserve police force (CRPF) troopers stand with an armored van during undeclared curfew in Srinagar after killing of 17-years boy by Indian troops.
Srinagar, June 14 (KMS): In occupied Kashmir, the APHC leader, Yasmeen Raja has expressed serious concern over the gross human rights violations in the territory by Indian troops.
Yasmeen Raja, in a statement issued in Srinagar said that India under a premeditated plan was engaged in the genocide of Kashmiri Muslims to change the demographic composition of Jammu and Kashmir. She deplored that Indian troops were killing innocent students to suppress Kashmiris’ liberation struggle.
Yasmeen Raja, who was placed under house arrest, today, by the occupation authorities, said that the people of Kashmir could not remain silent over the killing of innocent civilians. She said that soon a memorandum would be sent to the UN Secretary General, Ban Ki-Moon, OIC Secretary General, Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu and to other international human rights organisations to appeal them to play their role in stopping Indian state terrorism in occupied Kashmir.
JKLF-R condemns looting of valuables by Indian troops in Srinagar
The Chairman of JKLF-R, Farooq Ahmad Dar and the senior Vice Chairman, Javed Ahmad Mir, in a joint statement issued in Srinagar, said that the troops during siege and search operations in different parts of Srinagar city forcefully entered into the houses and stole gold and other valuable household goods.
They condemned the killing of a 17-year-old student, Tufail Ahmad Matoo in Rajouri Kadal, by the Indian police and called it the worst kind of barbarism. “The occupation authorities were committing genocide of Kashmiris through killing the innocent people,” they said.
Urging India to withdraw its troops, revoke all draconian laws and stop gross human rights violations in the occupied territory, the JKLF-R leaders said that the troopers were perpetrating rights’ abuses with impunity due to the invocation of black laws.
Vowing to continue the freedom struggle till its logical conclusion, they said that India could not muzzle the just voice of Kashmiri people for their right to self-determination through use of brute force
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Indian soldiers stand during undeclared curfew in Srinagar after killing of 17-year boy by trooprs.
Referring to the killing of an 11th class student, Tufail Ahmed, on Friday by Indian police, the spokesman said that this was not the only incident of such kind. “There have been similar killings in the past. In last few months, Indian police and troops, equipped with unbridled powers, have been targeting teenagers at will.”
Meanwhile, Syed Ali Gilani was admitted in the Soura Medical Institute in Srinagar on Sunday after he complained of pain during his detention at the Central jail. He was detained on Saturday at Humhama Police Station and was shifted to Central Jail on Sunday
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People participate in the funeral procession of Tufail Ahmad Mattoo, an 11th class student, killed by Indian police in Srinagar
Srinagar, June 12 (KMS): In occupied Kashmir, thousands of people participated in the funeral prayers of an 11th class student, Tufail Ahmad Mattoo, who was killed by Indian police, yesterday.
Tufail Ahmed, a resident of Saidakadal Rajouri Kadal area of Srinagar was killed and dozens of other people were injured when Indian police personnel subjected the peaceful demonstrators to brute force at Rajouri Kadal.
Later, the dead body of the martyred youth was taken in a procession from Sadikadal Ranawari to the Mazar-e-Shuhada for burial. The Chairman of All Parties Hurriyet Conference (APHC), Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, also participated in the funeral prayers.
APHC leader, Yasmeen Raja, led a protest of Kashmiri women and went to the area to express solidarity with the bereaved family.
The APHC Chairman condemned killing of the student and said that Indian men in uniform were slaying the innocent Kashmiris. He urged the world community to impress upon India to resolve the Kashmir dispute.
Hurriyet leaders including Muhammad Azam Inqilabi, Nayeem Ahmad Khan, Mukhtar Ahmad Waza, Jved Ahmed Mir, Tehreek-e-Hurriyet Jammu and Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir Anjuman Sharie Shian also denounced the killing of the student.
Meanwhile, the occupation authorities had imposed undeclared curfew in Rajori Kadal, Safa Kadal, Kawdara, Rainawari, Nawab Bazar and other localities of Srinagar to prevent the people from holding demonstrations against the gory incident
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Friday, 11 Jun, 2010
The incident took place in downtown Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir, a police officer said.
Residents said hundreds of protesters, mostly young Kashmiris, took to the streets after Friday prayers and started chanting, “we want freedom” and “Allah is great.”
Police blocked them, sparking fierce clashes that left nine protesters and two policemen injured. “One youth died in hospital later,” witnesses said.
Police said they were investigating the death, which sparked more protests and intense clashes between police and protesters.
The region, where anti-India sentiments run deep, is in the grip of a 20-year old insurgency against Indian rule. The unrest has left more than 47,000 people dead by official count.
Kashmiri separatists have been holding regular rallies, which often turn violent, since 2008. More than 60 protesters have died in the protests since then, most of them as a result of police firing.
The tensions in the region are high after local police accused the military of killing three innocent civilians in April.
The army initially said they had killed three armed rebels but later ordered an enquiry and initiated action against two officers. -AFP
Protesters throw stones at Indian Central Reserve police force (CRPF) soldiers during a protest in Srinagar. -AP Photo
SRINAGAR: One person was killed and 10 others injured Friday in fresh clashes between anti-India protesters and police in Indian-administered Kashmir, police and witnesses said.The incident took place in downtown Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian Kashmir, a police officer said.
Residents said hundreds of protesters, mostly young Kashmiris, took to the streets after Friday prayers and started chanting, “we want freedom” and “Allah is great.”
Police blocked them, sparking fierce clashes that left nine protesters and two policemen injured. “One youth died in hospital later,” witnesses said.
Police said they were investigating the death, which sparked more protests and intense clashes between police and protesters.
The region, where anti-India sentiments run deep, is in the grip of a 20-year old insurgency against Indian rule. The unrest has left more than 47,000 people dead by official count.
Kashmiri separatists have been holding regular rallies, which often turn violent, since 2008. More than 60 protesters have died in the protests since then, most of them as a result of police firing.
The tensions in the region are high after local police accused the military of killing three innocent civilians in April.
The army initially said they had killed three armed rebels but later ordered an enquiry and initiated action against two officers. -AFP
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| Relatives of disappeared Kashmiri youth hold placards as they take part in a protest sit-in in Srinagar. |
The APHC Chairman, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, while addressing Juma congregation in Srinagar said that the people of Jammu and Kashmir had been struggling for securing their right to self-determination and their struggle was destined to succeed.
Veteran Kashmir Hurriyet leader, Syed Ali Gilani, while addressing thousands of people at Ompura in Badgam, emphasised that the people of Kashmir were determined to continue their liberation struggle till its logical conclusion.
Welcoming the recent statement on Kashmir issued by the United States, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Syed Ali Gilani urged the international community to help resolve the Kashmir dispute in accordance with the Kashmiris’ aspirations. The US Assistant Secretary of State, Philip Crowley in a statement in Washington had described Kashmir as an important long-standing dispute.
On the other hand, the London based human rights watchdog, Amnesty International in a statement urged the Indian government to allow the UN Special Representative on Extra Judicial Summary Execution to visit occupied Kashmir for making an on spot study of cases of fake encounters and extra judicial killings by Indian troops.
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Indian trooper prepares to throw stone at Kashmiri protesters during an anti-India demonstration in Srinagar
Islamabad, June 10 (KMS): The All Parties Hurriyet Conference, AJK chapter, has said that the complete shutdown observed by the people of occupied Kashmir during Indian Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh’s visit, has once again proved that Kashmiris have rejected Indian forcible occupation of the territory.The meeting of the APHC-AJK held here with its Convenor, Mehmood Ahmad Saghar in chair, condemned the continued gross human rights violations by Indian troops in the occupied valley. “The people of Jammu and Kashmir will continue their liberation struggle despite all odds till its logical conclusion,” it added.
The participants of the meeting, strongly denouncing the illegal detention of Kashmiri Hurriyet leaders and activists, urged the international human rights organisations to put pressure on India to stop rights’ abuses in the valley
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| Srinagar: An Indian soldier checks the I- cards of Kashmiri Muslims during a strike in Srinagar, on Indian Prime Minister’s visit to the occupied territory |
Indian police uses brute force, 17 injured
New York, June 09 (KMS): The Human Rights Watch, taking strong exception to the fake encounter killings in occupied Kashmir, has urged the government of India to repeal draconian law, the Armed Forces Special Powers Act. Referring to the killing of three youth in a fake encounter by Indian army in Machil area on 30th April, the New York-based Human Rights Watch said, the incident underscores the urgency for the Indian government to repeal the draconian law.
The human rights watchdog said that under this law Indian trooper could not be prosecuted in a civilian court unless sanctioned by the Indian government, which was extremely rare.
Meenakshi Ganguly, a senior South Asian researcher at Human Rights Watch, emphasised that Indian army was abusing its special powers. She said that the Indian army had repeatedly claimed that it prosecuted and punished those found responsible for human rights violations in its military courts. Yet the army had never provided information to the public to support its assertion. Ganguly maintained Human Rights Watch had documented numerous cases of fake encounter killings in occupied Kashmir.
Veteran Kashmiri Hurriyet leader, Syed Ali Gilani in a statement in Srinagar said that talks with India would not yield positive results unless it accepted the disputed nature of Jammu and Kashmir. Commenting on the talks offer of Indian Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, the veteran leader said that India wanted to hoodwink the international community by giving the impression that it wanted to resolve the dispute through talks.
At least seventeen people were injured when Indian police resorted to brute force to disperse demonstrators in Baramulla town. They were chanting anti-India and pro-liberation slogans.
In Geneva, Kashmiri representatives, Altaf Hussain Wani, Sardar Amjad Yousaf Khan and Ishtiyaq Hameed, addressing the 14th session of United Nations Human Rights Council, said that more than 800,000 Indian troops had converted the entire occupied Kashmir into an army camp. They urged the international community to take strong steps against the continued gross human rights violations committed by the Indian troops in the territory.
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| SRINAGAR: Relatives of two Kashmiri women who were raped and killed by Indian troopers in Shopian last year protest at the occasion of the visit of Indian prime Minister, against the delay in delivering the justice. |
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| Srinagar: An Indian soldier checks the I- cards of Kashmiri Muslims during a strike in Srinagar, on Indian Prime Minister’s visit to the occupied territory |
Kashmiris not to accept Indian bondage: Gilani
Indian police arrested several people including the family members of the two Shopian girls, who were molested and later killed by Indian troops, when they tried to hold a protest at Lal Chowk in Srinagar.
The Indian Prime Minister arrived in Srinagar in a curfew-like situation and all roads in Srinagar and outside leading to the city were blocked. The occupation authorities had placed stringent measures all across the occupied territory to thwart public demonstrations and large contingents of army and police were deployed in the cities and towns. All university examinations scheduled for the day were postponed and mobile phone and internet services were disabled. The authorities had prohibited the assembly of four or more persons in the city of Srinagar.
Syed Ali Gilani in a statement said that by observing complete shutdown, today, the people of occupied Kashmir had once again proved that they would never agree to live under Indian bondage.
The International People’s Tribunal on Human Rights and Justice in Kashmir in a statement in Srinagar reiterated its demand of an impartial probe into the presence of 2700 unnamed mass graves found in Bandipore, Baramulla and Kupwara districts.
A Junior Commissioned Officer of Indian army committed suicide by hanging himself with the ceiling of his quarter at Sajwan Army cantonment in Jammu, today. This brought the number of such deaths amongst the troops to 181 since January 2007
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Srinagar: Indian troopers fire teargas shells to disperse peaceful Kashmiri protesters shouting anti-India and pro-liberation slogans
The shutdown is aimed at conveying the Prime Minister that the Kashmiris reject India’s illegal occupation of Jammu and Kashmir, despite continued Indian state terrorism.
The shutdown is also meant to draw the world attention towards the fake encounter killings staged by Indian troops.
Call for the strike has been given by veteran Kashmiri Hurriyet leader, Syed Ali Gilani and supported by High Court Bar Association, Dukhtaran-e-Millat, Muslim League, JKLF-R and other pro-movement leaders and organisations.
The occupation authorities have sealed various localities of Srinagar. Heavy contingents of Indian troops have been deployed in the city while high alert has been sounded in and around the Kashmir University of Agriculture Science and Technology (KUAST) and a helicopter has been seen flying in the area. Indian Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh is scheduled to attend a function in the campus. Indian troops, wearing bulletproof jackets and carrying automatic weapons, have also been seen on motorboats and shikaras at Dal Lake.
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Srinagar: Veteran Kashmiri Hurriyet leader Syed Ali Gilani addresses a public gathering
Srinagar, June 05 (KMS): In occupied Kashmir, pro-freedom protest demonstrations were held in different parts of the territory. People took to the streets and staged anti-India demonstrations in Kawdara, Rajouri Kadal, Bohari Kadal, Barzulla, Nowshera, Noorbagh, Kanipora, Raban and Islamabad areas.
Indian police and paramilitary CRPF personnel resorted to baton charge and fired numerous teargas shells to disperse the protestors.
Meanwhile, an Indian trooper of 17 Mahar regiment was injured after being shot at by his colleague in Mendhar area of Poonch.
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APHC Chairman, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq addresses a public geathering in Nadihal Baramulla.
People observe hunger strike in Nadihal
The protest was organised by Jammu and Kashmir Peoples League and its Acting Chairman; Mukhtar Ahmad Waza was among those arrested. The procession leading towards the United Nations Observer Group Office in Sonwar was intercepted by the Indian policemen at Partap Park and people were prevented from handing over a memorandum to the UN office.
Hunger strike was observed by the liberation leaders and activists joined by hundreds of men and women at Nadihal in Rafiabad against the killing of three youth in a fake encounter in Machil area. A procession was also taken on the occasion and demonstrators raised anti-India and pro-liberation slogans.
The people in Kalaroos area of Kupwara told media men that the discovery of the killing of three persons in a fake encounter by Indian troops after exhumation of their bodies was not a singly case of its nature. They said that the troops had buried 398 unidentified persons in a graveyard in the area and all of them might have been killed in fake encounters.
Dead bodies of two persons including that of a woman were recovered from Duslipora Bandipore and Bemina Colony of Srinagar.
In Geneva, speakers at a roundtable conference emphasised that the concept of the rule of law in occupied Kashmir had been trampled over by the promulgation of the draconian laws. The speakers included Dr Ghulam Nabi Fai, Sardar Amjad Yousuf, Altaf Wani, Ishtiyaq Hameed and Professor Alfred Zayas.
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| APHC Chairman, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq addresses a public geathering in Nadihal Baramulla. |
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| Mirwaiz Umar Farooq expresses solidarity with the family of youth killed in a fake encounter by Indian troops in Machil area of Kupwara. |
During the month, 209 persons were tortured and injured, most of them critically, when the troops used teargas shelling and bullets on the peaceful demonstrators while 60 people, mostly youth, were arrested. 4 persons were subjected to custodial disappearance during the month. The troops also molested 3 women and destroyed 4 residential houses with heavy mortar shelling during the period
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Indian police personnel resort to teargas shelling to disperse anti-India demonstrations in Srinagar.
Demonstrations against molestation of girl by trooper
The clash broke out during siege and search operations by Indian troops at Chattibandi in the district. The operation was continuing when last reports came in.
Forceful protest demonstrations were held against the molestation of a 6-year-old girl by an Indian trooper in Handwara. The demonstrators held a sit-in at Baramulla-Handwara highway near Langate. People took to the streets at Basoni in Mendhar against the restrictions on people’s movement imposed by the occupation authorities in the area.
The Acting Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir Peoples League, Mukhtar Ahmad Waza and the Chairman of Peoples Movement, Ghulam Ahmad Mir, addressing their party workers in Srinagar and Rajouri, said that total withdrawal of Indian troops from the occupied territory could create a conducive atmosphere for result-oriented talks.
In New Delhi, Finland’s Foreign Minister, Alexander Stubb told media men that third party mediation on Kashmir had become a must to resolve the dispute. He is on a two-day official visit to India.
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Indian police personnel resort to teargas shelling to disperse anti-India demonstrations in Srinagar
Another trooper was injured in an explosion in Kanga Nallah area of Poonch
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Indian police personnel resort to teargas shelling to disperse anti-India demonstrations in Srinagar
During the month, 271 persons were tortured and injured, most of them critically, when the troops used teargas shelling and bullets on the peaceful demonstrators while 80 people, mostly youth, were arrested. The troops also molested three women during the period
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Sat, 01 May 2010 00:04:22 GMT
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| Activists scuffle with Indian policemen during a protest in Srinagar. |
An anti-India demonstration in Indian-administered Kashmir has left one person dead and 20 others injured in Srinagar. Srinagar Police Chief Javed Reyaz Bedar has described the death of a bus passenger as murder by the protesters. “A murder case has been registered. We will find the killers,” he told reporters after the Friday incident.
Police said that the 42-year-old man was hit in the head as he was travelling through Srinagar, the Kashmiri summer capital. He later died in a hospital.
Fifteen protesters and five policemen were injured in angry demonstrations as protesters pelted stones at security forces.
Later in the day, police fired teargas and charged hundreds of protesters who tried to march to the high-security office of the United Nations to protest against human rights abuses by Indian security forces.
“The elements involved in this killing can never be well-wishers of Kashmir’s freedom struggle,” said moderate separatist leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq. “The act is highly condemnable,” he added.
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Police said that the 42-year-old man was hit in the head as he was travelling through Srinagar, the Kashmiri summer capital. He later died in a hospital.
Fifteen protesters and five policemen were injured in angry demonstrations as protesters pelted stones at security forces.
Later in the day, police fired teargas and charged hundreds of protesters who tried to march to the high-security office of the United Nations to protest against human rights abuses by Indian security forces.
“The elements involved in this killing can never be well-wishers of Kashmir’s freedom struggle,” said moderate separatist leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq. “The act is highly condemnable,” he added.
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Mirwaiz put under house arrest, Gilani arrested
People took to the streets in Nigeen, Nawhatta, Rajouri Kadal, Lal Chowk, Natipora, Batamaloo, Hyderpora, Sopore, Baramulla, Sadrekoot, Bandipore, Islamabad and other areas of the occupied territory.
Clashes between the protesters and the Indian police personnel were witnessed at various places and several persons were injured when the police subjected them to violence. People raised anti-India and pro-liberation slogans.
The authorities arrested veteran Kashmiri Hurriyet leader, Syed Ali Gilani and lodged him in Humhama police station. He had to lead a march towards United Nations Observers’ Office, which the authorities intercepted in Lal Chowk.
The APHC Chairman, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, who had to lead a demonstration in Islamabad town was placed under house arrest. Talking to media, the APHC Chairman deplored that India was not allowing the Kashmiris to adopt democratic and peaceful means to secure their right to self-determination. Mirwaiz Umar Farooq could not offer Juma prayers for the second consecutive Friday, today, due to restrictions imposed by the authorities.
Over fifty Hurriyet leaders and activists including Mukhtar Ahmed Waza and Ghulam Nabi Zaki were taken into custody while other Hurriyet leaders, Nisar Hussain Rather and Muhammad Shafi Lone were subjected to torture by the Indian police personnel. Senior APHC leader, Agha Syed Hassan Al-Moosvi addressing a public gathering in Budgam denounced the puppet regime for its undemocratic and dictatorial policies.
The Grand Mufti of occupied Kashmir, Mufti Bashir-ud-din, in a statement in Srinagar said that settlement of the Kashmir dispute in accordance with the Kashmiris’ aspirations was a must for peace in South Asia.
On the other hand, Indian troops, in their fresh act of state terrorism, martyred three innocent Kashmiri youth at Machil in Kupwara, today.
In Brussels, the Chairman of Kashmir Centre Brussels, Barrister Abdul Majeed Tramboo in a statement welcomed the announcement of Pakistan and India to resume the dialogue process at Foreign Ministers level
Kashmir Media Service
Friday, 30 Apr, 2010
The fresh violence came a day after the prime ministers of India and Pakistan agreed to work towards resuming their frozen peace dialogue when they met in Bhutan for their first direct talks in nine months.
“The army has foiled an attempt by militants to infiltrate into (Indian-administered) Kashmir from across the Line of Control (LoC) by killing three militants,” army spokesman Lieutenant Colonel J.S. Brar told AFP.
He said the clash took place early Friday in the northern sector of Machil.
The heavily militarised 760-kilometre LoC divides Kashmir between India and Pakistan, who both claim the whole territory and have fought two wars over it.
The Indian army says militant attempts to cross the ceasefire line into Indian-administered Kashmir increase in the summer as snow melts on mountain passes.
Islamabad denies New Delhi’s charges of arming and funding the militants, and has pledged to do its best to stop insurgents from crossing over.
The insurgency launched against Indian rule in 1989 has claimed more than 47,000 lives by the official count.
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The Indian army says militant attempts to cross the ceasefire line into Indian-administered Kashmir increase in the summer as snow melts on mountain passes. — Photo by Reuters
SRINAGAR: The Indian military Friday said it had killed three suspected militants and foiled an attempt by militants to enter Indian-admnistered Kashmir from the Pakistani side of the disputed region.The fresh violence came a day after the prime ministers of India and Pakistan agreed to work towards resuming their frozen peace dialogue when they met in Bhutan for their first direct talks in nine months.
“The army has foiled an attempt by militants to infiltrate into (Indian-administered) Kashmir from across the Line of Control (LoC) by killing three militants,” army spokesman Lieutenant Colonel J.S. Brar told AFP.
He said the clash took place early Friday in the northern sector of Machil.
The heavily militarised 760-kilometre LoC divides Kashmir between India and Pakistan, who both claim the whole territory and have fought two wars over it.
The Indian army says militant attempts to cross the ceasefire line into Indian-administered Kashmir increase in the summer as snow melts on mountain passes.
Islamabad denies New Delhi’s charges of arming and funding the militants, and has pledged to do its best to stop insurgents from crossing over.
The insurgency launched against Indian rule in 1989 has claimed more than 47,000 lives by the official count.
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Most of the militant groups have turned away from violence but clashes continue
The Kashmir insurgency – one of the world’s longest-running conflicts – began 20 years ago this week. And it was the shockwave from the fall of the Berlin Wall that gave young Kashmiris the confidence to take on the Indian state, the BBC’s David Loyn says.
Simmering discontent over this unfinished business left over from the partition of India in 1947 turned into a full-scale insurgency after the kidnap of Rubiya Sayeed, the daughter of the Indian home minister, on 8 December 1989.
She was released a few days later in exchange for five militants held in an Indian jail.
A police crackdown on victory celebrations was the spark that lit the fuse of the conflict.
One of the militants who took up the gun that week, Mukhtar Baba, said that he and his friends had the confidence to take on India because of events in Europe.
“The German people stood up against that man-made Berlin wall, so we thought why don’t we, and we started that armed struggle here,” he says.
The then chief minister of Indian-administered Kashmir, Farooq Abdullah, says he saw the trouble coming.
 |  It is not a battle between Kashmiri independence and India, but between the secular forces of India and the fundamentalist forces which are wanting to get hold of the Kashmir valley  Afsar Karim Retired Indian general |
He addressed a packed public meeting to try to warn Kashmiris of what was to come.
“I told them, ‘what you are doing is wrong. It will not lead you to any place other than the destruction of our state; our houses will go; our villages will be blown up; innocent people will die; many of our womenfolk will be raped and murdered’,” Mr Abdullah says.
Differing goals
Twenty years on, there are no reliable estimates of the number of people killed, but it is generally believed to be upwards of 50,000.
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The Indian government has rejected the findings, but the head of the research group, Khurram Parvez, says that much still has to be revealed. He has estimated that one in 10 people living in the Kashmir valley has been tortured.
From the beginning there were differing goals for those who took up the gun.
Some wanted Pakistan to take over all of the original state of Kashmir, but most wanted unification of the two wings of the original state in a separate new independent country.
Global jihad
As the insurgency ground on, from the mid-1990s the Indian state faced a new threat. Among the Kashmiri youths coming across the Line of Control after training on the Pakistani side were battle-hardened Islamist warriors who had come to fight a jihad. They were Arabs, Afghans and Pakistanis.
I met some in Indian custody in 1994, including the alleged military commander of a new guerrilla group – the Harkat ul-Ansar. His name was Sajjad Afghani – (Sajjad “the Afghan”), and he proved to have a very limited political agenda.
He was fighting not for Pakistani control of Kashmir but for a global jihad.
We did not know it then, but this kind of thinking was about to take centre stage in world politics.
So while the fighting in Indian-administered Kashmir may have been inspired by the end of the Cold War, it provides a direct link with the new conflicts of the 21st Century.
Big change
Pakistan’s repeated and strong denials that they backed militant training camps were rejected by the incoming administration of US President Bill Clinton in 1993, who demanded that the camps should close, threatening to put Pakistan on the list of “state sponsors of international terrorism”.
 The Dukhtaran-e-Millat advocates a more rigorous lifestyle for women |
Retired Gen Afsar Karim, one of India’s leading defence analysts, says that this development was the most threatening aspect of the Kashmir conflict.
“It is not a battle between Kashmiri independence and India, but between the secular forces of India and the fundamentalist forces which are wanting to get hold of the Kashmir valley.”
The war has seen a big change in Kashmiri society. There is a new seriousness of intent in Islamic practice here in a place once famous for more tolerant liberal ways.
A women’s movement, the Dukhtaran-e-Millat (Daughters of the Faith), holds classes to try to change the ways of Kashmiri women to a more rigorous lifestyle including covering every part of their body.
Their fundamentalist world view includes a demand for Pakistan to control all of Kashmir. They also believe that 9/11 was an attack carried out by America on itself.
One of their leading members Naheeda Nasreem, dressed all in black, including black gloves, says: “Is there any proof it was done by any Muslim? We think it might have been done by them. The Taliban and other forces are working at the behest of America and Israel. Why are the Taliban terrorising Pakistan? This is only on at the behest of America. They sent some people dressed as Muslims.”
‘Sky’s limit’
Most of the original militant groups have turned away from violence. They are waiting for the result of a peace process that has been called “quiet diplomacy” backed by US President Barack Obama.
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“The sky’s the limit,” he said.
There is some impatience for progress, and the Chairman of the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front, Yasin Malik, warns that if there is no progress, then it will be hard to stop young Kashmiris from returning to violence.
He has tried to lead a path of non-violent resistance, but knows of the impatience of Kashmiris for a settlement.
“For God’s sake, don’t give our next generation a sense of defeat. If you are giving them a sense of defeat you are pushing them for another revolution,” Yasin Malik says.
Srinagar, April 27 (KMS: In occupied Kashmir, unidentified gunmen shot dead a trooper of Indian Central Reserve Police Force in Magam while two troopers were injured in an attack in Kupwara.
The gunmen fired upon the CRPF trooper, Mohar Singh, near Magam bus stand. He was rushed to a hospital where doctors declared him brought dead.
Panic gripped the area due to the firing and people ran for safety. Indian Police and CRPF cordoned off the area and conducted search operation.
Another CRPF trooper was found dead under mysterious circumstances at a transit camp near Jammu Railway Station. Two troopers were injured in an attack at Tangdhar in Kupwara
Kashmir Media Service
The gunmen fired upon the CRPF trooper, Mohar Singh, near Magam bus stand. He was rushed to a hospital where doctors declared him brought dead.
Panic gripped the area due to the firing and people ran for safety. Indian Police and CRPF cordoned off the area and conducted search operation.
Another CRPF trooper was found dead under mysterious circumstances at a transit camp near Jammu Railway Station. Two troopers were injured in an attack at Tangdhar in Kupwara
Kashmir Media Service
Kashmiri women protest in Srinagar as they hold the photographs of their relatives who were sentenced to death by an Indian court
Srinagar, April 27 (KMS): In occupied Kashmir, the activists of the Association of Families of Kashmiri Prisoners and the kin of Lajpat Nagar case convicts staged demonstrations at Lal Chowk in Srinagar against the court verdict.
Carrying placards and banners reading “Release our innocent children”, “Defenders of human rights, come to the rescue of our children”, dozens of activists and the family members of the youth convicted by a Delhi court in Lajpat Nagar false blast case, demanded their immediate release
Kashmir Media Service
“We don’t accept the court verdict. All the people convicted by the court are innocent,” they said. The protesters urged the human rights organizations including the Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch to intervene into the issue.
The AFKP Chairperson, Anjum Zamaruda Habib, deplored that Indian judicial system considered every Kashmiri as a terrorist
Srinagar, April 27 (KMS): In occupied Kashmir, Indian police beat up several journalists, who were performing their professional duties at Lal Chowk in Srinagar.
The incident occurred when the policemen resorted to baton charge to disperse a demonstration. The police personnel abused and attacked a group of journalists who were performing their professional obligations. The scribes included Gowhar Bhat of Greater Kashmir, Syed Muzaffar of Srinagar Times and Suhail Ahmad of SEN Channel.
The journalists said that they were covering a demonstration, when the policemen attacked and beat them up severely without provocation. They added that the police personnel refused to listen to them and also tried to damage the cameras
Kashmir Media Service
The incident occurred when the policemen resorted to baton charge to disperse a demonstration. The police personnel abused and attacked a group of journalists who were performing their professional obligations. The scribes included Gowhar Bhat of Greater Kashmir, Syed Muzaffar of Srinagar Times and Suhail Ahmad of SEN Channel.
The journalists said that they were covering a demonstration, when the policemen attacked and beat them up severely without provocation. They added that the police personnel refused to listen to them and also tried to damage the cameras
Kashmir Media Service
Saturday, 24 Apr, 2010
The protest was sparked by the shooting death of a civilian early Saturday, and wounding of another, who trotted on horseback into an ambush the army had laid for suspected rebels in Kellar, a village about 35 miles (60 kilometers) south of Indian-administered Kashmir’s main city Srinagar, said Shahid Mairaj, the area police chief.
The soldiers fired at the two men after they ignored warnings and tried to run away, Mairaj told The Associated Press.
“It was an accident,” Mairaj said, but added that the army violated standard procedure by not informing local police about the ambush.
In the Saturday protest, thousands of villagers threw rocks and set two vehicles on fire, Mairaj said. Three civilians were injured in the clashes. Soldiers fired warning shots in the air to disperse the protesters who also raised posters with anti-India slogans, he said.
Mohammed Maqbool, a local resident, alleged that the soldiers fired into the protesters, wounding his son and many others. Riaz Ahmed, a doctor at a Srinagar hospital said two people were treated for bullet wounds.
According to an army statement, “A high-level inquiry has been ordered to investigate the incident.” It also said that troops exercised restraint.
Anti-India sentiment runs deep in Indian-administered Kashmir and government forces repeatedly have been accused of targeting civilians during their drive against nearly a dozen rebel groups fighting since 1989 for independence from India, or unification with Pakistan.
Skirmishes between Kashmiris and security forces are common. On April 15, villagers protested the killing of a 70-year-old civilian allegedly by the army in Indian-administered Kashmir.
More than 68,000 people, most of them civilians, have been killed in the uprising and subsequent Indian crackdown.
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Indian policemen scuffle with activists during a demonstration in Srinagar, India – Photo by AP
SRINAGAR: Thousands of villagers, angry over the fatal shooting of a civilian, rallied in the Indian-administered Kashmir on Saturday, burning two army vehicles, officials said.The protest was sparked by the shooting death of a civilian early Saturday, and wounding of another, who trotted on horseback into an ambush the army had laid for suspected rebels in Kellar, a village about 35 miles (60 kilometers) south of Indian-administered Kashmir’s main city Srinagar, said Shahid Mairaj, the area police chief.
The soldiers fired at the two men after they ignored warnings and tried to run away, Mairaj told The Associated Press.
“It was an accident,” Mairaj said, but added that the army violated standard procedure by not informing local police about the ambush.
In the Saturday protest, thousands of villagers threw rocks and set two vehicles on fire, Mairaj said. Three civilians were injured in the clashes. Soldiers fired warning shots in the air to disperse the protesters who also raised posters with anti-India slogans, he said.
Mohammed Maqbool, a local resident, alleged that the soldiers fired into the protesters, wounding his son and many others. Riaz Ahmed, a doctor at a Srinagar hospital said two people were treated for bullet wounds.
According to an army statement, “A high-level inquiry has been ordered to investigate the incident.” It also said that troops exercised restraint.
Anti-India sentiment runs deep in Indian-administered Kashmir and government forces repeatedly have been accused of targeting civilians during their drive against nearly a dozen rebel groups fighting since 1989 for independence from India, or unification with Pakistan.
Skirmishes between Kashmiris and security forces are common. On April 15, villagers protested the killing of a 70-year-old civilian allegedly by the army in Indian-administered Kashmir.
More than 68,000 people, most of them civilians, have been killed in the uprising and subsequent Indian crackdown.
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Sat, 24 Apr 2010 23:37:38 GMT
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| Scores of Kashmiris attend the funeral of a man allegedly shot by Indian troops in Shopian district on April 24, 2010. |
The death of a civilian fuels anti-Indian sentiments in Kashmir, as protests continue against a death sentence handed to two Kashmiri men by a New Delhi court. Thousands of people staged angry demonstrations in Shopian, nearly 50 kilometers from Srinagar, after Indian soldiers opened fire on three civilians who had entered a cordon established near Kellar area early on Saturday, a Press TV correspondent reported.
“This morning at about 4:15 three people walked into the cordon from outside the village, on being challenged they started running away,” Colonel J.S Brar, a public relations officer of the Indian army, told reporters on Saturday.
“When they did not stop, fire was opened on them in which one of the individuals was killed,” he said, adding an inquiry had been launched into the incident.
Four people were also wounded when soldiers fired at the demonstrators, who torched two army vehicles and pelted the troops with rocks.
Meanwhile, Srinagar was the scene of a second day of protests against a death sentence handed to two Kashmiri men, who have been accused of involvement in the1996 bombing, which killed 13 people in a busy marketplace in New Delhi.
Kashmiri protestors shouted slogans against the Indian rule and accused the Indian soldiers of constantly violating human rights in the region.
Police used batons and fired tear gas to disperse the stone-hurling protestors in Srinagar, where street clashes left several people injured.
“This morning at about 4:15 three people walked into the cordon from outside the village, on being challenged they started running away,” Colonel J.S Brar, a public relations officer of the Indian army, told reporters on Saturday.
“When they did not stop, fire was opened on them in which one of the individuals was killed,” he said, adding an inquiry had been launched into the incident.
Four people were also wounded when soldiers fired at the demonstrators, who torched two army vehicles and pelted the troops with rocks.
Meanwhile, Srinagar was the scene of a second day of protests against a death sentence handed to two Kashmiri men, who have been accused of involvement in the1996 bombing, which killed 13 people in a busy marketplace in New Delhi.
Kashmiri protestors shouted slogans against the Indian rule and accused the Indian soldiers of constantly violating human rights in the region.
Police used batons and fired tear gas to disperse the stone-hurling protestors in Srinagar, where street clashes left several people injured.
Press TV
Veteran Kashmiri Hurriyet leader, Syed Ali Gilani, addresses a protest rally in Srinagar.
Srinagar, April 24 (KMS): In occupied Kashmir, Indian troops, in their fresh acts of state terrorism, martyred five more innocent Kashmiri youth at different places. The troops during siege and search operations killed two youth, Tanvir Ahmad and Zubair Ahmad at Gandoh in Doda. Two civilians identified as Gulla Gujar and Ahmed Lone were killed and three others injured in army firings at Keller in Shopian.
The locals told media men that the troopers during patrolling fired at two civilians who had ventured out of their homes, killing both of them on the spot. Hundreds of people raising anti-India slogans held protest demonstrations against the killings in the area.
Meanwhile, Indian army agents killed a proprietor of JK Cable, Ashiq Hussain Khan, 45, when he was coming out of the local mosque after offering Isha prayers at Batapora in Sopore
Kashmir Media Service
Activists of the Joint Association of Kashmiri Affected Families take part in a protest sit-in in Srinagar.
Srinagar, April 23 (KMS):In occupied Kashmir, APHC leader and the Chairperson of Muslim Khawateen Markaz Jammu and Kashmir, Yasmeen Raja, has expressed concern over the condition of Kashmiri detainees, languishing in different jails of the territory.
According to Kashmir Media Service, Yasmeen Raja in a statement issued in Srinagar said that the occupation authorities were depriving the detainees of basic amenities like food and health in the jails. “Indian police interrogate the relatives of the detainees, com to see their beloved ones in the jails,” she added.
She condemned the puppet authorities for arresting the innocent Kashmiri youth without any reason.
Denouncing the illegal detention of pro-liberation leaders and activists, Yasmeen Raja said that Indian troops were committing gross human rights violations with impunity.
Srinagar, April 23 (KMS):In occupied Kashmir, APHC leader and the Chairperson of Muslim Khawateen Markaz Jammu and Kashmir, Yasmeen Raja, has expressed concern over the condition of Kashmiri detainees, languishing in different jails of the territory.
Yasmeen Raja in a statement issued in Srinagar said that the occupation authorities were depriving the detainees of basic amenities like food and health in the jails. “Indian police interrogate the relatives of the detainees, com to see their beloved ones in the jails,” she added.
She condemned the puppet authorities for arresting the innocent Kashmiri youth without any reason.
Denouncing the illegal detention of pro-liberation leaders and activists, Yasmeen Raja said that Indian troops were committing gross human rights violations with impunity
Kashmir Media Service
The memebrs of the Association of the Parents of Disappeared Persons stage a sit-in at Pratap Park in Srinagar to press their demand to know the whereabouts of their near and dear ones.
Employees’ strike enters into 8th day
He pointed out that the inter-district recruitment bill passed by the so-called Legislative Assembly was aimed at fomenting division of people on regional basis.
Hurriyet leader, Muhammad Ashraf Sehrai deplored that Kashmiri political detainees were being deprived of proper food and medical treatment. He was talking to the media in Srinagar after his release from10-month detention.
Meanwhile, the employees remained on strike for the 8th day, today, to protest against the anti-people policies of puppet regime. Their leaders described the recently enacted Essential Services Maintenance Act as against the fundamental rights of the Kashmiri employees. The striking employees in thousands marched from different ends to converge on Lal Chowk in Srinagar. However, Indian police arrested dozens of them and used water cannons to disperse demonstrators.
The Association of the Parents of Disappeared Persons staged a sit-in at Pratap Park in Srinagar to press their demand to know the whereabouts of their near and dear ones.
An Indian trooper was found dead under mysterious circumstances at Lal Post Durga in Le
Kashmir Media Service
Srinagar, April 09 (KMS): In occupied Kashmir, Indian troops, in their fresh act of state terrorism, martyred two more innocent Kashmiri youth at Keran in Kupwara, today.
An Indian trooper was critically injured in an attack in Rajwar area of Handwara. Unidentified assailants killed a head constable of Indian police in Jammu city.
Dead body of a civilian was recovered from Malangam in Bandipore.
On the other hand, forceful anti-India demonstrations were staged in Sopore and Baramulla towns. Several people were injured when Indian police personnel resorted to heavy baton charge and excessive teargas shelling to break up the demonstrations. A 2-day shutdown started, today, in Kashmir Valley to protest against the anti-people policies of the puppet administration. Shops and other commercial establishments are closed in Srinagar and other cities and towns of the Valley.
Despite crackdown against employees and arrest of over 100 of them by the authorities, the ongoing strike by the employees continued for the seventh consecutive day, today. The APHC Chairman, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, addressing a gathering at Jamia Masjid in Srinagar strongly denounced the crackdown and arrest of the employees by the occupation authorities.
Veteran Kashmiri Hurriyet leader, Syed Ali Gilani, in a statement in New Delhi denounced the implicating of Hurriyet leader, Farida Behenji by Indian police in a false case against her.
In Brussels, speakers at the meeting of the All Party Group for Kashmir maintained that Pakistan and India should resume dialogue process and include Kashmir in the agenda. The speakers included, Barrister Abdul Majeed Tramboo, James Elles, Richard Howitt, Chris Davies, Miroslav Mikolasik and Z.U. Khan
Kashmir Media Service
An Indian trooper was critically injured in an attack in Rajwar area of Handwara. Unidentified assailants killed a head constable of Indian police in Jammu city.
Dead body of a civilian was recovered from Malangam in Bandipore.
On the other hand, forceful anti-India demonstrations were staged in Sopore and Baramulla towns. Several people were injured when Indian police personnel resorted to heavy baton charge and excessive teargas shelling to break up the demonstrations. A 2-day shutdown started, today, in Kashmir Valley to protest against the anti-people policies of the puppet administration. Shops and other commercial establishments are closed in Srinagar and other cities and towns of the Valley.
Despite crackdown against employees and arrest of over 100 of them by the authorities, the ongoing strike by the employees continued for the seventh consecutive day, today. The APHC Chairman, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, addressing a gathering at Jamia Masjid in Srinagar strongly denounced the crackdown and arrest of the employees by the occupation authorities.
Veteran Kashmiri Hurriyet leader, Syed Ali Gilani, in a statement in New Delhi denounced the implicating of Hurriyet leader, Farida Behenji by Indian police in a false case against her.
In Brussels, speakers at the meeting of the All Party Group for Kashmir maintained that Pakistan and India should resume dialogue process and include Kashmir in the agenda. The speakers included, Barrister Abdul Majeed Tramboo, James Elles, Richard Howitt, Chris Davies, Miroslav Mikolasik and Z.U. Khan
Kashmir Media Service
Srinagar, April 03 (KMS): In occupied Kashmir, Indian troops, in their fresh acts of stat terrorism, martyred six more innocent Kashmiri youth at two different places.
The troops killed four youth in Dharamsala and Kalakote areas of Rajouri and two at Behma in Reasi during siege and search operations. Earlier, two troopers of 61 and 53 Rashtriya Rifles were killed in an attack in Dharamsala area.
Police arrested one civilian Showkat Ahmad Butt from Putookhah-Baramulla road when he was on his way to Baramulla in a bus.
A trooper of Indian Territorial Army kidnapped and disgraced a young girl in Meindhar.
Meanwhile, three Kashmiri students of B Tech identified as Zuhaib Ashraf (21), Waqr Ali (20) and Mohit Mall (21) were killed in a road accident in Indian city of Mandi Gobindgarh in Fatehgarh Sahib district
Kashmir Media Service
The troops killed four youth in Dharamsala and Kalakote areas of Rajouri and two at Behma in Reasi during siege and search operations. Earlier, two troopers of 61 and 53 Rashtriya Rifles were killed in an attack in Dharamsala area.
Police arrested one civilian Showkat Ahmad Butt from Putookhah-Baramulla road when he was on his way to Baramulla in a bus.
A trooper of Indian Territorial Army kidnapped and disgraced a young girl in Meindhar.
Meanwhile, three Kashmiri students of B Tech identified as Zuhaib Ashraf (21), Waqr Ali (20) and Mohit Mall (21) were killed in a road accident in Indian city of Mandi Gobindgarh in Fatehgarh Sahib district
Kashmir Media Service
Friday, 02 Apr, 2010
Six militants were killed during a fierce gunbattle in Rajouri district on Thursday and another two were killed on Friday in southern Reasi district, a police spokesman said.
In two earlier gunbattles this week in Rajouri three Indian soldiers and five militants were killed.
Meanwhile, suspected militants blew up part of the railway connecting Baramulla town in the north with the southern town of Qazigund on Thursday, the spokesman said.
The track was targeted near Kakapora village, about 40 kilometres (25 miles) south of Srinagar.
“Two to three metres of railway track were damaged by the blast caused by an improvised explosive device (IED),” the spokesman said.
The train service was restored Friday afternoon, he said. It is the first time that rebels have targeted rail traffic in Kashmir.
There were no casualties as trains are not permitted to run beyond 6:00 pm.
The track was inaugurated by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in October 2008.—AFP
An Indian army soldier stands guard as workers repair the embankment of a railway track after a blast in Kakpora. — Reuters
SRINAGAR: Indian troops have shot dead eight suspected militants in revolt-hit Kashmir, police said Friday, as rebels blew up train tracks in the first attack on the region’s railway.Six militants were killed during a fierce gunbattle in Rajouri district on Thursday and another two were killed on Friday in southern Reasi district, a police spokesman said.
In two earlier gunbattles this week in Rajouri three Indian soldiers and five militants were killed.
Meanwhile, suspected militants blew up part of the railway connecting Baramulla town in the north with the southern town of Qazigund on Thursday, the spokesman said.
The track was targeted near Kakapora village, about 40 kilometres (25 miles) south of Srinagar.
“Two to three metres of railway track were damaged by the blast caused by an improvised explosive device (IED),” the spokesman said.
The train service was restored Friday afternoon, he said. It is the first time that rebels have targeted rail traffic in Kashmir.
There were no casualties as trains are not permitted to run beyond 6:00 pm.
The track was inaugurated by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in October 2008.—AFP
Srinagar, April 02 (KMS): In occupied Kashmir, Indian troops, in their continued acts of state terrorism martyred sixteen innocent Kashmiri youth in Rajouri district during the last three days.
The troops shot dead the youth at different places in Kalakote area of the district. The siege and search operations in the area were continuing till last reports came in.
On the other hand, forceful anti-India demonstrations were staged in Baramulla, Yaripora and Wadwan areas. Addressing the demonstrators, Hurriyet leaders reiterated the pledge to take the struggle for right to self-determination to its logical end. Complete shutdown was observed in Kupwara district against the anti-people policies of the puppet administration.
A police spokesman in a statement issued in Jammu admitted that Indian troops molested 51 women in the occupied territory during a period of six years between November 2002 and July 2008.
Meanwhile, railway track was damaged in a bomb blast at Galbug in Pulwama resulting in suspension of rail service linking South Kashmir with North Kashmir
Kashmir Media Service
The troops shot dead the youth at different places in Kalakote area of the district. The siege and search operations in the area were continuing till last reports came in.
On the other hand, forceful anti-India demonstrations were staged in Baramulla, Yaripora and Wadwan areas. Addressing the demonstrators, Hurriyet leaders reiterated the pledge to take the struggle for right to self-determination to its logical end. Complete shutdown was observed in Kupwara district against the anti-people policies of the puppet administration.
A police spokesman in a statement issued in Jammu admitted that Indian troops molested 51 women in the occupied territory during a period of six years between November 2002 and July 2008.
Meanwhile, railway track was damaged in a bomb blast at Galbug in Pulwama resulting in suspension of rail service linking South Kashmir with North Kashmir
Kashmir Media Service
APHC Chairman, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq leads the funeral prayers for his mother-in-law at Rawalpora in Srinagar. She passed away after prolonged illness.
Martyrdom anniversary of Dr Guru observed
According to the data, compiled by the Research Section of Kashmir Media Service, during their siege and search operations, the troops arrested 46 civilians, injured 97 people and destroyed 9 residential houses.
5 women were molested by the troops during the month.
On the other hand, a report published by the United Nations International Children Emergency Fund said that at least one-lakh Kashmiri children were living in miserable conditions who had been orphaned for the last two decades in the occupied territory.
Meanwhile Indian troops today martyred one more Kashmiri youth in Baghla area of Rajori district.
In Srinagar, the Sikh community staged a protest demanding a fresh probe into the Chitisinghpura massacre in which 35 Sikhs were killed by Indian army agents on March 20, 2000. The incident occurred when the then United States President, Bill Clinton was on a visit to India.
To observe the 17th martyrdom anniversary of renowned Kashmiri heart surgeon, Dr Abdul Ahad Guru, a blood bank was set up at Abiguzar in Srinagar, today. Speakers on the occasion said that Guru’s sacrifices for the liberation movement would always be remembered. On the occasion, the JKLF (R) held a function in Srinagar.
The Chairman of Kashmir Centre European Union, Barrister Abdul Majeed Tramboo addressing a ceremony in Brussels reaffirmed Kashmiris’ resolve to continue the martyrs’ mission at all costs..
And a large number of people met with the APHC Chairman, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq in Srinagar, today, to condole the death of his mother-in-law. Those who issued condolence messages included Syed Agha Hassan Al-Moosvi, Ghulam Ahmed Mir, Yasmeen Raja, Muhammad Abdullah Tari, Mukhtar Ahmad Waza and Tehreek-e-Hurriyet Jammu and Kashmir
Kashmir Media Service
Concern expressed over detainees’ plight
On the other hand, the Jamaat-e-Islami of occupied Kashmir in a statement issued in Srinagar expressed concern over the worsening condition of Kashmiri detainees in different jails of the territory due to the non-availability of the basic facilities to them.
The Executive Director of Kashmir Centre London, Professor Nazir Ahmed Shawl met Paul Rowen, Member of British Parliament and Secretary General of All Parties Parliamentary Group on Kashmir, and apprised him of The latest situation in occupied Kashmir.
In Srinagar, a meeting was held at the Hurriyet headquarters to express grief and sorrow over the death of the mother-in-law of the APHC Chairman, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq. Awami Action Committee and the APHC-AJK Convenor, Mehmood Ahmed Saghar in their separate statements also expressed condolence.
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Kashmir Media Service
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