Since 1989, an estimated 40,000 Kashmiris have been killed by the Indian forces stationed in Kashmir. For the last five years the people of the State have intensified their efforts in order to invite the attention of the world community towards the “Kashmir Dispute”, though the people of the State had been fighting for their just cause peacefully for the last forty eight years. Indian Government throughout these four decades has been suppressing the people by illegal use of force, putting them into the jails/ Interrogation centres etc. under draconian laws. Whenever any person demanded holding of ” Plebiscite”, he has been put behind the bars.
The Indian Forces, stationed in Kashmir, have been given a free hand to kill any person they choose. These powers have been given to them under the draconian laws like “Disturbed Areas Act of 1990” and “Indian Armed Forces Act of 1990”. Indifference shown by world community to the miseries of people, have encouraged and given a free hand to armed forces, to deal with the people, as they like. In October 1992, the Indian Armed forces started to intensify the killing of people immediately after their arrest. These operations have been carried out under the code name of “Operation Tiger”, “Operation Eagle” and “Operation Shiva”. Now the armed forces have resorted to another policy of “Catch and Kill” which means that no sooner a person is taken into custody, within minutes he is brutally tortured and killed . The dead body is then thrown into the street. In other cases, innocent civilians are arrested and taken to border areas where they are shot. The Indian government then publicises that these people were militants killed in armed encounters with the troops.
Indeed India have violated human rights on many occasion,but Pakistan’s responsabily in this is much bigger,as i already explained why in my comments on the article “What is the Use of Indian Aid??”Plebiscite will be done only when Pk army retire their troops from “Azad Kahsmir” as tht’s wht even the Un demands…………
Mr Yasir Imran it really doesnt help to show only one side of the equation.
Pak-army is not moving their soldiers from Azad Kashmir, Is that gives a licence to Kill thousands of civilians?
40 k ? It is very small quantity ? India has done worst than that. That’s the reason Indian soldiers are now committing suicide in Kashmir vally. No body want to stay in Kashmir , it is bloody govt who is forcing them to do violence.
Yes, unfortunatly the number is atleast 70 000
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