[wvns] Soldiers paraded naked by angry Kashmiris
Soldiers paraded naked by angry Kashmiris
Gulf News
27.06.07
http://www.dawn.com/2007/06/27/nat10.htm
Srinagar, Kashmir: Hundreds of angry Kashmiri villagers paraded two
Indian soldiers naked through the streets after they were "caught
trying to rape" a 17-year-old girl, witnesses and newspaper reports
said on Wednesday.Police said they were investigating the incident
which took place late on Tuesday in Kunan, a village north of
Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian-occupied Jammu & Kashmir.
"Two army men in civil dress entered our house in the afternoon
demanding food and shelter. They asked my mother to leave and tried to
rape me," the girl was reported as saying."I resisted and screamed
until my neighbours rescued me," she said, according to the Greater
Kashmir daily. Mohammad Usman, a witness, told Reuters by phone that
furious villagers had beaten up the soldiers, stripped them, shaved
their heads and paraded them through the village market."Police fired
in the air to disperse the protesters and rescued the two soldiers,"
said a local police officer, who asked not to be identified.---
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State terrorism in Kashmir must end for promoting peace
ISLAMABAD, (Dawn): 27.06.07: Speakers at a seminar on Tuesday stressed
the end to state terrorism in Indian Occupied Kashmir was a necessary
to carry forward the ongoing peace process and for paving the way for
a final settlement of the longstanding Jammu and Kashmir dispute.
Speakers at a seminar on `Indian Torture in Indian occupied Jammu and
Kashmir,' organized by the All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) to
mark the International Day in Support of Torture Victims, urged India
to withdraw its occupation troops from Kashmir and repeal all
draconian laws to create a conducive atmosphere for talks, aimed at
finding a solution to the Kashmir issue.
The federal minister for Kashmir Affairs and Northern Areas Maj
(retired) Tahir Iqbal said demilitarisation of Kashmir and end of
state terrorism was a must for the resolution of the Kashmir problem.
He said the international community had failed to realize that the
Indian army was virtually controlling all the civilian administration
in Jammu and Kashmir, and enjoyed the legal, moral and political
impunity under the special legislation called Armed Forces (Special)
Powers Act (AFSPA). He said Kashmiri Muslims were facing mental
physical and psychological torture but the International community's
response had been unfair and limited, as human rights organizations
and media were being declined access to the Indian-held Kashmir due to
which only "selected truth" was coming forth.
He said the number of people affected psychologically by the
atrocities had risen markedly. He said according to a recent survey,
63,000 victims registered at the Psychiatric Hospital in Srinagar last
year as compared to 1,500 in 1989. The Kashmir Affairs minister said
militarisation was being further intensified and Doctrine for
Sub-conventional Operations was being implemented since Dec 31, 2006
aimed at breaking the will of the people and dealing harshly even with
sympathisers of the political movement.
He said Muslims were being subjected to unjust behaviour all over the
world and one of the main reasons behind this was the lack of unity
among Muslims. "(The) Ummah should unite and show solidarity for
neutralising the anti-Muslim forces and countering the double
standards being used against Muslims," he remarked. He said that
better linkages with international human rights and media
organizations were needed for nurturing support for Kashmir freedom
initiative. The minister said ethnicity and mutual disagreement
prevails even in the Kashmiri Diaspora in Europe and other countries
due to which their efforts for lobbying fail to produce tangible
results. He said the people and the government of Pakistan were
committed to support the Kashmiris and no force can deter them away.
He urged the UN to ensure that its resolutions were not violated in
any part of the world. Speaking at the occasion, Sheikh Tajmal Islam,
head of Kashmir Media Service stated that international fairplay,
justice and equity were missing and a selective approach was being
adopted due to which UN resolutions had become ineffective. Other
speakers included Sardar Amjad Yousaf of the Kashmir Institute of
International Relations, Yousaf Nasim, Prof Muhammad Ashraf Saraf and
others. Nasim Yousaf, convener of the APHC (AJK Chapter) said that the
eyes of Kashmiris were fixed towards the peace process between India
and Pakistan, with the hope of a peaceful resolution in the near
future according to the desires of Kashmiris.
A resolution was passed at the conclusion, which appealed to the
international community for playing its role in curbing terrorism and
removing "black laws." It further requested for the release of
Kashmiri people illegal confinement and asked India to appreciate and
reciprocate Gen Musharraf's peace proposal.
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