THE KILLING SPREE CONTINUES…..
by Nusrat Ara | July 1, 2010 at 1:43 AM
Dear all I wrote this yesteday but was unable to post it due to bad connectivity.
As I sit at home wondering how much more blood will be shed today, all Kashmir in a state of mourning and protest except of course the government and the killers read security forces. The head of the state gave a Press Conference last evening. As I gaped at the shameless man my mom was aghast. He asked people to stay indoors or else…. The police have to maintain curfew anyhow. “Is this an appeal or a threat” my mom shouted. I replied that it was a simple pure and plain threat. Stay at home or else you will be killed most probably for no fault of yours. It doesn’t matter if you have come out to get milk for your months old baby, it doesn’t matter if you are out there to get medicine for the ill.
And you can’t think of protesting against the killings of innocents even peacefully. You will receive a bullet.
That is what the three teenagers got to know yesterday. They were dragged out of their homes, assembled in a compound and shot to death. 3 died, 1 is critical and many more are injured. All of them received bullets in head, chest, and necks. Meaning it was shooting to kill. Read more about it.
http://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/2010/Jun/30/3-teenagers-killed-in-isl...
http://www.risingkashmir.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2...
6 people have been killed in the last three days and 11 in less than three weeks during demonstrations against the killing of Kashmiris by Indian forces which began with the death of a schoolboy on June 11.
Another little boy of 13 was cortically injured by security forces without any provocation when he was at a tea stall where he worked.
Read the story of the guy who was killed a day before these killings. He came out to search for his mentally unfit brother and was killed at a stone’s throw from his house.
http://www.risingkashmir.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2...
Kashmir, where no household has been left untouched by conflict or human rights violations over the two decades, how does one expect the people to behave in such circumstances? It is normal to come out in protest, even after knowing well that the government will push the responsibility on us.
Who is the Indian security force protecting on the street? It isn’t the people of Kashmir. So why is this foreigner roaming the streets of my land. He is trying to protect himself but why on our land where he is unwanted and unwelcomed. He is here to kill the people and to keep a hold on the land. It’s about occupation.
Their brutality is such that they have not even spared the ambulances carrying the dead. They fired after searching and frisking the staff. Read more
http://www.risingkashmir.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2...
While the restriction on news transmissions of various local TV channels entered third day on Tuesday, New Delhi has asked all private and government telecom operators to block Short Messaging Service (SMS) services in Kashmir valley from June 29.
http://www.risingkashmir.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2...
http://www.greaterkashmir.com/news/2010/Jun/30/they-left-families-shatte...
Tina had told me that she doesn’t know much about the Kashmir and I could tell same about others from the comments. For Tina and all those who want to know about Kashmir. This the link to a Time article dated: Feb. 04, 1957
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,723783-1,00.html
There was curfew or restictions in most parts of Kashmir. Plenty who were caught on streets, young old,without asking the resaon for coming out were beaten to pulp.
As the whole international community is maintaining criminal silence I wonder if my readers/friends at Pulsewire will be fatigued to read about the violence daily.
Comments
unabated state violence
Dear Nusrat,
there is unabated state violence not only in Kashmir but in many other parts of our country. However, the situation in Kashmir is probably the worst because of the much heavier deployment of security forces. It is sad that this is happening in a democratic country like ours but as you well know democracy here is badly flawed.
Subhadra Khaperde
India
Dear Subhadra, Though it is
Dear Subhadra,
Though it is true that there is voilence in certain parts of India yet one cannot equate it with the problem of Kashmir. I have posted a link to an article of Time magazine published 1957 Do read it. People of India as well as the whole world know so little about Kashmir.
There should be no injustice done, anywhere in world.
Regards
Nusrat
Violence continues
Nusrat,
I sense your frustration in what may be perceived as the apathy of the community and world at large over Kashmir. I personally find it difficult to read about all the violence as it seems there is little we can do. But this is where I feel you can use your voice to effect change. I think it is so important that you share with us the situation in Kashmir but like Tina, many do not know the history of the violence and more importantly, what can be done.
As a World Pulse citizen journalist, it would be helpful if you could offer some actions that we can take to support the Kashmiris. Are there international petitions we can sign? Are there human rights groups and/or NGOs working in Kashmir that we can support?
I read a recent article by a student at the London School of Economics, UK and a resident of Jammu and Kashmir, India. He wondered if mapping incidents of violence and peace efforts throughout the region could help communicate the severity of the problem. Could it also be used deter the violence and manage relief efforts?
The benefits range from timely crisis response to efficient information flow. Additionally, it can be used to develop early warning systems and to chronicle the crisis, and identify patterns of the terrorist attacks. These benefits of the crisis response system have been realized in Haiti, Gaza War etc. through the use of Ushahidi—the crisis monitoring tool developed in response to Kenya's early-2008 post-election violence. You can read about the Founder of Ushahidi and how it was deployed in eastern Congo to document post-election violence at:
http://www.worldpulse.com/magazine/spotlights/ushahidi-deploys-in-drc
The citizen reporting and networking tool allows anyone to send field reports via mobile phone, web, or email to a web-based platform, which then maps incidents conflict. This form of crisis response system then allows citizens and humanitarians to visualize the conflict in Kashmir, that is only getting worse.
You can read Ankit Sharma's thoughts about crisis monitoring at:
http://www.chaordix.com/blog/2010/04/19/can-a-crowdsourcing-crisis-respo...
You can also learn about Ushahidi at:
http://www.ushahidi.com/
Ushahidi is free, open source and may be one way Kashmiris can spread the word about the violence.
With best wishes,
Janice
Dear Janice, Thanks for all
Dear Janice,
Thanks for all the help.
I checked Ankit's post. I don't agree with him. I wonder how many yeras he ahd lived in Kashmir. I assure you it won't be much. The problem we are dealing with is no terror attcaks. The armed insurgency that started two decades ago has turned non-violent today. The Indian army has admitted recently that there are only 500 militants in the state, a state where there are 5,00,000 Indain troops apart from those at the border. Some say that makes it 1 solider per every 5 civilains. What we are talking here about the atrocities done to the common man. What we are talking about is how peaceful protests are handle. How a stone gets a bullet in return. How a solider can kill a person on mere suspicion ( he doesn't need to prove that) and get away with it. He won't be prosecuted or taken to court thanks to the Armed Forces Secuity Act which gives him immunity from all.
The tool might be useful but not as Ankit has suggested He is far away from ground realities. I will try to check it out.
A friends status message in fb I would like to share
"Peoples protest is not the provocation, which is the atrocious presence of over-whelming and hostile troops, but a practically civil response to it................. "
Nusrat
Dear all
I ask everyone to read a bit about Kashmir. Start with the link of TIME magazine given above.
Nusrat
DO
I will do what ever is humanly possible to bring peace to Kashmir, just send a private message to me whenever you are ready..
With you in this...
In Solidarity
Olutosin Oladosu Adebowale (Take Back The Tray)
Founder/Coordinator
Stop The Abuse of Rights
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Thanks dear. just update
Thanks dear. just update yourself about Kashmir and yes read all the above links :))
Nusrat