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Note now Tinu is talking about Kashmir. A subtle shift from UP which is what SS was talkiing about in his previous article.
The report, by India’s government-appointed State Human Rights Commission, marked the first official acknowledgment of the presence of mass graves. More significantly, the report found that civilians, potentially the victims of extrajudicial killings, may be buried at some of the sites.
The inquiry, the result of three years of investigative work by senior police officers working for the Jammu and Kashmir State Human Rights Commission, brings the first official acknowledgment that civilians might have been buried in mass graves in Kashmir, a region claimed by both India and Pakistan where insurgents waged a bloody battle for independence in the early 1990s.
The inquiry, the result of three years of investigative work by senior police officers working for the Jammu and Kashmir State Human Rights Commission, brings the first official acknowledgment that civilians might have been buried in mass graves in Kashmir, a region claimed by both India and Pakistan where insurgents waged a bloody battle for independence in the early 1990s.
From the op-ed.
Had the graves been found under Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi’s compound in Libya or in the rubble of Homs in Syria, there surely would have been an uproar.
From the op-ed
The Indian government has long been intransigent on the issue of Kashmir — preferring to blame Pakistan for fomenting violence rather than address Kashmiris’ legitimate aspirations for freedom or honor its own promises to resolve the issue according to the wishes of Kashmiri people and investigate the crimes of its army.
From the report
Tens of thousands of people died in the insurgency, which began in 1989 and was partly fueled by weapons, cash and training from Pakistan.
Form the report
Zahoor Wani, an activist who works with the families of people who disappeared during the insurgency, said that the report was a welcome first step but that the government must identify the dead and allow families to bury their relatives.
“It is a very good thing that they acknowledge it,” Mr. Wani said. “These families have been living in a hope to see these people again.
“It is a very good thing that they acknowledge it,” Mr. Wani said. “These families have been living in a hope to see these people again.
From the op-ed
And almost a year after the human rights commission issued its report on mass graves, the Indian state continues to remain indifferent to evidence of possible crimes against humanity. As a believer in a moral universe, I expected better. But it is an all too familiar pattern.
Let me tell you that all Indians would dearly love that things move faster in our country.
From the op-ed
It took nearly 12 years — primarily because of the Indian government’s refusal to prosecute those involved in the murders — to reach the Supreme Court of India. On May 1, in a widely criticized decision, the court left it to the army to decide how to proceed, and the army has opted for a court-martial rather than a transparent civilian trial. In the eyes of Pervez Imroz, a Kashmiri lawyer and civil rights activist, the court’s decision “further emboldens the security forces” and strengthens “a process that has appeared to never favor the victims.”
Also if India screwed up, there would be a civil war raging there not a much calmer atmosphere as prevails currently. I had family visit Kashmir last summer, the only summer out of a number of previous ones where there were no stone throwing incidents !! It was calm.
I could go on but i think my point is made. Tinu now do you know the difference between op-ed & report ? Op-ed has some slant, good report usually gives both sides and is more balanced.
Well, it looks like the Kashmir baiting season has begun. A bit earlier than i expected but here we go.
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