A Catalogue of Indian Atrocities in Kashmir - Islamic Truth

Unjustified Killings in Kashmir
KILLINGS
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Unjustified Killings in Kashmir
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.
It is common practice for the paramilitary
forces to walk into a quiet village/town and
start shooting indiscriminately, killing
innocent and unarmed civilians - all under
the pretence of crack-down operations
against the Freedom-Fighters. In most cases,
innocent civilians are killed, women
gang-raped and properties set on fire.
Below is a brief catalogue of the unjustified killings by the Indian troops in Kashmir.
This catalogue is by no means complete as thousands of killings go un-noticed and
undocumented. The list given below was compiled painstakingly by various Kashmiri
Human-rights activists, with great risks to their personal lives.
Contents
Click on a section or click the arrow below to navigate through all the cases
1. April - June 1994 2. January - March 1994
3. December 1993 4. September - November 1993
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