The US called on India to free detainees, restore rights in Jammu Kashmir
“We continue to be very concerned by reports of detentions, and continued restrictions on the residents of the region,” a senior State Department official told reporters.
“We continue to be very concerned by reports of detentions, and continued restrictions on the residents of the region,” a senior State Department official told reporters.
Sitting outside the police station alongside Rah on Tuesday were dozens of other locals who said their relatives were also in custody – among them 21 boys from the most recent night raid.
The occupation authorities continue to maintain strict curfew with the deployment of thousands of Indian troops in every nook and corner of the Kashmir valley, turning it into a military garrison and big concentration camp.
On January 1, 1949, a ceasefire was agreed, with main central territory under Indian control and what’s left with Pakistan.
In addition, the continuing human rights violations and long terms imprisonments of the political activists in Gilgit-Baltistan under Pakistani administered part of the Jammu Kashmir state are also fuelling the catastrophe being created by the Government of India.
Although after the inception of armed insurgency and counterinsurgency in Kashmir in 1989 my parents were confronted with an uncertain future, in which the political fate of Kashmir was unknowable, they sustained their ideals through those difficult times.
Thousands of people have been detained in Kashmir over fears of outbreaks of unrest after the BJP government stripped of the special status to the State two weeks ago, government sources told AFP.
“Our neighbour is knocking on the doors of the international community saying India made a mistake. Talks with Pakistan will be held only if it stops supporting terror,” he categorically said.
After Friday prayers hundreds of Kashmiri based Seminary Students organised a massive rally in the Iranian city of Qom to protest against the scrapping of a constitutional provision that granted special status to Indian-administered Kashmir.
This freedom was not possible without the hardships of forefathers of Indian soil and its because of all those sacrifices today, Indian Citizens can enjoy the freedom and breathe fresh air without any occupation.