More killed in Occupied Kashmir shooting
Wednesday, August 27, 2008 at 10:18 pm
Indian troops’ firing killed three citizens and two freedom fighters in fresh fights in Occupied Kashmir on Wednesday.
The Kashmiri leaders have demanded release of the detained leaders of All Parties Hurriyat Conference.
Two freedom fighters were killed in a fight in Chinnor area here while police firing killed three civilians.
The curfew in place in the Occupied Kashmir for the last three days was relaxed today for a few hours in Jammu but no relaxation was allowed in curfew in Srinagar.
The Kashmiri leaders have appealed to the Indian government to immediately lift the curfew in Srinagar and other cities and release what they called the illegally detained leaders including Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, Yasin Malik, Syed Ali Gilani and other APHC leaders and workers.
Five people killed in held Kashmir
Wednesday, August 27, 2008 at 9:18 pm
SRINAGAR: Suspected militants killed five people, including two soldiers, on Wednesday in held Kashmir, police said.
The attackers, wearing camouflage dress, opened fire on an army post in the outskirts of Jammu.
“The attack killed five people and injured several others,” a police spokesman said.
“The Indian army, backed by police and paramilitary forces, has launched a major operation to eliminate these militants,” he said.
Curfew Relaxed In Phases In Kashmir
Wednesday, August 27, 2008 at 10:48 am
SRINAGAR: Authorities on Wednesday decided to relax curfew in phases across the Kashmir valley to enable people to buy essential items like food and medicines.
An indefinite curfew had been imposed in all the 10 districts of the valley since 4 am on Sunday.
“Orders for phased of curfew have been issued to all the district magistrates of the valley. The decision was taken Tuesday evening at a high level meet chaired by Governor N N Vohra,” a government official told.
“The district magistrates will decide the timing for curfew relaxation in consultation with the security forces in order to ensure that the people can move about without any hindrance during the relaxation period,” the official added.
Reports reaching in the valley from district headquarters said vehicles fitted with loudspeakers were making announcements about the timings and duration of the relaxation periods.
Asked whether the proposed curfew relaxation in various localities of Srinagar would be extended beyond the announced period, a police officer said: “It depends upon the law and order situation in the area during the curfew relaxation period.”
The curfew had been imposed to thwart Monday’s proposed separatist march to Lal Chowk, the city centre of the state’s summer capital Srinagar.
Separatist leaders Syed Ali Geelani and Mirwaiz Umer Farooq were arrested late Sunday, while Muhammad Yasin Malik, chairman of the pro-freedom Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), was arrested on Monday to prevent their participation in the separatist march. The three are still in police custody.
Official sources told that no decision had yet been taken about their release.
International Federation Of Journalists Condemns Attacks On Media In Held Kashmir
Wednesday, August 27, 2008 at 10:45 am
NEW YORK: The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) is disturbed by reports of the media being directly targeted in an intensifying security crackdown in held Kashmir.
Newspapers in Srinagar, the capital of Jammu and Kashmir, failed to print for two consecutive days on account of severe restrictions on the movement of journalists and other media employees. Security agencies have compelled local cable news channels to suspend broadcasts or to air only entertainment programs.
Fifteen journalists and media workers were reported injured on August 24 in targeted attacks by personnel of the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), a paramilitary force controlled by the Indian Union Government and deployed in Srinagar since 2005.
The injured include journalists from India’s two main news agencies, the Press Trust of India and the United News of India, who had been trying to go to their workplaces.
“The IFJ calls upon the authorities and the security agencies in Kashmir to honour the well-established convention that media accreditation cards are considered good for passage through curfew-bound areas,” IFJ Asia-Pacific said.
The IFJ also demands that cable news channels in Kashmir be allowed to air their programs without hindrance, subject only to the condition that they conform to programming codes and guidelines in force in other parts of India.
Kashmiris Wont Suppressed By Killings, Arrests: Abbas Ansari
Monday, August 25, 2008 at 6:38 pm
SRINAGAR: Leader of Hurriyat Conference Maulvi Abbas Ansari said that Hurriyat Conference is strongly condemned the arrest of leaders in held Kashmir.
Talking to Geo News, Ansari said that arrests are not the solution of Kashmir issue and meaningful dialogue must be carried out for this purpose.
He said that Kashmiris leadership should be involved in Pak-India dialogue process to resolve the issue.
Kahsmiris would not be suppressed by killings, arrests and violence and they should be taken into confidence for the solution of Kashmir issue, Ansari added.
Kashmiris not suppressed by killings, arrests: Maulvi Abbas
Monday, August 25, 2008 at 4:07 pm
Kashmiris not suppressed by killings, arrests: Leader of Hurriyat Conference Maulvi Abbas
SRINAGAR: Leader of Hurriyat Conference Maulvi Abbas Ansari said that Hurriyat Conference is strongly condemned the arrest of leaders in held Kashmir.
Talking to Geo News, Ansari said that arrests are not the solution of Kashmir issue and meaningful dialogue must be carried out for this purpose.
He said that Kashmiris leadership should be involved in Pak-India dialogue process to resolve the issue.
Kahsmiris would not be suppressed by killings, arrests and violence and they should be taken into confidence for the solution of Kashmir issue, Ansari added.
20 Kashmiri Injured In Indian Firing, Gilani Receives Heart Attack
Monday, August 25, 2008 at 10:49 am
SRINAGAR: At least 20 people were injured when Indian forces opened fires on peaceful protest against arrests of Hurriat leaders in Indian held Kashmir today.
Indian security forces detained Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Syed Ali Gilani and Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) Chairman Yasin Malik were detained ahead of their address to rally and enforced a strict curfew for a second day.
The Hurriat leaders had planned to address the rally today at 10am at Lal roundabout. However, they were arrested ahead of rally.
According to media reports, Indian forces raided houses of Shabir Shah, Yasin Malik and Naeem Ahmed and other leaders but they could not be arrested.
On the other hand, Indian forces attacked the peaceful protesters who were gathered to protest the arrests of Kashmiri leaders.
According to initial reports reaching here, at least 20 protestors were injured in firing while Indian forces had entered into Kashmir Medical Institute.
Kashmiri leader, Yasin Malik, ahead of his arrest said that India will have to give the Kashmiri freedom one day.
Al-Amr Mujahideen spokesman told Geo News that Syed Ali Gilani had received a heart attack at 9:30 and his health was deteriorating.
Spokesman further said that Syed Ali Gilani was not being offered medical treatment. “If something happened to Ali Gilani, Indian Prime Minister Mam Mohan Singh will have to pay the penalty, he warned.
Meanwhile, PPP Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardari has condemned the arrests of Hurriat leaders.
Indian forces enforce curfew in tense Occupied Kashmir
Sunday, August 24, 2008 at 6:38 pm
SRINAGAR: Indian security forces enforced a strict curfew in Occupied Kashmir on Sunday, a day ahead of a major rally planned by separatists who oppose Indian rule in the Muslim-majority region.
Separatists have held a series of large demonstrations over the past two weeks, reviving calls for independence in the Kashmir valley.
They plan to hold a high-profile rally on Monday in Lal Chowk, or Red Square, in the historic centre of Srinagar.
The site is where India’s first prime minister Jawahar Lal Nehru promised crowds in 1948 that New Delhi would give Kashmiris the right to self-determination through a referendum — a pledge that has not been upheld.
“Curfew is in force. Please don’t come out of your homes,” policemen announced through loudspeakers fitted onto police vehicles in Srinagar.
The curfew also covered other Muslim-dominated towns of Kashmir, a police statement said.
Armed security personnel patrolled the empty streets of Srinagar.
“The curfew has been imposed to pre-empt the rally,” a police officer said.
Thousands Kashmiri March For Freedom
Saturday, August 23, 2008 at 8:09 am
OCCUPIED SRINAGAR :Hundreds of thousands of people massed in Indian occupied Kashmir (IoK) on Friday in demand of ‘azadi’ or freedom and protest against New Delhi’s rule in the second major demonstration this week.
“The rally is to show to the world that we are against IoK,” said separatist leader Shabir Shah, who has spent more than 20 years in Indian jails.
Protesters began marching from early morning toward the site of the rally, the “Martyrs’ Cemetery” where many of those killed in the nearly two-decade-old revolt against New Delhi’s rule are buried.
The demonstrators, carrying black and green flags symbolising Islam and mourning, shouted “azadi.” Many banners had “Allahu Akbar” (”God is greater”) written in white Arabic letters.
The huge turnout showed that Kashmiris “want to exercise their inalienable right to self-determination” through a referendum, moderate separatist Mirwaiz Umar Farooq said.
India says decades-old UN resolutions calling for such a vote are “obsolete.”
Speaking to a sea of people, Farooq called upon New Delhi to free all “political detainees” and repeal “draconian” laws that give sweeping powers to Indian troops battling the insurgency in Kashmir.
It was the second show of strength by separatists this week in Kashmir, which is claimed by India and Pakistan.
Police estimated the crowd at more than 200,000 while separatists said it was at least double that number.
The separatists called for a complete shutdown of shops, schools and businesses for three more days starting Saturday and the staging of a silent protest in Lal Chowk, the city centre, on Monday.
On Monday, hundreds of thousands of Muslims took to the streets of Srinagar to demand that the United Nations recognise the Himalayan region’s right to self-determination.
Security was tight for Friday’s rally in Srinagar and ended peacefully.
One young protester died when he touched a high-tension electric wire as he was travelling atop a bus to the rally.
“Security forces have been deployed in strength across Srinagar to maintain law and order,” said police officer Pervez Ahmed.
People from other towns and villages arrived in cars, jeeps, buses and trucks with those on board chanting, “We want freedom.”
Kashmir Bus Service To Resume Today
Thursday, August 21, 2008 at 10:15 am
SRINAGAR: The Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus service has again started on Thursday with four buses leaving for Muzaffarabad.
According to Indian media reports, bus service was originally scheduled to begin on August 14 but postpone due to martyrdom of Hurriyat leader Shaikh Abdul Aziz and other 22 Kashmiris by Indian security forces.
The Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus, which runs a distance of 170 kms, was officially launched on April seven, 2005.
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