Srinagar, September 11: In disputed state of Jammu and Kashmir, Indian authorities battling to control anti-India protests in the Kashmir Valley, are now threatening to prosecute Kashmiris using Facebook and other sites to spread images and ideas that portray the atrocities on innocent people and human rights violations by the troops in the territory.
Local human rights groups told mediamen that several Kashmiri Facebook users had received phone calls from the police asking about their activities and ordering them to report to the police station. “As a result, many Kashmiris are now deactivating their Facebook accounts and re-registering under false names,” they said.
Human rights activist and co-ordinator of the Jammu and Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society, Khurram Parvez said, such is the intimidation that the authorities are monitoring whosoever writes what.
A person, who asked not to be identified, said that he received phone calls from the police after he uploaded a clip of two teenagers bleeding to death after being shot by the police in Islamabad. “Indian media never shows such pictures,” he said, adding, “There was no mischievous intent on my part. People here already know everything. I wanted the outside world to see.” (Writer-South Asia)
Local human rights groups told mediamen that several Kashmiri Facebook users had received phone calls from the police asking about their activities and ordering them to report to the police station. “As a result, many Kashmiris are now deactivating their Facebook accounts and re-registering under false names,” they said.
Human rights activist and co-ordinator of the Jammu and Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society, Khurram Parvez said, such is the intimidation that the authorities are monitoring whosoever writes what.
A person, who asked not to be identified, said that he received phone calls from the police after he uploaded a clip of two teenagers bleeding to death after being shot by the police in Islamabad. “Indian media never shows such pictures,” he said, adding, “There was no mischievous intent on my part. People here already know everything. I wanted the outside world to see.” (Writer-South Asia)
