Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Kashmir needs direct UN focus: M. Farooq Rehmani
Farooq Rehmani in a statement condemned in strong words killing of youth in the northern area of Kashmir, crack down on peaceful political demonstrators, undeclared curfew in parts of the territory and large scale arrests of Hurriyat leaders and workers in Srinagar.
He deplored that the United Nations and its Council for Human Rights were indifferent to the situation in Jammu and Kashmir, where people were being treated like sheep and goats. He said that the threat to life of people was increasing day by day, so it was the duty of the world body to call an emergency session of the General Assembly, make India answerable before it and force her to abolish inhuman laws in the region and follow the International Human Rights Laws in Kashmir.
Muhammad Farooq Rehmani warned that if the UN did not come forward to rescue the Kashmiris, India would get emboldened and no bilateral talks or the so called peace diplomacy would save the region from disaster. »
India using IHK for military experiments: IPT
Convener of IPT, Angana Chatterji, while addressing media persons, said that Kashmir was a laboratory of violent experiments conducted by Indian military and armed forces had got increasingly powerful in the territory.
She said that the occupation authorities, in collaboration with Hindu nationalists, were promoting militarised Hindu nationalism and vowed to externalise the recent spate of innocent killings in the occupied territory.
The IPT demanded of the international community to be accountable towards the gruesome situation in the Valley.
Speaking on the occasion, founder of Jammu and Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society (JKCCS), Parvez Imroz said the occupation authorities had no feeling of accountability. “The massive repression is highly condemnable,” he added.
Urging the international community to intervene, Imroz said that the US, European Union and other nations should help resolve the Kashmir dispute, as its amicable settlement was imperative for peace and stability of the region.
The Tribunal also condemned the presence of armed forces in educational institutions, hospitals, shopping centres, cafeterias, playgrounds and markets.
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