Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Vol: 25 No. 01
Monthly January 2019
INSIGHT
“Jammu and Kashmir dispute is not a bilateral issue between Pakistan and India but an
internationally recognised dispute and an outstanding agenda item in the UN Security
Council……The (UN) Secretary General must weigh in to stop India from perpetrating state
repression, violence and brute force against Kashmiri youth, women and children….A
Commission of Inquiry be urgently dispatched to investigate the situation in occupied Kashmir,
as was recommended in a June 2018 report by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.”
to stop them from participating protests against the Indian The members of High Court Bar
in the protest programmes in atrocities in occupied Kashmir. Association of occupied Kashmir
connection with the Human also staged a demonstration in
On December 07, people
Rights Week. the High Court Complex,
including Hurriyat leaders,
Srinagar, appealing to the world
On December 04, despite Indian activists and lawyers staged
community to impress upon
police crackdown, Hurriyat forceful demonstrations in
India to stop its state terrorism in
leaders and activists staged Nowhatta, Hyderpora,
the occupied territory.
candlelight protests in Maisuma, Maisuma, Lal Chowk and other
Aabi Guzar and Soura areas of localities of Srinagar and in On December 08, the Kashmir
Srinagar against the Indian Baramulla and Pulwama areas to Transporters Welfare Federation
brutalities in the occupied draw attention of the world held a peaceful protest demon-
territory. community towards the grim stration in Srinagar against the
situation of human rights in the brutalities of Indian troops in the
On December 05, hundreds of
occupied territory. The territory. Scores of transporters
traders held a protest rally in
protesters led by Hurriyat assembled at Pratap Park in
Srinagar against the human
leaders, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, Srinagar and chanted slogans in
rights violations by Indian troops
Muhammad Yousuf Naqash, favour of freedom and against
in the territory. The protest was
Molvi Bashir Ahmed, Syed India.
organised by Beopar Mandal
Maharaj Gunj, one of the largest Imtiaz Haider, Muhammad On December 09, the activists of
trade bodies in occupied Yasin Attai, Muhammad Rafique the Mirwaiz-led Hurriyat forum
Kashmir. Awaisi, Syed Muhammad Shafi, and Awami Action Committee
Khawaja Firdous Wani, Rameez held candlelight vigils in various
Hurriyat leaders and activists
Raja and Imtiaz Reshi, chanted parts of the Kashmir Valley. The
held candlelight protests at
high-pitched pro-freedom and protesters demanded an end to
Wanganpora Eidgah, Chattabal
anti-India slogans. The the Indian atrocities in occupied
and Anchar Soura in Srinagar
protesters also demanded an end Kashmir.
and in Nasrullahpora area of
Budgam. to the detention of senior The Kashmir Chamber of
Commerce and Industries also
held a protest in Srinagar against
the human rights abuses in the
territory. Scores of KCCI
members assembled at Press
Enclave, demanding of India to
stop its state terrorism in occu-
pied Kashmir.
Meanwhile, the Chairman of All
Parties Hurriyat Conference,
Syed Ali Gilani, while
addressing a seminar in
Islamabad through video-link
from his residence in Srinagar
called for tabling the 2018 UN
report on human rights viola-
tions in the occupied territory
On December 06, Hurriyat resistance leaders, Syed Ali both in General Assembly as well
leaders and activists along with a Gilani and Muhammad Yasin the Security Council. He said
large number of people assem- Malik, and release of all political Kashmir is a humanitarian issue
bled at several places including prisoners detained in various concerning the future of more
old city, Nawa Kadal, Chatabal jails. Indian police used brute than 15 million people of Jammu
Veer and Bemina Crossing in force against the protesters in and Kashmir.
Srinagar and at Hakarmulla in Nowhatta and other areas, Speakers at a seminar organised
Budgam and staged candlelight injuring several of them. by the Jammu and Kashmir
Indian High Commission in bullets and pellets on the where unarmed innocent
Islamabad to condemn the unarmed people including kids. civilians pumped with bullets
Indian brutalities in occupied “They try and test their muscles and pellets should be a harsh
Kashmir. and arsenal on the peaceful slap on the face of those who still
On the other hand, Hurriyat
leaders and organisations
strongly denouncing the
massacres in Pulwama termed
the acts as the worst examples of
Indian state terrorism in the
occupied territory.
The Joint Resistance Leadership
comprising Syed Ali Gilani,
Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and
Muhammad Yasin Malik in a
statement in Srinagar said that
the entire occupied territory
particularly south Kashmir had
been turned into a garrison
where Indian troops were
protestors who are just think Kashmir as the integral
killing people with impunity.
demanding their basic and part of India,” he said.
The resistance leaders said that
fundamental right, the right to Other Hurriyat leaders and
the Indian Army Chief, General
self-determination, promised to organisations including
Bipin Rawqat, in his recent
them by the Indian leaders,” he Maulana Abbas Ansari, Agha
shocking statements had
already hinted at the increase in added. Syed Hassan Al-Moosvi Al-
Senior APHC leader and the Safvi, Muhammad Farooq
killings in occupied Kashmir.
The Chairman of All Parties Chairman of Tehreek-e-Hurriyat Rehmani, Muhammad Yousuf
Hurriyat Conference, Syed Ali Jammu and Kashmir, Naqash, Yasmeen Raja,
Gilani, in a statement in Srinagar Muhammad Ashraf Sehrai, in a Zamruda Habib, Farida Bahenji,
said, India claims to have the statement in Srinagar described Muhammad Musaddiq Aadil,
Zafar Akbar Butt, Javaid Ahmed
Mir, Abdul Samad Inqilabi,
Barrister Abdul Majeed
Tramboo, Imtiaz Ahmed Reshi,
Firdous Ahmed Shah,
Democratic Freedom Party,
Muslim League and National
Front in their statements
strongly denouncing the
Pulwama killings said that
Indian troops were engaged in a
systematic genocide of the
people of occupied Kashmir.
They said that the sacrifices of
Kashmiri martyrs would not be
brave and disciplined army of the Pulwama killings as an allowed to go waste and their
the world but in reality the organised genocide of the mission would be accomplished
Indian soldiers are so coward Kashmiris. “This new definition despite all odds.
and timid that they shower of Indian so-called democracy (KI Report)
in occupied Kashmir.
December 17: Indian police
arrested senior resistance
leaders, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq
and Muhammad Yasin Malik,
when they defied restrictions
and tried to lead a march towards
Indian Army headquarters at
Badami Bagh in Srinagar against
the killing spree by the troops in
the occupied territory. Mirwaiz
Umar Farooq and Muhammad
Yasin Malik were arrested along
with dozens of their supporters
in Nigeen and Gawkadal areas of
the city. The police used brute
fired pellets and teargas shells on Jammu and Kashmir Islami
force and fired teargas shells on
protesters at Nohatta in Srinagar Tanzeem-e-Azadi, Abdul Samad
the protesters.
The police arrested Jammu and Inqilabi, during house raids in
The occupation authorities
Kashmir Liberation Front leader, different areas of Pulwama and
placed other Hurriyat leaders
Muhammad Rafi Nannaji, in Rajouri.
including Syed Ali Gilani,
Srinagar and a youth, Zahoor December 28: Indian troops
Muhammad Ashraf Sehrai and
Ahmed Khan, in Pattan area of killed a youth, Ishfaq Ahmed
Muhammad Yousuf Naqash
Baramulla district. Wani, an MBA degree holder,
under house arrest or in custody
December 22: Indian troops during a cordon and search
to prevent them from leading the
killed six youth, Soleh operation at Renzipora in
march.
Muhammad Akhoon, Rasikh Pulwama district.
Mir, Rauf A photographer and a girl were
Mir, Umar injured after Indian forces’
Ramzan Mir, personnel used brute force on
Nadeem Sofi peaceful protesters at Kunzer in
and Faisal Tangmarg area of Baramulla
J a v a i d district.
Khanday December 29: Indian troops
and injured
killed four youth, Muzamil
many others
Ahmed Dar, Waseem Akram
during a
Wani, Muzamil Nazir Butt and
v i o l e n t
Haris and destroyed one
cordon and
residential house and two
s e a r c h
operation at cowsheds during a violent
The police arrested a civilian, Arampora in Tral area of cordon and search operation at
Noor Muhammad, in Fiqsoo- Pulwama district. Hanjin Payeen in Rajpora area of
Thatri area of Doda district. December 24: The occupation Pulwama district.
December 20: The police authorities booked Ummat-e- Over two dozen youth were
arrested seven people including Islami’s district president for injured after Indian forces fired
Javaid Butt, Tahir Shah, Haroon Pulwama, Aijaz Noori, under bullets, pellets and teargas shells
Rasheed, Ajay Kumar, black law, Public Safety Act, and on mourners at Hanjin Payeen in
Muhammad Asif and Zubair lodged him at Kot Bhalwal Jail in Pulwama.
Shabbir Butt from Rajouri and Jammu. December 31: Indian troops
Ganderbal areas. December 25: Indian police killed two youth during a violent
December 21: Several youth arrested over a dozen people military operation at Nowgam in
were injured after Indian police including the Chairman of Kupwara district.
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