Violence Update

Jan. 1989 to April 30, 2012
Total Killings *	93,744
Custodial Killings	6,992
Civilians Arrested	119,910
Structures Arsoned/Destroyed	105,942
Women Widowed	22,763
Children Orphaned	107,436
Women gang-raped / Molested	10,028

April 2012
Total Killings *	6
Custodial Killings	0
Tortured/Critically Injured	45
Civilians Arrested	44
Structures Arsoned/Destroyed	0
Disappeared	1
Women Widowed	0
Children Orphaned	0
Women gang-raped / Molested	4

* Including custody

* United Nations and global social development

Justice delivery painfully slow in IHK: Amnesty

AFSPA consuming innocent lives in Kashmir: UN Rapporteur

Kashmiri teen’s trauma exposes flawed Indian justice

Minors detained without trial in occupied Kashmir: ACHR

Revoke AFSPA, demilitarise JK: Arundhati,‘People in Kashmir should be given right to self-determination’

SHRC report on unmarked graves in occupied Kashmir (full version)

May 2012
Mon	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
30	1	2	3	4	5	6
7	8	9	10	11	12	13
14	15	16	17	18	19	20
21	22	23	24	25	26	27
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Archive - Feb 8, 2012

Date

‘Kashmiri martyrs’ mission to continue till success’

Srinagar, February 08 (KMS): In occupied Kashmir, the All Parties Hurriyet Conference (APHC) has reiterated the pledge to continue the mission of prominent liberation leader, Muhammad Maqbool Butt and other martyrs till its complete success.

AI calls for trial of Indian troops involved in crimes

India’s denial to take action against troops flayed

London, February 08 (KMS): The Amnesty International, a London-based world human rights organization, has reiterated its demand for the repeal of the black law, Armed Forces Special Powers Act from occupied Kashmir.

Amnesty International’s Director on Asia-Pacific, Sam Zarifi, in a statement posted on the official website of the world human rights body, said that Indian army personnel facing charges of serious violations of human rights must stand trial, instead of hiding behind the controversial Armed Forces Special Powers Act.

India rejects trial against troops in 42 cases in IHK

New Delhi, February 08 (KMS): Indian Home Ministry has rejected at least 42 requests to sanction prosecution of military personnel found by the police to have engaged in crimes such as murder, homicide and rape in Kashmir in the past four years, a Delhi-based newspaper reported.

AI calls for trial of Indian troops involved in HR violations in IHK

London, February 08 (KMS): The Amnesty International, the London-based world human rights organisation, has said that Indian army personnel facing charges of serious violations of human rights must stand trial, instead of hiding behind the controversial Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA).

The Amnesty International, citing the India’s Supreme Court February 4 order, stated that the Indian army could not invoke the AFSPA to avoid the prosecution of eight officers charged with the March 2000 killing of five Kashmiri villagers at Pathribal.

IHK HC quashes detention of three Kashmiris

Srinagar, February 08 (KMS): The High Court of occupied Kashmir quashed detention orders of three Kashmiris detained under the black law, Public Safety Act (PSA) and directed the authorities to release them immediately.

Gilani thanks people for observing shutdown in IHK

Srinagar, February 08 (KMS): The veteran Kashmiri Hurriyet leader, Syed Ali Gilani has thanked the people of Kashmir for observing a shutdown against the shifting of political prisoners from Srinagar Central Jail to outside prisons.