Over 60,000 Kashmiris are victims of torture: Navlakha

In occupied Kashmir, a noted Indian human rights activist, Gautam Navlakha has said that every Kashmiri is a victim of one or the other form of torture and more than 60,000 Kashmiris have experienced third degree torture at the hands of Indian armed forces in the past 20 years.
Gautam Navlakha while speaking at a seminar “Campaign against Torture”, organized by Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Rights` Movement in collaboration with Jammu and Kashmir Coalition of Civil Society (JKCCS) in Baramulla, said that phenomenon of torture, which had been used from time to time as weapon by Indian troops in the Valley, would stop only when draconian Armed Forces Special Power Act was revoked.
Navlakha said that torture was considered a potent weapon in the sub-conventional warfare and India had been using it in Kashmir to curb the movement of right to self-determination. He said that it is very difficult to get justice for torture in India because there is no law in Indian constitution, which can deliver justice to the victims of torture. “Due to this reason in most circumstances it is futile to approach law,” he added.
The rights activist said that in the light of United Nations` definition of torture, every single person of Kashmir had been a victim of torture “as they had been living in the presence of 7,00,000 hostile Indian troops.” “Physical torture has evidence like injury marks etc but a victim of mental torture, which every Kashmiri certainly is, has no evidence to plead his case,” he added. Navlakha maintained that unless Kashmiris were freed from the clutches of Indian forces and given a chance to decide their future these things would continue to happen.
Another human rights activist, Parvez Imroz said that India had been using torture as a weapon of war to terrorize people and to curb the political movement of right to self-determination. “There are about four lakh people who have been tortured from a moderate to severe degree. 99 percent of all those who are arrested are subjected to torture,” he said.
Other speakers on the occasion emphasized the need to encourage the survivors of torture so that they would not feel isolated in the society. They also expressed their concern over the silence of the international organizations working on the issue of torture in different countries.

No peace is possible in South Asia till to the resolve of core issue :Mahaz

Jammu Kashmir Mahaz-e-Azadi(MeA) convened a weekly meeting at its party headquarters Rajbagh Srinagar chaired by President (MeA) Mir Mohammad Iqbal . While expressing serious concern over the aggravating Human rights situation in Kashmir - violated by those who claim to be guards of Law, so MeA urged upon Int`l HR organizations like Asia Watch, Amnesty international, ICRC and others to take cognizance for the prevailing circumstances of Kashmir in the background of Human Rights violations , and deputize their fact finding mission.
In the meeting it was felt necessary to insist for the removal of notorious CRPF camp tenting at Khaigam Pulwama who recently martyred one Carpenter for which local coordination committee is inculcating to the immediate removal.
was ultion teth Human Rights violations glio uring countirexs to go for weaponization and in the name of security billions In the meeting a resolution was unanimously passed to abreast Tim Roemer about the ground situation of Kashmir deputed by Obama administration as a new envoy for India. No peace is possible in South Asia till the resolve of core issue ( Kashmir)because both nuclear powers of sub-continent are at cross roads, if America voluntarily offers help or sympathy in times of trouble like a Samaritan in Asia then Obama administration must urge both the countries for negotiable settlement over Kashmir imbroglio and to seek the will of common stock of people of Jammu Kashmir, Iqbal Said.

Result-oriented talks for Kashmir settlement stressed

In occupied Kashmir, the Jammu and Kashmir Mahaz-e-Azadi has called for meaningful and result-oriented negotiations to amicably resolve the Kashmir dispute.
The Jammu and Kashmir Mahaz-e-Azadi in a statement issued in Srinagar hailed the statement of the Prime Minister of Pakistan, Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani that issues between Pakistan and India couldn’t be settled without resolving the Kashmir dispute.
The statement said that a lot of bilateral agreements between Pakistan and India had been inked in past but they yielded no results. He said that India and Pakistan, being the responsible nuclear nations, should settle the dispute over Kashmir, as its settlement, in accordance with Kashmiris’ aspirations, would bring permanent peace in the region.

Mahaz condemns Re-arrest of Shabbir Shah

Mahaz Media Cell, 2nd April: President Jammu Kashmir Mahaz-e-Azadi Mir Mohammad Iqbal in a statement said that it seemed quite evident that the Indian administration was hell bent to continue detention of Kashmiri leaders which include Shabir AHmad Shah and Meraj-ud-Din Kalwal.has described this Indian “revolving door policy” contrary to their claim of being a “democratic” country.
Mir appealed to the UN secretary General, United Nations Commissioner for Human Rights, Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, International Federation for Human rights and other human rights organisations to take up the matter of delaying justice and illegal confinement with the government of India and help release the Kashmiri leaders.

Withdraw forces on both sides of LOC: Mahaz

Jammu Kashmir Mahaz-e-Azadi(MeA) convened a weekly meeting chaired by its president Mir Mohammed Iqbal at its party headquarters Srinager in which all the senior MeA leaders participated which include Mohammad Ayub , Mohammad Yousuf Kaloo, Jamsheed Ahmad , Mohammad Shafi Dar and Nazir Ahmad Mir -an expound discussion and deliberation was put together in contrast with the present geo-political milieu of South East Asia -rich tributes were paid to the Youth ,who achieved martyrdom in the previous week at various places of Jammu Kashmir : in commemoration with the martyrdom of Shaheed Advocate Jalil Andrabi, Shaheed Ishfaq Majeed, Shaheed Dr. Abdul Ahad Guru a resolution was passed unanimously that freedom struggle of Kashmir shall continue till to the logical end - in the midst of martyrs of Kashmir as the affirmed precious asset of nation.
To develop sustainable rapprochement between nuclear-armed countries of the sub-continent(India-Pakistan) :who contest upon the claim and counterclaim over the disputed territory of Kashmir ;which has been divided by LOC(bloody line) in this context Patron MeA Mohammad Azam Inquilabi has already propounded that the Berlin Wall (LOC) of Kashmir should be completely demolished , which will ensure a free ability of people to people contact thus can develop a collective approach towards the resolution of Kashmir ,simultaneously completely withdrawal of armed forces on both sides of LOC should be made after that Kashmiris be given a cooling period then to decide by the mode of referendum to make a decision of their fate or allegiance or the status quo which they will get, President MeA Said.

Withdraw forces on both sides of LOC: Mahaz

Jammu Kashmir Mahaz-e-Azadi(MeA) convened a weekly meeting chaired by its president Mir Mohammed Iqbal at its party headquarters Srinager in which all the senior MeA leaders participated which include Mohammad Ayub , Mohammad Yousuf Kaloo, Jamsheed Ahmad , Mohammad Shafi Dar and Nazir Ahmad Mir -an expound discussion and deliberation was put together in contrast with the present geo-political milieu of South East Asia -rich tributes were paid to the Youth ,who achieved martyrdom in the previous week at various places of Jammu Kashmir : in commemoration with the martyrdom of Shaheed Advocate Jalil Andrabi, Shaheed Ishfaq Majeed, Shaheed Dr. Abdul Ahad Guru a resolution was passed unanimously that freedom struggle of Kashmir shall continue till to the logical end - in the midst of martyrs of Kashmir as the affirmed precious asset of nation.
To develop sustainable rapprochement between nuclear-armed countries of the sub-continent(India-Pakistan) :who contest upon the claim and counterclaim over the disputed territory of Kashmir ;which has been divided by LOC(bloody line) in this context Patron MeA Mohammad Azam Inquilabi has already propounded that the Berlin Wall (LOC) of Kashmir should be completely demolished , which will ensure a free ability of people to people contact thus can develop a collective approach towards the resolution of Kashmir ,simultaneously completely withdrawal of armed forces on both sides of LOC should be made after that Kashmiris be given a cooling period then to decide by the mode of referendum to make a decision of their fate or allegiance or the status quo which they will get, President MeA Said.

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President Jammu Kashmir Mahaz-e-Azadi(MeA) Mir Mohammad Iqbal in an another statement has expressed astonishment over the terrorist attack on police academy in Manawan area of Lahore which is the sheer act of Vandalism . Mahaz broadens the sphere of Sympathy to the bereaved families of Pakistan who suffered from the agony of terror . The terrorist attack to kill people for own interests is merely a gangsterism and meant to destabilize it but Pakistan has the capacity to deal such like acts, Mir Said . MeA urges upon both the countries of the subcontinent Pakistan and India to address the core issue which can help them to fight the menace Jointly .