Year: 2016

8 Year boy among 1300 Youth arrested across Valley during last one month

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An 8-year old boy is among over 80 boys arrested by police in Pulwama triggering widespread protests here while forces have allegedly swooped on localities damaging properties and thrashing people. After the unrest in the Valley following killing of 21-year-old Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani, police have launched a crackdown on youth across the Valley especially in South Kashmir. Police have so far arrested over 80 youth including an 8-year-old boy Basit Manzoor. Terrified father of Basit couldn’t muster the courage for last two-days to visit the Pulwama police station to…

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Violence has cast a long shadow on children of the Valley

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Just another day in Kashmir for a child is often not about school, fun and games. In this summer of disquiet, violence has cast a long shadow on the children of the Valley. From the sound, I can tell you whether the bullet has been fired in the air or at someone. I can even tell you whether it has been fired from an AK-47 or SLR. The sounds of the tear-smoke shell and the pellet gun may be subtly different but I can make it out.” Thirteen-year-old Muawin Tasneem…

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Has New Delhi declared war on Kashmir : Omar Abdullah

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Former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and president of the Opposition National Conference (NC), Omar Abdullah, on Saturday said he was dismayed at the continued bloodshed in the Kashmir Valley and disappointed at the Centre’s apathy towards this “very grave situation”. He also accused the government of misleading the Supreme Court by saying the situation was improving and is under control. Meanwhile, the CPI(M) too expressed its concern over the killing spree and what it alleged is the Prime Minister’s silence on the “highly disturbing situation” in Kashmir. State general…

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Sopore handed over to Army, so the things are normal in Kashmir

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Army was called out at Sopore and the entire Apple Town was handed over to it on early Monday. Official sources while confirming it told Rising Kashmir that decision to this effect was taken “to safeguard” the lives of people and property. Locals said they heard announcements on loudspeakers that Sopore has been handed over to army. They added that people have been directed to stay indoors. And the supreme court is being intimated that suitation across kashmir is normal.

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Avoid travelling alone, late in night: Hurriyat (M) tells people

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‘There is pattern in Chattabal, Pulwama killings’ Hurriyat (M) Sunday expressed anguish and concern over the ‘new trend in which armed forces kill people travelling alone at night as was in the case of Riyaz Ahmed of Chattabal a few days back and now Bilal Ahmad Malik of Daferpora, Pulwama.’ In a statement a spokesman of Hurriyat (M) said Kashmiris are getting more and more vulnerable to the “atrocities and brutalities of forces which are on a mission to eliminate them.” He asked people to be extremely cautious in such…

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Month On, No end in sight to strife; Another youth succumbs to Injuries, 100’s injured in Force Action

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Protests, clashes persist as unrest completes month 92 injured in forces’ action in Langate, 5 receive pellet injuries People launch sanitation, cleanliness drives Life remains crippled by curbs, shutdown Shops open during relaxation in shutdown in some areas A youth identified as Amir Lone a resident of Seedaw area of Shopian succumbed to his injures on Monday morning at SKIMS Hospital, Srinagar. Amir was injured in clashes on 29 July. With this death, the death toll so far has reached to 58 in the violent clashes that erupted after the killing of…

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Doctors appeal for donations; Pellet injuries

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Due to non-availability of polycarbonate protective eyewear, over 300 youth hit by pellets are facing vision loss in one or both eyes. Doctors in Srinagar have appealed to people to help them procure the protective eyewear from outside the state. “We urgently need polycarbonate protective eyewear for over 300 youth hit by pellets in one or both eyes. If anyone wants to help, he/she can contact the SMHS Hospital authorities of Srinagar and save the youth from getting blind,” said a senior doctor at SMHSHospital. “After primary treatment, the patients…

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“Cries from a Bleeding Kashmir”

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By Dr. Ahmed I am just returning from Kashmir and was forced to rush to the Srinagar airport at 4:30 am to escape the agitated masses and stone pelters wreaking havoc during daylight hours. I still have vivid memories of stone pelters and anarchists roaming the streets, running amok, smashing cars, intimidating shopkeepers, and distributing posters threatening people who do not follow their decree. Watching the death and destruction from both inside and outside of the valley, I would not forgive myself if I did not speak the bitter truth…

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Separatists make it personal, name police officers for “Firing Pellets on Protesters”

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In a first, Hurriyat Conference has named a police officer for “firing pellets on protesters” and called him a “butcher and criminal”. In what seems to be emerging as a new trend that spells grave personal danger for law enforcement officials in troubled Kashmir Valley, both separatist forces and locals in different areas have begun holding police officials personally responsible for deaths in the ongoing unrest and threatening them with dire consequences. In a first, Hurriyat Conference has named a police officer for “firing pellets on protesters” and called him…

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Centre remains insensitive to situation in Kashmir: Omar

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With the death toll and injuries mounting and the unrest showing no signs of ending, former Chief Minister Omar Abdullah today asked the Centre and the Prime Minister to “wake up” to the crisis. “At what point will the Centre wake up to the crisis here?” Omar said. He was responding to the reports of civilian killings in firing by security forces on Friday evening. Three civilians were killed and nearly 300 were injured as protests continued across the region on Friday. Omar, who is the working president of National…

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