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More ‘unmarked’ graves found in Kashmir; total 6277+

In a latest addition to the thousands of unmarked graves exposed in Kashmir, Voice of Victims- a non-political organization has claimed that there are more than 60 unmarked graves in Srinagar and Budgam district of Jammu and Kashmir- a disputed region on India and Pakistan border. The group has started its survey from Chadoora tehsil [...]

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Full report: Alleged Perpetrators – Stories of Impunity in Jammu & Kashmir

This is a report,  Alleged Perpetrators – Stories of Impunity in Jammu and Kashmir, released today by the International Peoples’ Tribunal On Human Rights And Justice In Indian-Administered Kashmir (IPTK) and Association Of Parents Of Disappeared Persons (APDP). Press release and the executive summary of the report. Srinagar, December 06, 2012 INTERNATIONAL PEOPLES’ TRIBUNAL ON HUMAN [...]

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“We will keep on searching for our sons”

By Bisma Malik On the tenth day of every month of every year for last nearly two decades, a recreational local park of in the heart of the city turns into a mourning ground. Wailing mothers gather here in a desperate wait of their sons, who were forcibly disappeared by the Indian forces during the [...]

JKCCS Report: Human Rights Review – Jammu and Kashmir in 2011

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JKCCS Report: Human Rights Review – Jammu and Kashmir in 2011

This is a report released by the JAMMU AND KASHMIR COALITION OF CIVIL SOCIETY, the Bund, Amira Kadal, Srinagar 190001, (www.jkccs.net) TOTAL KILLINGS Year 2011 has just passed, and many have declared this year, a peaceful year in Jammu and Kashmir. Ofcourse assertions of peace by various quarters are relative. Enforced silence cannot be construed as peace. [...]

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APDP: A credible inquiry commission should probe 8000 disappearances of JK

This is a press statement by Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons, issued here today. Callousness of the government continues vis-à-vis victims of human rights abuses and in particular against the family members of those who have disappeared in the last two decades in Jammu and Kashmir. The relatives of more than 8000 persons continue [...]

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132 cases of enforced or involuntary disappearances in Banihal area: APDP

This is the Press Statement of Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons Today on the occasion of International Day of Human Rights, Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons (APDP) submitted 132 cases of enforced or involuntary disappearances of Banihal area of Ramban district to the State Human Rights Commission (SHRC). The submitted cases are of [...]

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Parveena Ahangar rejects nomination for ‘Indian of the Year 2011′

This press release has been issued by the PARVEENA AHANGAR-led ASSOCIATION OF PARENTS FOR DISAPPEARED PERSONS Srinagar, December 10, 2011:  On this ‘International Human Rights Day’, December 10, 2011, the APDP (Association of Parents of Disappeared Persons), Srinagar, wishes to state that there is something obscene and perverse in the manner the CNN-IBN has nominated [...]

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Not Just AFSPA, End The Culture Of Impunity From JK: APDP

This is a press release from the ASSOCIATION OF PARENTS OF DISAPPEARED PERSONS The Bund Amira Kadal, Srinagar – 190001, Jammu and Kashmir 28th October 2011 APDP feels that the recent announcement by the Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on the partial revocation of Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act (AFSPA) from some areas of Jammu and Kashmir [...]

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Kashmir: Politics Of Disappearance

By Samreen Mushtaq (Reporting from Delhi) On September 19, 2011, the third anniversary of the Batla House ‘Encounter’, Jamia Teachers’ Solidarity Association organised a program “Kashmir: Politics Of Disappearance” in the FTK Auditorium of Jamia Millia Islamia University, New Delhi. Program had two speakers and there was screening of a documentary also. Speakers Parveena Ahangar [...]

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Kashmir, Unlike Last Year

Unlike last year, the Kashmir Valley did not erupt in protests this year but there have been some killings, fake encounters, custodial killings, “rape”, arrests, amnesty to stone throwers, bars on journalists, beating of journalists, militant attacks, grenade explosions, infiltration bids, assassination, reports on unmarked graves- and yet it seems the Valley is peaceful. Faisal [...]